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Why I Merged My Profitable One Person Software Company with a Bigger Player

October 24, 2018 | 3

The personal and business reasons behind why I merged my small bootstrapped product company with a larger one.

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2017 Business Year in Review

January 11, 2018

A reflection and summary of my business growth and highlights in 2017, with a look to “themes” to focus on in 2018.

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Simple Calendar Acquired by SureSwift Capital

August 23, 2017 | 4

I’m excited to announce that Simple Calendar has been acquired by SureSwift Capital. As a solo founder, why did I choose to make this transition? In a word: Focus.

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8 Years to Overnight Success (Startups for the Rest of Us Podcast Interview)

May 24, 2015

I had the huge pleasure of being interviewed on my favorite podcast, Startups for the Rest of Us. You can listen to the episode here, and by all means, keep them at the top of your feed if you’re at all interested or involved in small self-funded startups. Many thanks to my friends Rob and…

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Lessons Learned Building a WordPress Plugin Business to $10k/month (MicroConf 2015 Attendee Talk)

April 13, 2015 | 9

In April 2015 I gave an attendee talk at MicroConf Las Vegas. It’s only about 15 minutes. Here are the slides: Resources Easy Digital Downloads WP Engine (managed hosting) Pagely (managed hosting) WP Migrate DB Pro Coming Soon Pro WP Simple Pay (my Stripe plugin)

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Phil Derksen

Hi there. I’m the founder of WP Simple Pay, a Stripe payments and subscriptions plugin for WordPress. I’m also a partner at Sandhills Development (Easy Digital Downloads, AffilateWP, Restrict Content Pro, etc).

Recent Posts

  • Why I Merged My Profitable One Person Software Company with a Bigger Player
  • 2017 Business Year in Review
  • Simple Calendar Acquired by SureSwift Capital
  • Using Stripe with WordPress (WP Meetup Talk)
  • Bitwise Demo Day Talk 3/31/16
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