The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency at WordCamp Milano

1. THE JOURNEY from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency image by boris-baldinger.com
2. THE JOURNEY from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency image by boris-baldinger.com
3. THE TEAM how we met
4. Silvan Karin Designer Developer
5. Silvan Velthy Karin Designer Developer Designer
6. Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer Designer Developer
7. Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer THE TEAM a good mix of skills
8. THE SIDE PROJECT building something without a client involved
9. WEB JOB TITLES are not formal nor protected 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
10. UNHAPPINESS can lead to new ideas 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
11. THE IDEA a niche job-board with consistent content quality 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
12. MOVING ON the idea never left our minds 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
13. STARTING LEAN a prototype to prove the idea 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
14. FOCUSSING on the content instead of a fancy feature-set 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
16. PROOF OF CONCEPT building a prototype within 3 months 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
17. THE NAME find a catchy name 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
18. Freshjobs
20. MISSING FEATURES how we engaged with our clients 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
21. MISSING FEATURES consistent content and engaging personally with the clients 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
22. HOW TO FINANCE IT get funded or bootstrap it 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
25. SMALL CLIENTS lead us to corporate clients 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
26. REFERALS clients refer clients 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
29. COMMUNITY WordPress
30. ATTENDING Meetups & WordCamps 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
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32. CO-ORGANISING WP Meetup Zürich & WordCamp Switzerland 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
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34. SPEAKING sharing experiences at WordCamps 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
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39. OPEN SOURCE developing Plugins & Themes 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
41. GROWING SLOW one new team member per year 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015
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47. WHAT HAPPENED? to freshjobs.ch 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2014 2016
48. FRESHJOBS 2.0 all new but still based on WordPress 2006 2010 2011 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2014 2016
51. THE ANNIVERSARY 5 years freshjobs.ch 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2014 2016
52. THE BALANCE working for clients while running a job-board
53. FOCUS MATTERS only do what you do best
54. WHAT WE DO User Experience Design & Custom Development
55. THE TAKE AWAYS what we learned
56. MAKE SURE YOUR TEAM IS HAPPY happy people perform better
57. PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE EVER your clients will refer you to others
58. LET LIMITATIONS GUIDE YOU constraints drive innovation and force focus
59. AN IDEA BY ITSELF IS WORTH NOTHING it’s the team that executes that makes the difference
60. FALL IN LOVE WITH A PROBLEM everything else will follow
61. Thank you - @karinchristen
62. People who are passionate about solving a problem, are the ones who eventually find each other and make it happen. grazie - @karinchristen