{"id":1059361,"date":"2014-08-05T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=1059361"},"modified":"2014-08-05T12:21:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:21:39","slug":"learn-from-my-mistakes-8-years-in-the-game","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/learn-from-my-mistakes-8-years-in-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn From My Mistakes: 8 Years in the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222\">Are you a WP-based business owner, freelancer, or are looking to get into the business? This talk is for you, once and future consultants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our path is one fraught with peril on all sides, including the biggest threat of them all: ourselves. Take a journey with me through 8 years of mistakes and lessons learned, failures, victories, and high-fives.<\/p>\n<p>Topics covered include:<br \/>\nGrowth (encouraging it and managing it)<br \/>\nHiring vs working with contractors<br \/>\nMaking design &amp; dev teams play nice together<br \/>\nClient Management \/ Project Management \/ Account Management<\/p>\n<p>And no doubt a flurry of excellent topics brought up during Q&amp;A!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a WP-based business owner, freelancer, or are looking to get into the business? This talk is for you, once and future consultants. Our path is one fraught with peril on all sides, including the biggest threat of them all: ourselves. Take a journey with me through 8 years of mistakes and lessons learned, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/learn-from-my-mistakes-8-years-in-the-game\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learn From My Mistakes: 8 Years in the Game<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648209,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1408212000,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[1059295],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[289],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-1059361","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-business"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"August 16, 2014","time":"2:00 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"1059295","slug":"ian-wilson","name":"Ian Wilson","link":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/ian-wilson\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1059361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/648209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1059361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059429,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1059361\/revisions\/1059429"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1059295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=1059361"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=1059361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}