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David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at…

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Dan Knauss
David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at Nelio, shared some insights about WordPress plugins and the plugin market in an interview with Kobe Ben Itamar at Freemius. My favorite takeaway: "I’ve seen a lot of examples of companies failing because their founders spent…

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his…

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Brian Krogsgard
Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his company WP Site Care, shares his feelings about the way a growing business can potentially interfere with your passion and get you sidetracked from the things that made you start a business in the…

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton,…

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Brian Krogsgard
Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton, a senior developer, documents his experience of using the internet with nothing but a keyboard. Many designers and developers are taught to make sure their work is accessible through the keyboard and nothing else, so…

On June 21st the US Supreme…

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Brian Krogsgard
On June 21st the US Supreme Court has ruled that online sellers must collect state sales taxes on consumer purchases, which will effect every business that sells on the web in the United States. This will likely impact small businesses…

Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress…

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Brian Krogsgard
Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress is a great tool "most small business website owners are not having wonderful experiences with it." This is due to a wide range of problems, like a lack of developer ethics, unclear communication, slow…

By now I’m sure you’ve all…

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Brian Krogsgard
By now I'm sure you've all heard of Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. This is a hugely successful exit for GitHub, and another interesting pickup for Microsoft. Unfortunately I can't find the tweet anymore, but I…

Delicious Brains has decided to shut…

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Brian Krogsgard
Delicious Brains has decided to shut down Mergebot, after three years of working on it. It was an ambitious project from the start, but they decided that it didn't meet their standards. Mergebot is by far the most ambitious product…

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have…

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Brian Krogsgard
Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have acquired Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress, which according to Syed is the second most popular analytics plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Its new name is ExactMetrics. The move fits within the goals of Awesome…

Over at WeGlot, they’ve put together…

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Brian Krogsgard
Over at WeGlot, they've put together a detailed summary of how they've scaled their support capacity with HelpScout to handle 500 customer emails a week and non-stop live chat. That means 70+ conversations a day and a commitment to never shut…
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