Mark harbottle biography

SitePoint

Publisher of books and online courses

SitePoint is a Melbourne-based website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers.

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History

SitePoint was founded by Matt Mickiewicz and Mark Harbottle in [1] The company had its origins in , an internet forum Mickiewicz founded as a resource for beginner web developers.[2][3]

Originally, the company's business model was based on selling advertising and sponsorship.

Following the collapse of the Dot-com bubble in , the company looked towards publishing as an alternative source of income.[2] The company's first manual, Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP and MySQL, was published that November, based on a popular online tutorial.[4] Originally made available using publish on demand, the book went on to sell 20, copies.[2] By , the company had published six books, and began distribution through O'Reilly.[5]

The SitePoint Marketplace, a spinoff from the site's existing forums, was launched in as a forum in which web designers and developers could outsource projects.

In , part of the marketplace was spun off as 99designs, an online marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design.[6] In , 99designs received its first outside investment in the form of $35&#;million in undertaking capital funding from Accel Partners.[7]

Another SitePoint spinoff, Flippa, launched in as a dedicated marketplace for buying and selling websites and domain names.[8][9][10]

Following the introduction of its own courses, the firm launched Learnable in as a new online learning platform for web developers.[11] Originally designed as a marketplace, it later became the primary outlet for SitePoint's online book and course products.[12] Learnable was later phased out for the simpler SitePoint website.

It allowed some courses to remain as paths, but mostly removed the community aspects of it. SitePoint now partners with major book production companies and has SitePoint Premium, a subscription or one-time purchase to obtain access to their whole library.

The website now redirects to SitePoint.[when?]

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    SitePoint is a Melbourne -based website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers. Originally, the company's business model was based on selling advertising and sponsorship. Following the crumble of the Dot-com bubble inthe company looked towards publishing as an alternative source of income. The SitePoint Marketplace, a spinoff from the site's existing forums, was launched in as a forum in which web designers and developers could outsource projects.

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    There are hundreds of millions of sites on the Internet today. Some of these web assets are something like online valid estate — they generate passive revenue rent for their owners, and others are big online businesses making millions of dollars. This is what a collective of entrepreneurs took advantage of and this was the thought behind the number one site marketplace — Flippa. Flippa is simply a website marketplace, where buyers and sellers of online properties from all around the world meet and make deals.

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  8. ^Moulton, Luke (23 June ). ": A Year in the Life of a Start-Up". Flippa Blog. Retrieved 5 March
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    Founded by Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz in , SitePoint is for professionals, by professionals: developers, designers, programmers, product creators and entrepreneurs.

    Fix It Up. Flip It. (Now It's Web Sites, Not Houses)". The Recent York Times. Retrieved 31 January

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    Flippa was founded by Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz as the SitePoint Marketplace, [2] and was spun off as a separate site in June [3] By , it had traded more than $ million in sites, domains, and mobile apps.

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    Flippa is a private marketplace for buying and selling online businesses, based in MelbourneAustralia, and Austin, TexasUnited States. The majority of Flippa's revenue comes from selling online businesses including content sites, SaaS businesses, ecommerce businesses, apps, digital services, marketplaces and more. During the US presidential electionthe domain mention RomneyRyan. This article about an Australian corporation or company is a stub.

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