Business
Early in my business someone asked me at a conference, “Do you have an exit plan?” In my incredulousness, I answered quickly: “No. I spent my whole career trying to find the perfect gig and I have it now. Why would I want that to ever end?!” But fast forward to January 2018, and it…
A couple months ago, my friend Brian Krogsgard approach me about partnering with him at Post Status, the community of WordPress professionals he’s built and fostered for 5 years now (next week the Post Status Club anniversary). We just announced publicly that I’m joining the Post Status team. You can read Brian’s thoughts too, but…
I really really love work. I find immense purpose and focus in my work. I told Lindsey a couple of years ago not to expect me to ever retire in the traditional sense of the word. I’m not advocating or saying I’m a workaholic, but that I just love working and having projects that give…
Over the weekend at WordCamp DFW, I got to catch up with Mike Demo of WebVentures, previously of Bold Grid. He shared with me that Web Ventures had a $5 million dollar fund for acquiring / investing in WordPress businesses. It got me excited for a couple of reasons: It’s another example of how hot…
For most of my life I’ve been a voracious reader. I’m naturally curious. And found books to be the easiest, fastest, most affordable way for me to better understand the world, get a different or even bigger perspective on life and then very honestly … to get ahead and stay ahead, especially in business. Books…
Written by Lindsey Miller I just got back to work after a great week at CaboPress and thought I’d share some memories as well as takeaways and highlights of this year’s awesome event. 2014 I attended my first CaboPress in 2014. I was able to join my husband, Cory Miller, who was a host, as…
In the past I’ve been openly against “unlimited” and “lifetime” options, particularly in WordPress. (Don’t get me started on hosting.) You can check out my previous post on Sustainable Business Models in WordPress here for background. This week though, we launched BackupBuddy Gold … which grants customers lifetime updates to all current and future features of BackupBuddy,…
In my late 20s I went back to school to finish my undergraduate degree. As a working adult, the daunting task of finishing that degree (I had at least 40 hours left) was overwhelming. But I quickly found an accelerated adult completion program that allowed me to do it once a week for around 18…
Just posted this over at Entrepreneurship Lab titled 11 Striking Traits of Sexy, Sacred Software. But here are the 11 S’s of Sacred Software with some examples: Sync — Software should be available everywhere I want it to be, like my iPhone, then my laptop and yes, even at the public library I just used this…
7 Keys to Bootstrapping Your Business from Cory Miller Over at my Entrepreneurship Lab, I just shared 7 keys to bootstrapping your business, which are: Start part-time Ditch the financial baggage Raise social capital Build your name & fame Pour solid foundations Dial in the experiment Just keep pushing the snowball Go read the full…