{"id":2256,"date":"2023-03-13T00:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerala.wordcamp.org\/2023\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=2256"},"modified":"2023-03-22T20:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:13:29","slug":"2023-wordpress-economy-a-fireside-chat-with-wordpress-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/kerala.wordcamp.org\/2023\/session\/2023-wordpress-economy-a-fireside-chat-with-wordpress-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"The WordPress Economy in 2023: A Fireside chat with WordPress Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, an <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wordpress-economy\/\">independent study<\/a> projected that the WordPress Economy is worth USD$597 billion, and is projected to grow to USD$636 billion and beyond. There are millions of professionals who either use WordPress or rely on the open source platform to earn a living. Simultaneously, there are immense business opportunities in the market, with an appetite to only grow more. In this session, we bring together a group of serial WordPress entrepreneurs who are neck deep in the WordPress ecosystem. They talk about their wins, failures, learnings, and join an interesting and exciting discussion on the WordPress economy of 2023 &#8211; what lies ahead,  what things to be aware of, what are the challenges and opportunities, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The panel will have the following members: <a href=\"https:\/\/kerala.wordcamp.org\/2023\/speaker\/iashutoshgaur\/\" data-type=\"wcb_speaker\" data-id=\"655\">Ashutosh Gaur<\/a> (moderator)- Founder, Riddleman FM., <a href=\"https:\/\/kerala.wordcamp.org\/2023\/speaker\/akshatc\/\" data-type=\"wcb_speaker\" data-id=\"1536\">Akshat Choudhary<\/a> &#8211; CEO Blogvault, <a href=\"https:\/\/kerala.wordcamp.org\/2023\/speaker\/m-asif-rahman\/\" data-type=\"wcb_speaker\" data-id=\"1051\">M Asif Rahman<\/a> &#8211; Founder WPDeveloper, <a href=\"https:\/\/kerala.wordcamp.org\/2023\/speaker\/aravind-ajith\/\" data-type=\"wcb_speaker\" data-id=\"2556\">Aravind Ajith<\/a> &#8211; CEO AWSM Innovations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/kerala.wordcamp.org\/2023\/speaker\/rajendra-zore\/\" data-type=\"wcb_speaker\" data-id=\"2558\">Rajendra Zore<\/a> &#8211; CMO RunCloud and CEO HostMyBlog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, an independent study projected that the WordPress Economy is worth USD$597 billion, and is projected to grow to USD$636 billion and beyond. There are millions of professionals who either use WordPress or rely on the open source platform to earn a living. 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