Episode 209, Peter Bryant, Founder at RimuHosting

Fireside with Voxgig

It's an exciting episode today, for everyone we’re sure, but particularly for Richard, as today’s guest is none other than Peter Bryant, the Founder of RimuHosting, and something of a personal hero of Richard’s. Richard in fact, was a client of RimuHosting, and he still recalls that what first attracted him to the service was their friendly attitude to developers. Peter goes into RimuHosting’s origins and tells us all about his initial vision for the company and how they've managed to maintain that vision for all these years. As a developer working for a startup in Washington, Peter felt the entrepreneur itch. He saw a gap to fill, and inspired by those around him, he made the jump and founded RimuHosting. Back in the early 2000’s, data space was scarce on the ground, and this was something Peter knew needed to change. Despite the lack of Zoom at the time, Peter successfully launched RimuHosting in his home country of New Zealand, defying predominant business advice to “go local” before expanding. He knew that the market for what he was offering was further afield, and if he wanted them to get on board, he’d have to start making a lot of calls. Today RimuHosting prides itself on its customer retention rates. As Peter puts it, it's a good sign when your customers forget you exist - it means you’re doing your job very very well. Despite this, they still manage to remain customer-facing, and with consolidation swallowing up independent hosting services left and right, RimuHosting is an example to all, of the quality and worthiness of independent companies. Reach out to Peter here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterbryant/ Check out RimuHosting: https://rimuhosting.com/ Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com