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Post Status Excerpt (No. 26) — WordPress Acquisition Overload Syndrome (W.A.O.S)

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David Bisset
BusinessDesign
"Remember to put people before software and community before code." In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory recover from an overwhelming week of acquisition news in the WordPress space. Four well-known WordPress companies announced acquisitions almost back-to-back.…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 25) — Doing “The Right Thing” and Mailchimp Acquisition Thoughts

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David Bisset
BusinessPlanet
“When it comes to the entrepreneurial journey - the highest highs and the lowest lows are always people.” In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory first discuss how hard it is to do "the right thing" and…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 24) — Entrepreneurial Resilience: Relying On Others

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David Bisset
HostingPlanet
"A crisis can either build you or break you." In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory reflect on a tough question: What can help WordPress professionals weather the storm of being an entrepreneur in challenging times? Cory…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 23) — Farewell To Andrea — but not the Classic Editor

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David Bisset
BusinessPlanet
New hires to Post Status and an acquihire for Automattic. In this episode, David and Cory talk about recent news from all corners of the WordPress community. First, they share how they will miss Andrea Middleton — who is taking…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 22) — Dealing With Developer Overload: Organization

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David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
We Can Be Organized In How We Multitask. In this episode, David and Cory have a conversation about another way to prevent Developer Overload: organization. Cory shares how he benefited from a mentor, while David feels that documentation, commenting code,…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 21) — Dealing With Developer Overload: Focus

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David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
Avoiding ego, reinventing the wheel, and shiny objects. In this episode, David and Cory discuss Developer Overload, which David defines as what happens when "when you receive too much information and are unable to process it, resulting in negative responses…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 20) — Yoast Acquired, Businesses Need to Allow More Play

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David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
Allowing time to goof off or pursuing a passion improves team connections. Professor Jane Dutton from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business suggests "four ways to build high-quality workplace connections" — respectful engagement, support, trust — and play.…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 19) — How Can New Developers Get Started In WordPress?

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David Bisset
BusinessPlanet
The first step to getting started might not be technical. As new people come into Post Status looking for some guidance, there is a tendency among old hands to say things used to be much easier. Although it was a…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 18) — Is Active Plugin Install Growth Declining?

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David Bisset
BusinessPlanet
Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year. In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller focus on a blog post David published on July 23rd at…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 17) — Acquisition Tracker, WordPress 5.8 and #ClickPublish

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David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
Acquisitions in the WordPress space, WordPress 5.8, WordFest Live, Elementor is 5, and #ClickPublish In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller chat about how the new Post Status Acquisition Tracker is a window into significant…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 16) — Syed Balkhi on Acquiring SearchWP

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David Bisset
HostingPlanet
"Understanding who you are and who you are not goes a long way." In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset talks with Syed Balkhi about the acquisition of SearchWP by Awesome Motive. We get a little behind-the-scenes information…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 15) — Jon Christopher on Finding A New Home For SearchWP

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David Bisset
BusinessPlanet
"I realized that I wanted [SearchWP] to be long term and stable...it deserved a team behind it." In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset talks with Jon Christopher about his sale of SearchWP to Awesome Motive. The two…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 14) — Starting Your “Next Chapter” Project

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David Bisset
BusinessPlanet
Take 10% of your time, energy, and even money — and start investing it systematically in a “Next Chapter” project. In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about how to build a "career raft"…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 13) — WordPress Economy Study, Trying Gutenberg Again

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David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
$635.5 billion by the end of 2021? In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset briefly touch on two more acquisitions this week — one involving Extendify and another by Automattic. Cory and David review some…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 12) — Takeaways from the ACF Acquisition

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David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
A Focus On Mental Health And Long-Term Stability In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the recently announced acquisition of Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin by Delicious Brains Inc. After having time to absorb…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 11) — A New Era for Post Status

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David Bisset
DesignPlanet
Change and a vision for the future at Post Status In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the future of Post Status and Cory's full acquisition of it from its founder, Brian Krogsgard. Brian…
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