Syed is the Founder of WPBeginner, the largest free WordPress resource site for beginners, and List25, which is a popular site of curated lists of lesser-known intriguing information on a variety of subjects. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Yahoo, Business Insider, Mashable, and more.

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Success Quote

“Make friends, make money, go the extra mile to help when you can.” – Syed Balkhi click to tweet!

Business Failure

Syed tried to get all fancy pants and change his website design at WPBeginner.com when it was working beautifully as is. The result was total chaos – find out why and what he did to recover.

Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment

Syed shares how the concept for WPBeginner was born and reveals his secret to its success.

Current Business

Syed has two other exciting ventures that he shares with us. This guy wakes up at 4am daily and his results are obvious!

Small Business Resource

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Best Business Book

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Interview Links

WPBeginner.com
@SyedBalkhi
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