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The Business of
Open Source
Simon Wheatley, Automattic
@simonwheatley, http://simonwheatley.co.uk/
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WordPress sites
New WordPresses every day
Active domains
Plugins Themes
+20% of the web
Powers 1 in 5 websites
+60m
100,000
22%
+25k +1500
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WordPress is everywhere
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WordPress is everywhere
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WordPress is everywhere
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WordPress is everywhere
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WordPress is everywhere
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WordPress is everywhere
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•An Outward Facing Team
•Freely Shared Code
•Community Engagement
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“You have an idea.
I have an idea.
We swap.
Now you have two ideas.
And I have two ideas.”
George Bernard Shaw
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An Outward
Facing Team
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Freely Shared Code
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Community
Engagement
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“There is nothing more important
to the success of 10up
than the success of WordPress.”
Jake Goldman, Founder of 10up
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•An Outward Facing Team
•Freely Shared Code
•Community Engagement
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Reputation
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Moving On
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Work at WordPress.com VIP
http://j.mp/sw-vip-job
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Questions?
Simon Wheatley, Automattic
@simonwheatley, http://simonwheatley.co.uk/