Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress ...

Avatar for karinchristen karinchristen
August 26, 2016
Business
0
660

The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency @ WordCamp Vancouver

Avatar for karinchristen

karinchristen

August 26, 2016
Tweet

More Decks by karinchristen

See All by karinchristen
REMOTE - How to manage a fully remote team
Avatar for karinchristen karin
0
61
Do it yourself – the User Testing Toolbox (WCEU 2019)
Avatar for karinchristen karin
3
880
The User Testing Toolbox @WP Bern
Avatar for karinchristen karin
1
350
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency at WordCamp Milano
Avatar for karinchristen karin
0
180
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency @WordCamp Porto
Avatar for karinchristen karin
1
200
The Journey from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency @WordCamp Nürnberg
Avatar for karinchristen karin
0
210
How to run a remote business while travelling the world @ DrupalCamp Vienna
Avatar for karinchristen karin
1
280
How to run a WordPress Business while travelling the world @ WordCamp Europe
Avatar for karinchristen karin
0
1.9k
How to run a remote business while travelling the world. @ WordCamp Cologne
Avatar for karinchristen karin
0
240

Other Decks in Business

See All in Business
分析系依頼裁きマシンからの脱却 〜その工数減らします〜
Avatar for けんじゅ kenzie_11
0
200
会社紹介資料 / ProfileBook
Avatar for 株式会社ジーピーオンライン gpol
4
38k
HRbase 労務開発説明資料
Avatar for maka maka
0
210
Regulatory_Master_Class.pdf
Avatar for Sejal inesitag
0
280
JMDC 会社紹介資料 /About JMDC
Avatar for JMDC Inc. jmdc
6
370k
エンジニア応募者様向け_会社説明資料_202502
Avatar for BrainPad brainpadpr
0
2.1k
ZEIN株式会社 会社説明資料
Avatar for ZEIN zein
0
270
ロードマップの本音と建前
Avatar for Yuya Akiba yuyaki0618
4
3k
MOAI Lab紹介
Avatar for MIKIO KUBO mickey_kubo
1
220
えぇーっ！コードを書いてた私がPdMに！？
Avatar for "doiko" chiaki_yamaguchi doiko123
1
170
会社説明資料
Avatar for 株式会社WellGo ishido
0
300
ファブリカホールディングス_2025年3月期通期説明資料
Avatar for fabrica communications fabrica_com
1
3.6k

Featured

See All Featured
Practical Tips for Bootstrapping Information Extraction Pipelines
Avatar for Matthew Honnibal honnibal
PRO
19
1.3k
We Have a Design System, Now What?
Avatar for Morgane Peng morganepeng
52
7.6k
The Language of Interfaces
Avatar for Des Traynor destraynor
158
25k
Principles of Awesome APIs and How to Build Them.
Avatar for Keavy McMinn keavy
126
17k
GitHub's CSS Performance
Avatar for Jon Rohan jonrohan
1031
460k
Creating an realtime collaboration tool: Agile Flush - .NET Oxford
Avatar for Marc Duiker marcduiker
30
2.1k
Understanding Cognitive Biases in Performance Measurement
Avatar for Philip Tellis bluesmoon
29
1.7k
The Cost Of JavaScript in 2023
Avatar for Addy Osmani addyosmani
49
8.1k
Gamification - CAS2011
Avatar for David Bonilla davidbonilla
81
5.3k
It's Worth the Effort
Avatar for 3n 3n
184
28k
Building a Modern Day 
E-commerce SEO Strategy
Avatar for Aleyda Solis aleyda
40
7.3k
Rails Girls Zürich Keynote
Avatar for Gregor Martynus gr2m
94
13k

Transcript

  1. THE JOURNEY from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency

    image by boris-baldinger.com

  2. THE JOURNEY from a Side Project to a WordPress Agency

    image by boris-baldinger.com

  3. KARIN CHRISTEN not as bold as it looks image by

    bikeparkphotos.com

  4. THE TEAM how we met

  5. Silvan Karin Designer Developer

  6. Silvan Velthy Karin Designer Developer Designer

  7. Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer Designer Developer

  8. Silvan Velthy Karin Stefan Designer Developer THE TEAM a good

    mix of skills

  9. THE SIDE PROJECT building something without a client involved

  10. WEB JOB TITLES are not formal nor protected 2006 2010

    2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  11. UNHAPPINESS can lead to new ideas 2006 2010 2011 2013

    2014 2016

  12. THE IDEA a niche job-board with consistent content quality 2006

    2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  13. MOVING ON the idea never left our minds 2006 2010

    2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  14. STARTING LEAN a prototype to prove the idea 2006 2010

    2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  15. FOCUSSING on the content instead of a fancy feature-set 2006

    2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
  16. None

  17. PROOF OF CONCEPT building a prototype within 3 months 2006

    2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  18. THE NAME find a catchy name 2006 2010 2011 2013

    2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  19. Freshjobs

  20. None

  21. MISSING FEATURES how we engaged with our clients 2006 2010

    2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  22. MISSING FEATURES consistent content and engaging personally with the clients

    2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  23. HOW TO FINANCE IT get funded or bootstrap it 2006

    2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
  24. None
  25. None

  26. SMALL CLIENTS lead us to corporate clients 2006 2010 2011

    2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  27. REFERALS clients refer clients 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016

    2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
  28. None
  29. None

  30. COMMUNITY WordPress

  31. ATTENDING Meetups & WordCamps 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016

    2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  32. image by florianziegler.com

  33. CO-ORGANISING WP Meetup Zürich & WordCamp Switzerland 2006 2010 2011

    2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  34. image by florianziegler.com image by florianziegler.com

  35. SPEAKING sharing experiences at WordCamps 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014

    2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015

  36. image by florianziegler.com image by WordCamp Europe

  37. None

  38. image by florianziegler.com

  39. None

  40. OPEN SOURCE developing Plugins & Themes 2006 2010 2011 2013

    2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2015
  41. None

  42. GROWING SLOW one new team member per year 2006 2010

    2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015

  43. image by florianziegler.com

  44. 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013

    2014 2015

  45. 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013

    2014 2016 2015

  46. 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013

    2014 2016 2015

  47. 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2013

    2014 2016 2015

  48. WHAT HAPPENED? to freshjobs.ch 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016

    2006 2010 2011 2014 2016

  49. FRESHJOBS 2.0 all new but still based on WordPress 2006

    2010 2011 2014 2016 2006 2010 2011 2014 2016
  50. None
  51. None

  52. THE ANNIVERSARY 5 years freshjobs.ch 2006 2010 2011 2013 2014

    2016 2006 2010 2011 2014 2016

  53. THE BALANCE working for clients while running a job-board

  54. FOCUS MATTERS only do what you do best

  55. WHAT WE DO User Experience Design & Custom Development

  56. THE TAKE AWAYS what we learned

  57. MAKE SURE YOUR TEAM IS HAPPY happy people perform better

  58. PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE EVER your clients will refer you

    to others

  59. LET LIMITATIONS GUIDE YOU constraints drive innovation and force focus

  60. AN IDEA BY ITSELF IS WORTH NOTHING it’s the team

    that executes that makes the difference

  61. FALL IN LOVE WITH A PROBLEM everything else will follow

  62. Thank you - @karinchristen

  63. People who are passionate about solving a problem, are the

    ones who eventually find each other and make it happen. Thank you - @karinchristen