{"id":1518,"date":"2018-03-02T06:17:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T06:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=1518"},"modified":"2018-03-06T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:12:58","slug":"mike-stott","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/mike-stott\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Stott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Side Project to Successful Product<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Mike Stott, Founder of Epic Plugins, Epic Themes and co-founder Zero BS CRM. I develop, support and market WordPress plugins, themes and recently a side project turned successful product \u2013 Zero BS CRM.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used WordPress since 2011 and developed for it as well as being a &#8220;Super User&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Further reading:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kinsta Kingpin Interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/kinsta.com\/blog\/interview-with-mike-stott\/\">https:\/\/kinsta.com\/blog\/interview-with-mike-stott\/<\/a><br \/>\nIndie Hackers Interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiehackers.com\/businesses\/epic-plugins-and-themes\">https:\/\/www.indiehackers.com\/businesses\/epic-plugins-and-themes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic Description:<\/strong> The topic will cover:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting Started with your Side Project (e.g. how to choose a name and whether to even bother)<\/li>\n<li>Deciding what goes into your &#8216;MMP&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Growing your team and tracking metrics<\/li>\n<li>Why we chose WordPress to develop and sell our WordPress product<\/li>\n<li>Selling a WordPress Product using WordPress<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nIntended Audience:<\/strong> Entrepreneurs, Web Agencies, Non technical<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Side Project to Successful Product I\u2019m Mike Stott, Founder of Epic Plugins, Epic Themes and co-founder Zero BS CRM. I develop, support and market WordPress plugins, themes and recently a side project turned successful product \u2013 Zero BS CRM. I&#8217;ve used WordPress since 2011 and developed for it as well as being a &#8220;Super &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/mike-stott\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mike Stott&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14057305,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"mikemayhem3030","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[1241365],"class_list":["post-1518","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry","wcb_speaker_group-main-day"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Yphc-ou","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28d38dd02719f6d2538a52a0bcd7ddcedaff9d35cf50d4ef9ea1f95f11891d1b?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28d38dd02719f6d2538a52a0bcd7ddcedaff9d35cf50d4ef9ea1f95f11891d1b?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28d38dd02719f6d2538a52a0bcd7ddcedaff9d35cf50d4ef9ea1f95f11891d1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28d38dd02719f6d2538a52a0bcd7ddcedaff9d35cf50d4ef9ea1f95f11891d1b?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28d38dd02719f6d2538a52a0bcd7ddcedaff9d35cf50d4ef9ea1f95f11891d1b?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28d38dd02719f6d2538a52a0bcd7ddcedaff9d35cf50d4ef9ea1f95f11891d1b?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14057305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2264,"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1518\/revisions\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}