Angular expert Alain Chautard rejoined me on Ditching Hourly to share how he scaled his certification business through partnerships and automation.
Jonathan and Alain talk about turning niche expertise into a certification business, reducing support demands, using expert partners across time zones and languages, negotiating a licensing-style partnership, and what happens when a soloist plugs their business into a larger organization.
- 00:00 - Introduction and Welcome Back
- 03:24 - Creating the Angular Certification Program
- 07:00 - Automating Customer Support
- 10:04 - Scaling with Global Partnerships
- 12:08 - Handling Certification Interviews
- 15:04 - Partnerships and Business Growth
- 20:05 - Negotiating a Business Partnership
- 24:38 - Email Marketing Journey
- 36:51 - Exploring New Content Formats
- 38:51 - Mastermind Groups for Soloists
Alain Chautard is a Google Developer Expert in Angular who does consulting, training, and conference/content work around the Angular framework. He created an Angular certification program after clients asked for proof of completion beyond a simple training certificate. His work now includes helping teams make architecture decisions, get up to speed with Angular, and scale the certification business through partnerships. Learn more at alainchautard.com.
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