WP Engine Raises $15M(techcrunch.com)

59 pointsby gmaysقبل 13 سنة13 comments

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/14/wp-engine-raises-15m-from-north-bridge-growth-equity-to-invest-in-product-development-accelerate-growth/

13 comments

benjaminwoottonقبل 13 سنة

How is this for inspiration from back in 2010?

Http://blog.asmartbear.com/nut-up-or-shut-up.html

Congrats to Jason and the team. Very well deserved success.

cordieقبل 13 سنة

I just read through some of the comments. So much negativity!

Goes to show how all the little negative "suggestions" and "comments" DO NOT matter. If people pay you for your service/product that is all that matters...

Great to see such a massive success Jason.

smartbearقبل 13 سنة

Thanks so much!

sdnguyen90قبل 13 سنة

On the first month I signed up with WP Engine I had a few of my mission critical WP installs go down for over 6 hours and very spotty performance. I was contemplating on going back to running it on my own VPS again but everything has been smooth ever since. I'm pretty glad I stuck it out since I work by myself it has saved me a lot of time in sys admin work.

I really hope that they add better developer tools. Sometimes I miss the freedom of self hosting.

dotBenقبل 13 سنة

What kind of tools would you like? email me ben@wpengine and let me know!

jjoeقبل 13 سنة

According to Brunner, WP Engine still had a good amount of its earlier funding in the bank, but decided to go ahead and raise now in order to be able to grow its service quickly.

Are businesses taking on any funding they can now for fear of rough times ahead? It's as if Janet taking over in Feb is making people nervous and times seemingly uncertain.

teejقبل 13 سنة

Common advice is to raise when you don't need it.

djtقبل 13 سنة

you get better terms this way and is a way to shut out competitors that are considering entering your space (because they know you can burn money to stop them getting traction)

If you NEED money, you will find it harder to get

patrickg_zillقبل 13 سنة

I think they probably wouldn't tell you :) ... however it would certainly be a consideration, I think.

newscloudقبل 13 سنة

WPEngine has an awesome affiliate program for bloggers $150 per customer - dwarfs other programs I've received...I wrote this up: http://jeffreifman.com/2013/12/20/top-affiliate-program-for-...

smoyerقبل 13 سنة

Hmmm ... advertising on HN? Do you get a cut of each new affiliate that signs up too?

dangrossmanقبل 13 سنة

He'd get a cut of the referral's sales, that's why the link to sign up is itself a referral link as well. This comment is spammy as it gets.

newscloudقبل 13 سنة

Their effective affiliate program is partly responsible for their growth.