#721 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS, We Interview Dennis Dornon Brand Manager and Cofounder of MainWP

<p>#721 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress &amp; SaaS, We Interview Dennis Dornon Brand Manager and Cofounder of MainWP</p> <p>Is It Possible To Build a Successful WordPress Business With A Totally Free Core Product?</p> <p>#721 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress &amp; SaaS, We Interview Dennis Dornon, Brand Manager and Cofounder of MainWP</p> <p><br />More About Dennis</p> <p>I&rsquo;m always trying to find the right work-life balance, so when I&rsquo;m not working on MainWP, I&rsquo;m a husband to a wonderful and incredibly patient woman and father to three exceptional children.</p> <p>When I do find free time, it&rsquo;s at the beach or chasing the younger ones around the backyard.</p> <p>Even though I am the co-founder of MainWP, I am neither a coder nor a designer. I develop ideas and help connect all the moving parts to create software that helps other WordPress enthusiasts.</p> <p><br />Main Questions of The Interview</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#1 - Dennis, can you give us some more detailed background info on how you got into the semi-crazy world of web development, mainly WordPress, compared to your initial intro?</p> <p><br />#2 - So you have a robust free plugin/platform, and then you sell paid add-ons, so based on your experience, what are the good and bad things connected to this particular business model?</p> <p><br />#3 - You seem to use partnerships connected to third-party interrogations into your central plugin/platform as a key way of adding value and also a way to market MainWP what are some key things you have learned connected to building these partnerships?</p> <p><br />#4 - Is MainWP entirely bootstrapped, or have you taken angle investment, or is it a mixture of both what are some of your plans connected to growing MainWP?</p> <p><br />#5 - So if you had a time machine and could go back to the beginning of developing MainWP, what would you tell yourself would be really helpful?</p> <p><br />#6 - What are some of the people and companies in the WordPress or SaaS area tha