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Simon Wheatley
May 15, 2015
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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
WordPress is everywhere
WordPress is everywhere
WordPress is everywhere
WordPress is everywhere
WordPress is everywhere
WordPress is everywhere
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•An Outward Facing Team •Freely Shared Code •Community Engagement
“You have an idea. I have an idea. We swap.
Now you have two ideas. And I have two ideas.” George Bernard Shaw
An Outward Facing Team
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Freely Shared Code
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Community Engagement
“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
Reputation
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/