Andy Wilkerson is a theme developer and theme shop owner that made a name for himself on Theme Forest. Now he's working on all sorts of projects, not just for themes, but for podcasts and more! In this 2-parter, he and I talk about his story and general theme development. This episode, Part 1, focuses primarily on how he built his business. Show Notes<ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/andyinthewild?lang=en">Andy Wilkerson</a></li><li><a href="http://para.llel.us/">Parallelus</a></li><li><a href="https://upthemes.com/">UpThemes</a></li><li><a href="https://themeforest.net/?ref=jcasabona">Theme Forest</a></li><li><a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/">Google Trends</a></li><li><a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/">WordPress.org</a></li><li><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/jade">Jade</a></li><li><a href="https://gruntjs.com/">Grunt</a></li><li><a href="https://howibuilt.it/episode-10-the-beaver-builder-team/">Episode 10: Beaver Builder</a></li><li><a href="http://runwaywp.com/">Runway</a></li><li><a href="http://underscores.me/">Underscores</a></li><li><a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development">Creating a WordPress Theme</a></li><li><a href="http://wp1mo.com/udemy">Joe's WordPress Theming Course</a></li></ul>Sponsored by: <a href="http://liquidweb.evyy.net/c/367325/603512/4464">Liquid Web</a> | <a href="https://buildpodcast.net/pm">Project Panorama</a>

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Becoming a WordPress Theme Developer with Andy Wilkerson Part 2

Overwhelmed? Feel like your business can't run for a day without you? You're not alone.

When you're a solo business owner, everything ends up depending on you. You're the only one who can do the work, answer the email, keep the plates spinning. So you're on the hook every day: nights, weekends, even the vacations you do manage to take. The overwhelm never really lifts.

But being a solopreneur doesn't have to mean doing it all yourself. With the right systems, parts of your business can run without you. That's what gets you your time back, and gives you the freedom to take a real break. And the freedom to do the work you actually want instead of the work you feel stuck doing.

Joe Casabona learned this the hard way. He went from so overwhelmed he had a panic attack to taking 4–6 weeks off a year, worry-free, and he's helped hundreds of solopreneurs build systems that give them their time back.

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