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Non-Breaking Business

Brian Krogsgard

February 1, 2013

This morning, I listened to the latest episode of the Non-Breaking Space podcast. Non-Breaking space is one of my favorites, and this episode they had on Gene Crawford and Carl Smith to talk about web businesses. It's not directly related…

WordPress, the enterprise, and security

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2013

Business

Here's an excellent article from one of the top sources in the world on WordPress and web security. Tony chimes in on the challenges that lay ahead for WordPress as it ventures further into the world of the enterprise. His…

Memberful wants to help you sell stuff

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2013

Business

Memberful is a project by Drew Strojny and the folks at The Theme Foundry. It's not on WordPress, but it will have easy integrations built in. The Theme Foundry has been using it for over a year to process payments.…

Understanding The Difference in WordPress.com, WordPress.org, Automattic, and Audrey Capital

Tom McFarlin

January 29, 2013

Business

A concise breakdown of the various organizations involved with WordPress, how they are related, and how they are different, and their role in the WordPress economy.

Envato is reviewing their licensing

Brian Krogsgard

January 29, 2013

Business

Collis Ta'eed has posted on WP Daily again, to say that Envato is doing a survey of their authors to gauge interest in a 100% GPL option for sellers. I can't imagine how Collis could've written this post in a…

If you build it, they will come. But you have to drag them.

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

If you're not following Dave Donaldson's blog this year, you're doing it wrong. His openness is so refreshing. Dave runs Max Foundry, and has been pouring out every detail of how running the plugin business has been a struggle. Today,…

How to lose money as a freelancer

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

Business

Here's a nice post from WordPress community member James Dalman. He give you all the right tips on how to fail as a freelancer. He's right too, people are doing it every day. If you're struggling as a freelancer, or thinking…

YinPress and YangPress: learn to make themes and then to sell them

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

Here's a pair of sister sites I've never heard of, but they look to have some pretty useful content. They're for people that want to learn to make themes (on YinPress) and to sell them and market their business (on…

Restaurant Engine Year 1: Learning Lessons the Hard Way

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

Outstanding post by Brian Casel on his experience running Restaurant Engine this last year. This is a must read for anyone running (or thinking about running) a business with WordPress, especially SaaS ones. I absolutely love openness and honesty like…