John Locke and Freelock featured in PSBJ Growing Your Business

By John Locke on March 18, 2013

We're super stoked to see some press coverage of all the hard work we've been doing for the past few years! Power Tools in the right hands

Valerie Bauman at the Puget Sound Business Journal interviewed me a couple weeks ago for a regular feature the Journal publishes about local entrepreneurs growing their businesses. The article came out last Friday, and if you're a subscriber, you can read it online today! Otherwise it should be available in its entirety after 30 days.

The online edition has one bonus: an extra picture featuring Sam, our office dog.

 

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John Locke is the lead developer and founder of Freelock, LLC. In addition to being a proficient web developer, he is an experienced technical writer, network administrator, and all around problem solver. He has worked with computers since 1984, and currently advises small businesses on open source software.

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