From Pet Project to Full Grown Business

Talk about the selling premium themes on the ThemeForest marketplace. From WordPress meetup Ljubljana: http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Ljubljana/events/166714292/

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1. from Pet Project to FULL GROWN BUSINESS Primož Cigler, @primozcigler
2. Premium Themes are... “your worst nightmare!” - David Klasinc
3. Premium Themes are... “good source of income!” - Primož Cigler
9. Scuba diving Knife Sharpening Astrophysics Business & Management Photography Windsurfing Kiting Astronomy Travelling Astrophotography Free diving & snorkeling Archery
10. Scuba diving Knife Sharpening Astrophysics Business & Management Photography Windsurfing Kiting Astronomy Travelling Astrophotography Free diving & snorkeling Archery
11. How pet project became full grown business
12. EARLY DAYS
13. Business I am talking about: selling premium themes on the ThemeForest
15. Students, trying to succeed online
16. Passionate & good at what we did
17. Tried out our skills
23. MIDDLE DAYS
24. Our experiment = more $$$ than anything else
25. Our experiment = something we LOVE to do
26. Why we love it? • pick projects that inspires you • no deadlines • more profitable • can spend a lot of time for the things the clients usually don’t want to pay you for
27. BUT
28. We had other projects to run too
29. It was HARD to start saying NO to clients...
30. BUT
31. ...that’s the FOCUS!
32. We are still taking projects from clients...
33. BUT
34. ...we take only the BEST!
35. ...and only the ones who want the best hire us!
36. NOWADAYS
38. The team has grown
40. We have an experience which projects we CAN and which we CANNOT take
41. Increased the frequency of releases
43. WHAT we have LEARNED till TODAY
44. 1. Share everything you can
45. $this meetup = consequence of our business
46. 2. Focus on one thing you’re good at
47. Keep the FOCUS!
48. 3. Connect with the best people
49. ...and keep them highly motivated!
50. ...and keep them $$$$.$$ € motivated!
51. 4. And don’t forget...
52. PET PROJECTS are AWESOME!
53. Primož Cigler @primozcigler primoz@proteusnet.com