David Aguilera is the Chief Product & Quality Officer at rapidly growing Nelio. We met at the last WordCamp in Paris and, after chatting for a while, I figured it would be interesting to get his take as a WordPress product & services guy and publish it for the Freemius blog readers. David, thanks for agreeing
How Benjamin Denis Took His WordPress Plugin From An Idea to 10K+ Active Installs in 1 Year On His Spare Time!
This time we are interviewing an exciting entrepreneur from France. Benjamin Denis is the creator and owner of several WordPress plugins, who focuses (when he’s not working full-time at a web agency) on building and growing SEOPress – a WordPress plugin (freemium) that helps website owners optimize their SEO. Benjamin, thanks for agreeing to provide
How Barn2media More Than Tripled Their WordPress Plugins Sales Without Spending More Time On Support
Katie Keith and her husband Andy co-founded Barn2Media in late 2009. Initially dedicated to designing WordPress websites for clients, they envisioned building their business around selling products since early on. After a few failed attempts, in 2016, they managed to successfully shift their focus over to developing premium WordPress plugins. Their plugin business has been doing […]
“WordPress Security Solutions Are Still Inaccessible” – Interviewing French “Mister Security”, Julio Potier
Voiced by Amazon Polly Julio Potier is a prominent figure in the WordPress security scene. Based in France, he developed SecuPress, a plugin that makes securing WordPress websites easy. He also co-founded WP Media, the company behind popular Plugins such as WP Rocket and Imagify. Julio, thank you for agreeing to do this
All About Headless: A Fireside Chat with the JavaScript Developers of WP Engine
This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with four WP Engine employees who have created a JavaScript front-end for their WordPress websites. I wanted to pick their brains on the subject that has the WordPress community captivated. Why JavaScript? What framework do you use and why? And most importantly: How did you do… […]
Q&A with Advanced WordPress Developer – Carl Alexander
Carl Alexander has been programming since he was 8 years old. His forte is advanced topics in WordPress. He has been published in several popular online news, blogs and communities. This includes the likes of SmashingMagazine. Mr. Alexander has been a long time organizer for Montreal WordPress Group and WordCamp Montreal. Also, Carl has provided […]
You Shouldn’t Put All Your Eggs In The WordPress Basket – Interviewing CreativeMinds CEO, David Rashty
Today we’ll get to pick David Rashty’s mind about WordPress-based product businesses and entrepreneurship. David owns several WordPress-based products, as well as various Magento-based ones. Additionally, he’s a seed investor, actively hunting for great early-stage ventures in which he invests his money. David, thanks for agreeing to do this interview with us! Let’s start by getting […]
“Marketplaces Can Be Good, If You Have The Right Product” – Interviewing Mike Stott
Today, we’re publishing an interview with another great WordPress entrepreneur, Mike Stott, Founder of Epic Plugins, Epic Themes and co-founder of Zero Bullsh*t CRM. Mike, thanks for agreeing to do this interview! Why don’t we start off by getting to know you a bit – what is your background? Thanks for interviewing me! My background […]
Employee Spotlight: Mark Randall, Country Manager (Australia & NZ)
In this blog series, we talk to WP Engine employees to learn more about their roles, what they love about the city they work in, and hear from them what they like most about working at WP Engine. In this interview, we talk to Mark Randall, Country Manager (Australia & NZ) at WP Engine’s Brisbane […]
Equality From the Start: WP Engine’s Strategy For Hiring The Best
At WP Engine, we pride ourselves on hiring the best employees, facilitating an awesome work environment, and encouraging career growth and opportunity. It’s not always easy to make sure that the process for obtaining employment is fair and unbiased. This is particularly important for the Research and Development team who have worked diligently and strategically […]