A couple years ago I was at a WordCamp wandering the sponsor tables like I tend to do when I saw a new guy behind a table that said “Liquid Web” with about 200 little foam muscle men on his table.
I wandered over, said, “Hi.”, and started learning about AJ’s Big Adventure. He told me that Liquid Web has been a web host for a long time, but had decided to get into hosting specifically tailored to WordPress. AJ had been tasked with getting to the know the WordPress community and building a product that fit it’s current needs.
He’s been at it for a couple years now and I have to say the results are impressive. Liquid Web has gone all in, hiring serious people to do amazing things, taking the right steps at the right time to build a powerhouse product.
They continue to monitor the communities needs, AJ still goes to a huge number of WordCamps, and Liquid Web still sponsors WordCamps like ours. Keeping it about the community while building a solid product at the same time is a winning combination and we appreciate their support.