John O'Nolan, Founder of Ghost - the Open Source blogging tool making $7.2m ARR
About this episode
John O'Nolan is the Founder and CEO of Ghost.org. Ghost is an open source blog & newsletter platform. We use them for the Scaling DevTools' blog.
Note: this episode was recorded on 17th October 2024.
We talk about:
- How to communicate the benefits of Open Source to non-developers
- How Ghost manages to align open source and money making
- John's thoughts on the Automattic/Wordpress drama
- Advantages and disadvantages of VC funding and open source
- What would John do with VC dollars
Resources:
- Ghost https://ghost.org/
- John's website https://john.onolan.org/
- The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/07/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/
- Indie Hackers podcast https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/139-john-onolan-of-ghost
- Cursor cursor.com
- Ben Thompson's blog https://stratechery.com/
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