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How Did Geek at Sea Introduce Anthony Eden? · Geek at Sea

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Anthony Eden, Founder and CEO of DNSimple

This is a story of how Anthony Eden founded DNSimple to become the fastest DNS management solution provider in the world. He built himself a company that not only cares about their customers, but also created the perfect place for their employees. They work hard, but they also do it remotely, from around the globe. How did he do it, and what lessons does…

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  1. How Did Geek at Sea Introduce Anthony Eden? at 0:00

    Anthony Eden is the founder of DNSimple. Full answer

  2. How Did GoDaddy Push Anthony Eden to Start a Registrar? at 1:44

    GoDaddy was holding a personal domain in 2010, and the domain name system screen was horrible. Full answer

  3. How Did Anthony Eden's Living Social Nights Start Paying? at 4:14

    The opening stretch was independent contracting, about a year and a half of software work to pay the bills. Living Social came next. Full answer

  4. How Did DNSimple Keep Its Developer Niche? at 10:00

    The niche was engineers and developers building web apps. They wanted to set domain records and leave, without hosting and without an email provider bundled in. Full answer

  5. How Did Anthony Eden's Script Become DNSimple's Name Server? at 12:20

    DNSimple customers could not put a CNAME on the apex of a domain such as dnsimple.com. A Heroku customer wanted the naked domain to point at a Heroku site. Full answer

  6. Why Does DNSimple Take Bank Transfers on Only One Plan? at 23:28

    On the show, DNSimple changed billing so larger customers could pay by ACH. A credit card was the only payment option in the early days. Full answer

  7. Why Did a Hawaii Mentor Want Five Bucks Per Dollar? at 31:50

    A mentor in Hawaii gave the rule early on: do not raise money unless one dollar can turn into five. Full answer

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