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WordCamp Phoenix & Cloudfest
WordCamp Phoenix starts today and I've heard from several friends, including Michelle Frechette, who are attending. It was always one of my favorites.
And it looks like WordPress was a big theme at Cloudfest this week, which is great for the industry-community, with a lot of Post Status members in Germany. We attended last year, and it was a great setting with great people.
Letting Go
Part of my personal work has been focused on acceptance and letting go. Whew, now that's real work!
My dear friend and colleague for 10 years Kristen Wright, who now works at Automattic on their amazing Day One team, shared this quote with me today:
Whatever pain you can’t get rid of … make it your creative offering.
My takeaway: Instead of directing our energy outward, turn and use it inward, for our highest and best contribution ... back out. Not at all easy to do in the moment, but something I keep practicing.
—Cory Miller
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BUSINESS #club, #business, #marketing
Another Success for Cloudfest
Cloudfest is not a WordPress event, but, like the web, it seems like at least 43% of the attendees were WordPress community members. Looking at attendee twitter activity, the hackathon, speaker sessions, panel discussions - and parties - were very engaging and successful.
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AGENCY #agency-owners, #gigs
Equalize Digital Receives Pre-Seed Investment from Emilia Capital
Congratulations to the teams at Equalize Digital (led by Amber and Chris Hinds) and Emilia Capital (led by Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt.
The Equalize Digital leadership team is excited to bring on Emilia Capital as an investor to help accelerate the development and growth of their plugin.: Read →
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PRODUCT #wp-product-leaders
New Emerging Web Tech Podcast
Do the Woo announced a new show that Brad Williams, Kathy Zant, and Dave Lockie will be doing every month, called Emerging Web Tech and how it plays into WooCommerce and WordPress. Listen →
Corey and Cory on the Value of Product Partnerships
In Episode 6 of Launching a WP Product in Public, we talked about the art of failing and making decisions in a partnership. Listen →
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CURATED BY  CORY MILLER & TEAM. Have business news to share? Get in touch.
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POST STATUS SPONSOR
Gravity Forms
 Gravity Forms is the most trusted tool for creating advanced forms on your WordPress-powered website. Our mission is to create a platform that leverages the power of our form building tools and the surrounding ecosystem, so that web professionals can build custom solutions for collecting, managing, and sharing business data. Check them out →
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COMMUNITY #introductions, #self-promotion, #booknook, #events
It’s Not About Luck
“If you’re going to tell me about all the good luck I’ve had to get to where I am, then are you also going to talk about the bad luck I had to overcome to get here?”
~Michelle Frechette to Allie Nimmons on the Underrepresented in Tech podcast
A few weeks ago on an episode of the Underrepresented in Tech podcast, Allie Nimmons and I talked about the hard work that goes into being able to do some of the things we have done (speak at WordCamp Asia, for example).
It’s always been interesting to me how people see me speak at a WordCamp and say “you’re so lucky you get to do that.” Privilege aside (and I do acknowledge my privilege), luck had very little to do with me getting to where I am. Or for any accomplishment of any other person in our community. Indeed, there has been a lot of hard work, participation, and drive to do things like podcasting, speaking, and to have the roles that each of us in the community has.
So today I’m acknowledging all of your hard work and efforts to be where you are and have achieved what you have achieved. I know it wasn’t luck. I see your struggles. I see how you’ve earned your success. And I know what it takes to get to where you are – and where you’re going.
Member Spotlight
Post Status professional member Marcus Burnettte is in the spotlight this week. Marcus Burnette is a WordPresser with GoDaddy Pro, team co-rep for the Photos team, a podcaster, and first-and-foremost, a family man.
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CURATED BY  MICHELLE FRECHETTE. Have community news to share? Get in touch.
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MAKE WORDPRESS
WP 6.2 RC2
CURATED BY COURTNEY ROBERTSON. Have Make WP news to share? Get in touch.
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A big thank you to our Supporters
Without our Supporters (and long-time members), Post Status wouldn’t be a feasible business. These great companies have continued to support us and work for you (say thanks when you can):
Pagely — supported us from the beginning
Gravity Forms — supported us from the beginning
A2 Hosting — first-year partner
Elementor — first-year sponsor
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