Pressing on the WordPress
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Starts as a PHP coder in 2009, builds three standalone products that fail within six months because servers and marketing cost too much, then adopts WordPress themes and plugins around 2011–2012 and immediately cuts development time for e‑commerce and sites, landing steady work. Agency grows to about 20 developers, does ~90% WordPress work and some Node.js/CI, expands overseas, and credits formal management learning for hiring, retention and long‑term sustainability.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:46BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR
- 3:37MY STORY: ASPIRATIONS
- 4:43MY STORY: REALITY CHECK
- 8:28CHALLENGES IN
- 9:31CHALLENGES REGARDING
- 10:46BEST PART OF THE STORY: WHEN WORDPRESS HAPPENNED TO US!
- 13:38DOCUMENTATION AND CLIENT'S PRIORITY
- 16:41DIVERSIFICATION: IN SWEDEN AND THE UK ALSO
- 17:11MANAGEMENT: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- 21:18DON'T GIVE UP
- 23:24BALANCE BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES
- 25:18SUCCESSION PLANNING
- 27:19NOT ALWAYS ABOUT PROFIT
- 30:27REFERENCES
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