Member spotlight Parves Akther

Member Spotlight: Parvez Akther

ByMichelle Frechette Posted on

Parvez Akther is a serial entrepreneur and open source enthusiastic. Prior to WordPress, his company built the first full featured page builder for Joomla.

He’s now building ThriveDesk, an all-in-one customer support solution for SaaS and e-commerce. ThriveDesk is the first CX software that has deep integration with WordPress.

What do you enjoy most about working in WordPress?

WordPress is full of energetic people and companies. Everyone is contributing to the ecosystem through content, products, and knowledge.

I’m from the Joomla world, but I haven’t found that community to be as diverse and welcoming as WordPress.

WordPress as a platform is flexible and opens up a lot of opportunity. You can literally build simple to complex solutions in WordPress.

What do you love most about your Post Status membership?

It’s a community full of mature people.

What business/web/WordPress advice do you have for others in our industry?

Be persistent, keep delivering, build relationships, and most importantly, attend WordCamps 🙂

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