{"id":13473,"date":"2016-02-29T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T18:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=13473"},"modified":"2024-01-03T00:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T06:21:24","slug":"syed-balkhi-talks-wordpress-and-entrepreneurship-live-hangout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/syed-balkhi-talks-wordpress-and-entrepreneurship-live-hangout\/","title":{"rendered":"Syed Balkhi Talks WordPress And Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>At WP Engine, we\u2019re passionate about helping our customers learn and grow. In keeping with that ethos, we proudly present \u201c<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/blog\/category\/finely-tuned-expert\/\"><em>Finely Tuned Expert<\/em><\/a><em>,\u201d a series of interviews with some of the brightest talents in tech, marketing, and (naturally) WordPress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note February 29, 2016:<\/strong>\u00a0While the live broadcast of our Finely Tuned Expert episode with Syed Balkhi has come and gone, the recording lives on for your enjoyment whenever and wherever you choose. Watch the entirety of the show in the embedded video below. Want more Finely Tuned Expert videos? Find all of them <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/blog\/category\/finely-tuned-expert\/\">right here on casestudies26.wpengine.com<\/a> or on our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f5cZND3zPFM?list=PLUIctPjPADH8j6v7ldikoZMfEVMlN6bYc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Text:<\/strong> Experts are developers and marketers. They&#8217;re serial entrepreneurs and serious coders. They&#8217;re engineers and analysts\u2014and they all have something to say! That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re taking our live interview show &#8220;Finely Tuned Consultant&#8221; and expanding its horizons. Introducing, &#8220;Finely Tuned Expert.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13475\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/niI3ANd0-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Syed Balkhi\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/niI3ANd0-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/niI3ANd0-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/niI3ANd0-144x144.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/niI3ANd0-568x567.jpeg 568w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/niI3ANd0.jpeg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>For this inaugural edition of the newly-conceptualized &#8220;Finely Tuned Expert,&#8221; we welcome to the show a man with no lack of talent. Just days after his appearance at WordCamp Miami, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/syedbalkhi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syed Balkhi<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPBeginner<\/a>, ThemeLab,\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/soliloquywp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoliloquyWP<\/a> (to name just a few of his ventures) joins us to discuss how he&#8217;s built a career helping businesses grow through WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Catch the show live at 3 p.m. Central on Thursday, February 25. Where can you watch it? Why, right here on casestudies26.wpengine.com, of course! Just click in the video window below at 3 p.m. Central, Thursday, February 25 to watch it live.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1tSRqOk9emY<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you a WordPress expert with something to say? Let us know, and you could be featured on an upcoming episode of Finely Tuned Expert.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At WP Engine, we\u2019re passionate about helping our customers learn and grow. In keeping with that ethos, we proudly present \u201cFinely Tuned Expert,\u201d a series of interviews with some of the brightest talents in tech, marketing, and (naturally) WordPress. 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