Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress ...
Search
Sponsored
·
Your Podcast. Everywhere. Effortlessly.
Share. Educate. Inspire. Entertain. You do you. We'll handle the rest.
→
karinchristen
May 14, 2016
Business
1
230
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency @WordCamp Porto
karinchristen
May 14, 2016
Tweet
Share
More Decks by karinchristen
See All by karinchristen
REMOTE - How to manage a fully remote team
karin
0
66
Do it yourself – the User Testing Toolbox (WCEU 2019)
karin
3
960
The User Testing Toolbox @WP Bern
karin
1
380
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency at WordCamp Milano
karin
0
180
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency @ WordCamp Vancouver
karin
0
750
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency @WordCamp Nürnberg
karin
0
230
How to run a remote business while travelling the world @ DrupalCamp Vienna
karin
1
300
How to run a WordPress Business while travelling the world @ WordCamp Europe
karin
0
2k
How to run a remote business while travelling the world. @ WordCamp Cologne
karin
0
260
Other Decks in Business
See All in Business
VISASQ: ABOUT DEV TEAM
eikohashiba
6
41k
キャンバスエッジ株式会社 会社説明資料
canvasedge
0
8k
税理士法人チェスター_事務所紹介資料
mabhr
0
110
スタートアップ調査:女性起業家を取り巻く課題と解決策
mpower_partners
PRO
0
490
動画編集スクールブイプロ_ファクトブック2026
stakayama
0
400
【27新卒セールス(FS・店舗)】BuySell Technologies会社紹介資料
buyselltechnologies
0
250k
AI浅慮の時代における「考える」と「視点」、そして「創造性」
masayamoriofficial
1
1.5k
Sprint Reviewで、ビジネスと開発の「当たり前」を同期する / RSGT2026
taguchimasahiro
0
1.8k
20251228_「言った」を「動いた」に変える 伝える力・5段階レベルアップ研修_社内研修資料
tomoyuki1188
PRO
1
100
HA-LU Inc.|カンパニーデック - 会社資料
halu_japan
1
550
プレックス キャリアアドバイザー職向け会社紹介資料
plex
0
210
Company Profile
katsuegu23
2
12k
Featured
See All Featured
Leveraging Curiosity to Care for An Aging Population
cassininazir
1
150
Ecommerce SEO: The Keys for Success Now & Beyond - #SERPConf2024
aleyda
1
1.8k
From Legacy to Launchpad: Building Startup-Ready Communities
dugsong
0
130
Reflections from 52 weeks, 52 projects
jeffersonlam
356
21k
The Art of Delivering Value - GDevCon NA Keynote
reverentgeek
16
1.8k
Build The Right Thing And Hit Your Dates
maggiecrowley
38
3k
Hiding What from Whom? A Critical Review of the History of Programming languages for Music
tomoyanonymous
2
400
For a Future-Friendly Web
brad_frost
182
10k
The Illustrated Children's Guide to Kubernetes
chrisshort
51
51k
Avoiding the “Bad Training, Faster” Trap in the Age of AI
tmiket
0
67
Paper Plane (Part 1)
katiecoart
PRO
0
3.8k
The Straight Up "How To Draw Better" Workshop
denniskardys
239
140k
Transcript
THE JOURNEY from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency
image by boris-baldinger.com
THE TEAM how we met
Silvan Karin Designer Developer
Silvan Velthy Karin Designer Developer Designer
Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer Designer Developer
Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer THE TEAM a good
mix of skills
THE SIDE PROJECT building something without a client involved 2006
2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
FINDING A JOB irrelevant job-results 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014
2016
WEB JOB TITLES are not formal nor protected 2006 2010
2011 2013 2014 2016
THE IDEA a niche job-board with consistent content quality 2006
2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
MOVING ON the idea never left our minds 2006 2010
2011 2013 2014 2016
STARTING LEAN a prototype to prove the idea 2006 2010
2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
FOCUS ON THE CONTENT instead of a fancy feature-set 2006
2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
SwissWebJobs 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011
2013 2014 2016
None
None
THE NAME find a catchy name 2006 2010 2011 2013
2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
Freshjobs
THE PRICING make it affordable to startups 2006 2010 2011
2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
THE DURATION finding good staff takes time 2006 2010 2011
2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
CONTENT QUALITY reviewing every listing manually 2006 2010 2011 2013
2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
CONTENT QUALITY fix formatting and spelling issues, update meta info
for SEO 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
SPREAD THE WORD lets tweet 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014
2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
THE LAUNCH with interesting listings from the beginning 2006 2010
2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
None
MISSING FEATURES how we engaged with our clients 2006 2010
2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
MISSING FEATURES consistent content and engaging personally with the clients
2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013
2014 2016 SPONSORING support the web community, giving back what we make
HOW TO FINANCE IT get funded or bootstrap it 2006
2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
None
None
THE REBUILT Freshjobs version 2.0 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014
2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
FRESHJOBS 2.0 all new but still based on WordPress 2006
2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
None
None
STILL DIFFICULT 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010
2011 2013 2014 2016 to find web jobs on the major platforms
THE ANNIVERSARY 5 years freshjobs.ch 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014
2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
THE BALANCE working for clients while running a job-board
FOCUS MATTERS only do what you do best
UX Design &
THE TAKE AWAYS what we learned
LET LIMITATIONS GUIDE YOU constraints drive innovation and force focus
DON’T BUILD SOMETHING FOR PROFIT ONLY people can sense it
AN IDEA BY ITSELF IS WORTH NOTHING it’s the team
that executes that makes the difference
FALL IN LOVE WITH A PROBLEM everything else will follow
People who are passionate about solving a problem, are the
ones who eventually find each other and make it happen. Obrigado - @karinchristen