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Who Bought Jason Schuller's WordPress Theme Company Press75? · Geek at Sea

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Jason Schuller. Press75 and how a WordPress theme set an entrepreneurial journey in motion.

Jason Schuller is a dad, a husband, and the founder of Press75, a WordPress theme company that he started in frustration, when a consulting client decided to skip paying the bills. That incident caught fire and set Jason on an entrepreneurial journey full of joys and setbacks. His company, and his lessons enabled him to be a successful founder, an engaged…

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  1. Who Is Jason Schuller at 0:00

    Jason is the founder of Press75, a WordPress theme company that he founded by a lucky accident. Full answer

  2. What Pulled Jason Schuller Into Selling WordPress Themes? at 2:18

    Jason Schuller says it started at Boeing, where internal sites were still static HTML. Full answer

  3. How Did WordPress Replace Piles of Static Pages? at 2:32

    For many organizations, early web meant a collection of static HTML pages that were individually uploaded and managed. Full answer

  4. What Is a Good Way to Gain a Following for Your Business at 3:03

    WordPress was an open source community and Jason quickly gained a following by sharing his progress, and by giving away ideas and tools for free. Full answer

  5. How Did Jason’s Parent React When He Left the Cushy Job at Boeing and Traded It for a Startup at 4:03

    When Press75 started, nobody but Jason really got it first. Full answer

  6. How Did One Unpaid Client Launch Press75? at 5:00

    Jason has always had an interest in video and video-centric content. At one point,he had an idea to create a really cool Hulu-like WordPress theme. Full answer

  7. What Impacts Did Starting a Business as a Husband and Wife Team Have at 8:23

    It strengthened Jason & his wife's relationship because they could both pursue things they wanted to - something that was not 9 to 5 office-related. Full answer

  8. What Would Jason Do Differently If Doing Press75 All Over Again at 10:22

    Jason says that because the business was doing so well, he got very wrapped up in the day to day. Full answer

  9. What Is Important to Keep in Mind When Starting a Business and Experiencing a Great Deal of Financial Success at 11:41

    Don't become too wrapped up in the excitement. Full answer

  10. How Much Money Was Press75 Making in Its Glory Days at 12:22

    Within six months, Jason and his wife were making around $16,000 a months, and ten months in he was up to $30k per months. Full answer

  11. What Was the Biggest Challenge as Press75 Grew and Gather Competition at 12:58

    As the WordPress popularity grew, Jason Schuller and team had to find more creative ways to stay relevant. Full answer

  12. Should Jason Schuller Have Kept Making Themes for Press75 Customers? at 14:59

    Jason Schuller tells Kirill Zubovsky it depends, and that simply following the Press75 customer would not have made him happy. Full answer

  13. How Did WordPress Business and Community Change With Rising Popularity of WP as a Platform at 16:33

    The original community of WordPress makers was a tight group that built friendships around their passion. Full answer

  14. Who Bought Jason Schuller's WordPress Theme Company Press75? at 26:22

    Jason Schuller tells Kirill Zubovsky that he sold Press75 in 2014 to a custom WordPress theme agency. He never names the buyer. Full answer

  15. How Did Selling a Business and Then Having a Baby Impact Life Overall at 31:26

    It was a wakeup call. Things are put into perspective when you are looking through the eyes of a child and the responsibility of raising them. Full answer

  16. How Does One Channel Life Experience Into Their Children at 38:26

    It is hard to find a balance of career and parenthood. It is important to instill the idea of not giving up in children. Full answer

  17. How Do Parents Decide What Is Right for Their Children at 45:19

    It is difficult to know. There are aspects of how one was parented that are implemented into their own parenting style. Full answer

  18. How Are Work/life Balance Opportunities Different Today vs. Just a Few Decades Ago at 45:46

    Previous generations did not have opportunities with the internet like there are today. Full answer

  19. How Do Parents Teach Their Children How to Work Hard at 47:44

    It boils down to what one is interested in. Full answer

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