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Syed Balkhi: Founder of WPBeginner

October 7, 2013

Syed Balkhi 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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  • Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!

Success Quote

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

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

  • Time Doctor: Time Tracking and Time Management Software that is accurate and helps you to get a lot more done each day.

Best Business Book

  • The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.

Interview Links

  • WPBeginner.com
  • @SyedBalkhi
  • Optin Monster: Convert more visitors into subscribers by using our best WordPress popup, exit-intent technology, and other highly effective lead-generation methods.

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