It’s wonderful many people earn a living using WordPress: launching sites, building plugins, and designing themes, but sometimes we find ourselves in the middle of running a business we thought was just a fun hobby.

Mike Demo joins our speaker lineup with his talk “Accidental Business Owner: Now What?”, in which he will prove that a little planning goes a long way in changing your hobby to a hustle.

So, how do you take your WordPress side hustle to a full-time gig? In this talk, Mike Demo will discuss how to recognize your hobby isn’t just a hobby, how to build in steps and processes to help it scale, and how to know that the timing is right to launch.

A successful hobby is the path to a successful business.

At WordCamp DFW, Mike Demo will share how you can do a few easy things and be more productive and profitable. He has met lots of who find themselves owning a WordPress business “that just sort of happened,” and he wants to help!

Mike Demo has been involved with Open Source for years and loves sharing his expertise with the WordPress community.

My first CMS was PHP Nuke then Mombo and Joomla where I was a board member for a time. At Word Hosting Day 2016, I started talking to BoldGrid and became their first Open Source Evangelist.

Mike Demo has built hundreds of WordPress sites in his former agency life and has done fun hacking projects like placing WordPress Widgets into Joomla module positions!

We are happy to welcome Mike Demo to his very first WordCamp DFW! He’s attended WordCamp San Antonio:

Each year after the event we would go to Sea World on Monday. My job allows me to travel all around the world and connect to our community. I have made new friendships and seen amazing places.

Tweet during Mike Demo’s talk using #WCDFW and ask him about being a huge Disney fan and his experience co-hosting the popular MousePlanet Disney podcast for many years.

Get your WordCamp DFW tickets here and see you soon!