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  • Business memories

    Before my role in Automattic I for a time ran my own business. I’d fallen into it through good connections and chance. Following my passion was scary but it lead me to some incredible spaces and grew me in ways I couldn’t imagine I could. What I did also changed, starting with piece by piece…

    Business memories
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    Ballio Chan

    How do you scale 100X?

    When I read about businesses and startups, scaling or growing a business are hot buzzwords. People often ask questions like, “How do you scale your business 5X…10X…or even 100X?” Everyone seems to be obsessed with eye-popping growth.  The teams at Automattic have recently completed some in-depth small business customer segmentation research. This was aimed to…

    How do you scale 100X?
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    Mel Choyce

    You’re better than you think you are 💪🏽

    This just in: oppression reportedly lowers self-worth

    You’re better than you think you are 💪🏽
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    Jeff Golenski

    Never mind “Autopilot.” What about the people who are afraid to fly? Thoughts on creating website building software for small businesses.

    If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years it’s that no matter how easy something may be, some folks have a tendency to stay clear away from it. And not because they don’t want to, but perhaps there’s a perception-based fear that keeps them away. They once could have had a bad experience with…

    Never mind “Autopilot.” What about the people who are afraid to fly? Thoughts on creating website building software for small businesses.
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    Erin Casali

    I’m just starting! What’s the first step to more page views?

    It’s an exciting journey to have a project going. Maybe it’s a side passion, maybe it’s a desire to do something for others, maybe it’s a business blossoming… when it gets online it always reaches a point where one has to face the question “how do I get more people interested in what I do?”…