Sep 30, 2022
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Technology, Website Design, WordPress Website Hosting
“Help! My website’s been hacked!” I used to get an email with that subject line or something like it a few times a year. Sometimes these were sites we’d built (ouch!), usually, they weren’t (thank the gods). WordPress, the platform we do...
Jan 11, 2018
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Nonprofits, Website Design
Not what you expected to hear from a web development shop? Fair enough. But don’t worry – we’re going to tell you why maybe you should hire a web development shop *instead* of an actual web developer. Of course, this isn’t a one-size fits all...
Sep 22, 2014
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Community, Culture, Women in Tech
Last week, one of my favorite CK clients, Merrily from over at EEO Legal Solutions, reached out and asked for some help brainstorming on a tricky issue. I won’t get into the legal details – in large part because they seem horribly confusing and I...
Jul 16, 2014
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Culture
At the end of last year, I was making myself pretty miserable with work. I love the work I do, trust and respect the people I work with, and sincerely believe that we’ve got about the greatest team ever assembled in one firehouse; we consistently have positive...
May 21, 2014
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Community, Culture, Featured, Women in Tech
Last week, I was talking to one of our team about a talented developer who I wanted to lure away from her current job with the promise of a superhero cape and Wine Fridays. It seemed like I might have a chance – but then I got the disappointing news: Since she...
Apr 23, 2014
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Culture, Customer Service
I know I keep talking about that trip I took to Portland in February, but bear with me one more time, because a conversation I had there keeps coming back to me, and it’s resonating with me even more now that we’re immersed in a hiring process. Part of the...
Mar 20, 2014
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Community, Culture, Staff Experience
A few months ago, during a trip to Portland to talk to the brilliant minds at Reed College, I took some time to catch up with some old college friends over dinner. There was wine and whiskey, there was fantastic food, there was a crazy ice storm going on (Come on,...
Feb 18, 2014
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Website Design
Natalie and I are gearing up to head off to Austin, TX for South by Southwest Interactive (no – this does not mean we’ll be catching that insanely hip band you used to love, until they made it big at SXSW. The music event is the following week!), and in...
Feb 5, 2014
by Michelle Drumm, Co-founder and CEO | Featured, Technology, Women in Tech
Commerce Kitchen’s ownership team is primarily women (3 out of 4 of us). We do our best to encourage women in tech spheres. We support Lady Coders and Women Who Code when we can. We try our best to interview at least one woman every time we have an open position. We...
