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I’m Mario Peshev, the CEO of

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I built my first website back in 1999, and transitioned to WordPress platform development around 2008. On my journey to growing a Top 20 WordPress agency worldwide, I picked up marketing and management skills which I’ve been polishing as a business advisor and digital consultant over the past decade.
I help SMEs and fast-paced startups with growth strategy and technological advice, automating internal processes, generating higher revenues through inbound marketing and technical solutions, solving operational problems, and refining their high-level business strategy. My top three goals are: enabling new revenue streams, automating processes, saving capital.

How It Started

I built my first website.

1999

2002-2004

From 2002 to 2004, I played with different open source PHP-based applications. I started several forums and portals for software development and security, which was my passion back then. Launched a FOSS app in 2004.

In 2005 , I was involved with helping the organizing team of a large international conference—which was incredibly exhausting—but I learned a lot about automating event management processes and coordinating work with people.

2005

2007

The first WordPress site I built was in 2007 and required a lot of custom development, which allowed me to get acquainted with the platform before some goodies were introduced in WordPress 3.0.

My first consulting contract was signed in 2008 for a large technical corporation looking to integrate an innovative Google-driven framework for eCommerce goods.

2008

2009

I’ve organized various seminars and meetups, including a freelance conference in 2009 with 130-150 people. I’ve also helped our local Java user group (we built their site too and integrated different feeds and remote APIs) and occasionally help friends organizing new conferences or seminars.

Founded DevriX.

2010

2014

Published my first book Making Money Online with WordPress: Your guide to building your remote online business with WordPress.

Named one of the top WordPress influencers to follow in 2016 by Torque Magazine and ThemeFuse.

2016

2018

Founded Growth Shuttle.

Published my second book 126 Steps to Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur: The Entrepreneurship Fad and the Dark Side of Going Solo.

2019

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Strategic goals. Tactical objectives.

I take an operational approach to accelerate leadership development and propel business forward.

Advisory

Here are the most frequent topics our clients contact us about.

Business Strategy

Bootstrapped startups reach out for growth advice in handling recruitment and operations at scale.

Marketing

Digital agencies in need of growing through new departments and responsibilities, delegation, building recurring revenue, optimizing processes.

Recruitment

SMEs in non-tech businesses looking for ways to scale automation and reduce overhead via digital transformation.

Management
Operations

Bootstrapped startups reach out for growth advice in handling recruitment and operations at scale.

Sales

Digital agencies in need of growing through new departments and responsibilities, delegation, building recurring revenue, optimizing processes.

Technology

SMEs in non-tech businesses looking for ways to scale automation and reduce overhead via digital transformation.