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Hiring Taylor Otwell to build HelpSpot and Laravel at the same time | Ian Landsman, Founder of HelpSpot

The Business of Laravel

CHAPTER

Supporting Laravel's Growth and Community Involvement

The chapter delves into the early days of Laravel's development, highlighting the support provided by the speaker to Taylor Otwell. It explores the financial support for Laravel's growth, the challenges and successes faced in building HelpSpot and Laravel simultaneously, and the speaker's reflections on the Laravel community involvement. The discussion also covers the evolution of a PHP app to a more Laravel-based structure, hiring within the Laravel community, and the advantages of using platforms like LaraJobs for recruiting Laravel talent.

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