Post Status Excerpt (No. 26) — WordPress Acquisition Overload Syndrome (W.A.O.S)

"Remember to put people before software and community before code."

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory recover from an overwhelming week of acquisition news in the WordPress space. Four well-known WordPress companies announced acquisitions almost back-to-back. Next, Cory notes Michelle Frechette's article on Post Status about the challenging and difficult choices some employees of newly acquired companies may have to make.

Also covered in this episode: David shares what has (and hasn't) changed in the WordPress space in terms of business and opportunities. Then he considers the possible ways developers can look at acquisitions as a whole.

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🔗 Mentioned in the show:

• Post Status Draft Podcast: Chris Lema
• Post Status Draft Podcast: Pippin Williamson
• Liquid Web Acquires LearnDash
• Awesome Motive Has Acquired Sandhills Development
• ThemeIsle Acquires WP Landing Kit
• Keanan Koppenhaver Acquires Branch and WPPusher
• Your WordPress Company Has Been Acquired: Now What?
• Paul Lacey's Tweet
• David Bisset (Twitter)
• Cory Miller (Twitter)
• Post Status (Twitter)

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