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Business Roundup Week Ending July 12

Nathan Ingram

July 12, 2024

10 Billion Reasons to Strengthen Your Agency's Security Practices On July 4, a file containing almost 10 billion stolen passwords was leaked on a popular hacking forum. Called RockYou2024.txt, the file includes credentials from old and new data breaches of…

Business Roundup Week Ending July 5

Nathan Ingram

July 5, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

Polyfill Supply Chain Attack Rattles WordPress Security, Cloudflare Fights Back Against Evasive AI Scrapers, Mastering the Changing SEO Landscape, and More!

Business Roundup Week Ending June 28

Nathan Ingram

June 28, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

A Final Goodbye to Google Universal Analytics, Claude 3.5 Sonnet Raises the AI Bar, Google Dials Back (Poor) AI Search Overviews, and More!

Business Roundup Week Ending June 21

Nathan Ingram

June 21, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

Finally! An Accessibility Ruling from the US DOJ, Adobe Sued for Fees and Practices, How to Deal with Crawler Spikes, and More!

How to become a founder

Joost de Valk

April 17, 2024

BusinessTwo Worlds of WordPress

I became a founder when I started Yoast. However, I did not feel like a founder until I left Yoast. If you work in the company you founded, then your job is the role you have. I was CEO and,…

The startup trick doesn’t exist

Marieke van de Rakt

April 10, 2024

BusinessTwo Worlds of WordPress

It only happens once in a blue moon: You’ll tweak one single thing in your messaging, your check-out, or your email list and that change is the trick. It changes everything, skyrocketing your sales indefinitely. A lot of startups spend…

Business Roundup Week Ending March 1

Nathan Ingram

March 1, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

Criticism Over Automattic's AI Content Deal, The Text File that Runs the Internet, Google Local Services Ads Bug, and More...

Our Evolving Roles & Team at Post Status

Cory Miller

February 26, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

We're sharing some news about some exciting changes and growth on our team at Post Status to support you and the WordPress Community.

Business Roundup Week Ending February 23

Nathan Ingram

February 23, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

2 New Speed-Focused Plugins from the WP Performance Team, Google Workspace Price Increases, Reddit Sells Data for AI, and More!

Changes in the plugin business in the last 15 years

Joost de Valk

February 23, 2024

BusinessTwo Worlds of WordPress

Note from Joost: Marieke and I have decided to start taking turns writing this weekly column, to even better reflect the multiple worlds within WordPress. So, this week, it's me! When I started building plugins in 2006, premium plugins did…

Business Roundup Week Ending February 16

Nathan Ingram

February 16, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

The Content Marketing Apocalypse, Facebook Ads Carrying Malware, Google Gemini AI Replaces Bard, and More!

About employees, job titles, and professional growth

Marieke van de Rakt

February 8, 2024

BusinessPlanet

In 2019, I wrote a blog post titled Why your name should be your job title. At the beginning of Yoast, when we hired our first employees, I hated job titles. I also hated job descriptions. I found them so…

Finding the WordPress Nash Equilibrium

Marieke van de Rakt

January 31, 2024

BusinessTwo Worlds of WordPress

I am a huge fan of John Nash. Do you know him? The movie A Beautiful Mind was about his life. John Nash won a Nobel prize for his work on economics. His work focuses on game theory and explains…

Business Roundup Week Ending January 19

Nathan Ingram

January 19, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

The unexpected attack vector responsible for most WordPress hacks in 2023, Can block editors and page builders coexist, ChatGPT under fire, and More!

Business Roundup Week Ending January 12

Nathan Ingram

January 12, 2024

BusinessWordPress News

The Year of the Site Editor, ChatGPT Store Opens, Data Liberation, and More!

Why raise capital?

Marieke van de Rakt

January 10, 2024

BusinessTwo Worlds of WordPress

In her weekly column, the first of 2024, Marieke speaks about getting investment, or not! Selling part of your company to investors can spur rapid growth, but it means losing some ownership. If you take investment, choose investors who offer more than money, like valuable advice and market expertise!