Cathy Mitchell – Founder of WPBarista
I remember thinking, “this probably isn’t a good idea…” as I straddled the top rung of a ladder to get my footing on the ice-covered roof. It was 1999, and my pride wouldn’t let me back down and leave my…
Remco Nieuwenhuizen Founder of WPoptic
Hi, I’m Remco Nieuwenhuizen, 36 years old, and I live in the Netherlands with my wife. While I now run two WordPress-focused companies, my journey into the digital world started in quite an unexpected place — the army. The Journey…
April 3, 2021 / AgenciesMy name is Barış Ünver, a 32-year-old WordPress developer living in Ankara, Turkey. I own a small business called Optimocha, offering tailored speed optimization services for WordPress-based websites. We’re also the maintainers of the Speed Booster Pack plugin, and we…
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February 25, 2021 / PluginsMy name is Sebastiaan van der Lans, the founder of WordProof, and I live in Amsterdam with my soon-to-be-husband Mirco. I started studying to become an engineer. In 2016, I started my WordPress agency ‘Van Ons’ and switched my study to…
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February 9, 2021 / PluginsI am Anh Tran, the founder of the Meta Box plugin for WordPress. Many people know me via the nickname Rilwis when I first started with WordPress (sharing my knowledge on my personal Deluxe Blog Tips blog). I’m living in…
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January 22, 2021 / ThemesMy name is Muhammad Munir Kamal, the founder of Gutenberg Hub and CakeWP. I live in Karachi, Pakistan where I did my graduation in Commerce. I am a father of a beautiful 5-year-old daughter. At CakeWP, we build WordPress plugins,…
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December 13, 2020 / PluginsI am Adrian, the CEO of Groundhogg Inc., FormLift.NET, and co-founder of MailHawk.io. I help small businesses launch their funnel, grow their list, and scale their business with proven digital marketing tools and strategies. I’m from Toronto, Ontario in Canada…
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November 30, 2020 / ThemesMy name is Sonal Sinha, the founder of SKT Themes, a WordPress themes, and plugins store. I prefer being called Shri as clients find the later name easier, and my initial company was named Shri Krishna Technologies, so naturally, people…
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November 16, 2020 / AgenciesI am Dave Swift. I started my first business in 7th grade by convincing my parents to buy me a box of 100 Blow Pops for $5, which I sold out of my locker for fifty cents each. That was…
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November 12, 2020 / IndividualsMy name is Shay Toder, a Page Speed Optimization Expert. Got 1st place in 2019 & 3rd place in 2020 in a worldwide WordPress performance contest. Owner of ShayToder.com - a blog dedicated to page speed optimization. The Journey Began…
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November 9, 2020 / PluginsI am Vito Peleg, the founder of Atarim, originally from Israel and based in London, UK. I was not the best student in school, but I was always curious, inventing little things from a young age - I always preferred…
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November 5, 2020 / HostingMy name is Ben Gabler, CEO & Founder of Rocket.net. I grew up in and currently reside in a little town in South Florida called Jupiter (I promise it’s not the planet). ;) I’ve lived in a few different states…
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November 2, 2020 / IndividualsI am Joe Casabona! I’m a podcaster and WordPress developer. I hale from New York but I currently live in a suburb outside of Philadelphia, PA with my wife and two kids. I’m here by way of my wife, whom…
