Now that would be a mega-first. It seems like they are hinting at that with their recent hire of COO Heather Brunner, from Bazaarvoice, a technology company also located in Austin, TX: With Brunner’s addition to WP Engine, the WordPress-focused service will be gaining someone with experience helping to lead a company into an IPO. Ben Metcalfe, one of WP Engine’s co-founders, tells us that should the company go that route, it would be the first time a company went public based around the popular blogging platform. She will be charged with growing the company from its 46 employees today […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 4.3.2013
Happy #humpday everyone! It’s the middle of the work week and I hope you guys are able to power through the rest of the week. The weekend should be motivation enough. Right?! I have a few new and updated plugins to let you guys know about today. I’m really excited to see WPPizza on the list again along with a new plugin for Easy Digital Downloads. Check out the full list after the jump!
Project Management for Children?
Some of you might find this funny – and we’re a few days past April Fools so you don’t have to overly offended! This time it’s via Atlassian.
A Few More Myths of Running a Theme Business
I read a great article by Bill Robbins this morning via Poststatus who shared a few common myths when running and creating a successful WordPress Theme business. In his myth-busting blog post he shared these three myths: It’s Passive Income – Obviously there’s nothing passive about building a business. I have no idea how this myth even exists. If You Build It They Will Buy It – Again, debunked. There is no guarantee that anyone will want to buy your theme or your product. Kiss Client Work Goodbye – A personal choice but just because you have a theme business doesn’t […]
WordCamp Atlanta 2013 Photobooth Pictures!
We enjoy “doing things up” a bit here at WP Daily and we love having great fun with family, friends, and pretty much anyone who loves WordPress. WordCamp Atlanta 2013 seems like it was forever ago but that’s probably because we’ve been so freaking busy since the conference ended, getting back into the grind and trying to catch up on all that time that we lost planning the event! One thing we were still waiting on was a set of photos from our VIP / Sponsor Afterparty that included a photobooth – and they finally arrived yesterday for us to […]
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