{"id":1877,"date":"2019-09-29T17:46:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T22:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.dfw.wordcamp.org\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:47:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T22:47:03","slug":"mike-demo-accidental-business-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfw.wordcamp.org\/2019\/mike-demo-accidental-business-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Accidental Business Owner: Now What? with Mike Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\nSo, 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.<\/p>\n

A successful hobby is the path to a successful business. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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!<\/p>\n

Mike Demo has been involved with Open Source for years and loves sharing his expertise with the WordPress community.<\/p>\n

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.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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!<\/p>\n

We are happy to welcome Mike Demo to his very first WordCamp DFW! He’s attended WordCamp San Antonio:<\/p>\n

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.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Get your WordCamp DFW tickets here<\/a> and see you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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