Speaker: Brian Forth


Brian Forth is a business owner and web developer here in Tacoma Washington. He began his journey building websites while he was a teacher. Being that this was in the early days of the internet, this was a rather valuable skill. He started out by created websites for the parents of his students, and Brian decided to sell his skills and started the company Sitecrafting, which he still owns and operates today. He shared about some difficult times running the company and how he got past it.  He also spoke a lot about what he values in the company and creating a culture at Sitecrafting that he enjoys and that his employees are happy to be a part of. A big part of this for Brian is keeping his number of employees at Sitecrafting relatively low to keep it a tight knit group. More recently Brian also created GearLab, which is a company focused on helping its clients perform things like usability testing and data analysis to help improve user experiences. His websites for both Sitecrafting and GearLab show off the projects they’ve done for their clients.

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