WordPress is a good choice for startups because it has a large community for support, is a full content management system beyond just blogging, and is highly extensible through plugins. BuddyPress is a social plugin for WordPress that adds features like friending, messaging, profiles and more. While originally designed for social networks, BuddyPress allows activating only the needed features. These tools provide startups with resources, stability, security, flexibility and quick deployment which are important needs for new companies.

1. Starting Up your Startup with
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By Emilio R. Cueto
liveninja.com/emilio
@EmilioRCueto

2. Why choose WordPress?

3. 1. COMMUNITY!

4. 1. COMMUNITY!
• WordCamps / BuddyCamps / Meetups
• Countless searchable forums
• irc.freenode.net
#wordpress
#buddypress

5. 2. Full Fledged CMS?!?
(wordpress != blogging)

6. 3. Extensibility >> Plugins!

7. What is BuddyPress?

8. What is BuddyPress?
a social wordpress plugin

9. What’s so cool about it?

10. BuddyPress Features:
• Friending
• Private Messaging
• Activity Stream
• Extended Profiles
• Forums
• Groups
• more…

11. What if my site isn’t a social
network?

12. What if my site isn’t a social
network?
Doesn’t Matter!
Only activate what you need..

13. BuddyPress Features:
• Activity Streams
• Extended Profiles
• Private Messaging

14. What startups need:
• resources
• stability
• security
• data store
• flexibility
• quick deployment

15. +
FTW!

16. Thank You!
www.liveninja.com/emilio
emilio@liveninja.com
@EmilioRCueto
Presentation available @ slideshare.net/emiliocueto/wordcampmiami2013