Business

If you have heard the term…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

If you have heard the term "serverless," but not much else, then John Demian's brief guide will help you get up to speed. John describes serverless hosting as "an event-based system for running code." In other words, services "create business…

Joe Watkins cuts right to the…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

Business

Joe Watkins cuts right to the point about the importance of funding open source projects your company relies on: Making monetary contributions or approaching your employer with a request to make monetary contributions to projects that your income or business…

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

Brian Krogsgard

September 19, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic's Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.

Is Tumblr a social network?

Brian Krogsgard

August 15, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Sharing without a strategy. Blogging without a plan. Connecting without an angle. Maybe that's how Tumblr shines?

Automattic — the maker of WordPress.com — has purchased Tumblr

Brian Krogsgard

August 12, 2019

BusinessHosting

Automattic has purchased Tumblr from Verizon, in a firesale move reported to be for less than $3 million. There is still value in the site, however, for Automattic.

The New York Times explains how…

Brian Krogsgard

August 9, 2019

Business

The New York Times explains how they built a proprietary "collaborative editing CMS" for their newsrooms. It's an impressive piece of software, but it's a shame how much cool engineering goes into closed systems. Would the Times sharing this effort…

WooCommerce vs Shopify: A battle for ecommerce platform dominance

Jonathan Wold

August 1, 2019

BusinessDraft

Shopify has a lot going for it. WooCommerce, though, is the better platform for ecommerce on the Open Web.

Preserving the Wilderness

Dan Knauss

July 12, 2019

BusinessPlanet

The web is a sacred wilderness, and it deserves preservation. What role can open source communities play? And how does it contrast with the monopolistic tendencies of the "tech giants?"

WP Engine acquires Flywheel

Brian Krogsgard

June 26, 2019

BusinessHosting

WP Engine has acquired Flywheel -- which boasts more than 200 employees and $18 million in revenue. WP Engine is setting the stage for an IPO in the next couple years.

Ryland Goldstein nicely summarizes the core…

Dan Knauss

June 13, 2019

Business

Ryland Goldstein nicely summarizes the core problems with Medium. Most people think it's the "paywall," but that is an optional feature selected by authors. The real reason why "Medium sucks," says Ryland, comes down to "slimy business tactics" and "terrible…

Introducing the WordPress Deal of the Week: Save more, get better exposure

Brian Krogsgard

June 12, 2019

BusinessPost Status Team Blog

The Deal of the Week is an opportunity for companies to reach the Post Status audience, and for readers to save money.

Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions

Brian Krogsgard

May 23, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions -- WooCommerce's highest revenue-generating extension -- for an undisclosed sum.

Nevena Tomovic, business development manager at…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

Business

Nevena Tomovic, business development manager at Human Made, is asking for your feedback in a survey that "aims to identify essential skills for a modern digital career, as perceived by the diverse WordPress community." Nevena is planning on presenting the…

An Interview with Reyes Martínez of Frontity — a new WordPress framework

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

BusinessHosting

Reyes Martínez directs Digital Marketing and Communications at Frontity. She gave us some background and answered a few of our questions about the company and the project.

Dumitru Brinzan examines the package size…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Business

Dumitru Brinzan examines the package size of major WordPress versions over the past decade and how they've grown over 600%. We've gone from 5.38 MB and 603 files to 38.0 MB and 1,713 files. Dumitru also looks at the sizes…

🎙️ Here are a few podcasts…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Business

🎙️ Here are a few podcasts I've enjoyed recently: Matt Medeiros interviewed Craig Hewitt and Dave Rodenbaugh of RogueStartups. They discussed how business owners operating within the WordPress ecosystem and the SaaS world view "the economy of plugins" as opposed…