Andrew Wicklander’s interview with my brother, Lance.

Project Idealism: Podcast Episode #10: Lance Walley of Chargify, Engine Yard, Parallax and more

In my latest podcast episode I interviewed Lance Walley, who has been building businesses for over 20 years. Most recently Lance co-founded Chargify – a recurring billing system, and before that EngineYard – a Rails application hosting company.

Lance spoke candidly with me about launching new ideas, scaling a business, failure, success, investing, and more. It was great talking with him and he shared a ton of great information. You can follow Lance on Twitter at @lancewalley.

Mixergy.com’s Andrew Warner interviews with my brother, Lance Walley, CEO and co-founder of Chargify.com

Lance Walley, the serial entrepreneur behind Chargify and Engine Yard, talks openly about his hits and misses

Business Tips via Mixergy, home of the ambitious upstart!

When I read this line in Lance Walley’s LinkedIn profile about a previous startup, I knew he’d be the kind of frank interviewee you’d need to hear: The system worked very well, but frankly, the world didn’t seem to care :-(

In this interview, you’ll hear the stories behind many of the companies Lance launched, including FaceBridge, the company that inspired that line. You’ll also hear how a 1% ownership difference in his first business made a world of difference.

Today Lance is probably best known for Engine Yard. Some of the world’s biggest Rails websites are on the Engine Yard Platform. Recently, he went on to be the co-founder of Chargify, which simplifies recurring billing for Web 2.0 and SaaS companies.

Lance is currently the CEO and co-founder of Chargify.com. Other companies that Lance has founded and/or co-founded include:

• Engine Yard, Inc.
• Quality Humans, Inc
• FaceBridge Research, Inc.
• PerlUSA
• Hip Tones
• StayTuned
• Parallax, Inc.