By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News WP Engine, founded in 2010 at Capital Factory, has 150 employees in Austin and it’s hiring. The plucky startup also has another 10 employees in a satellite office in California. And WP Engine has just opened a San Antonio office at Geekdom, a technology incubator and coworking […]
WP Engine Revs Up on WordPress
March 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By TIM GREEN Reporter with Silicon Hills News It’s Ticketpalooza Day at WP Engine, the Austin-based company that offers managed hosting services for WordPress-based websites. About 30 members of the company’s support staff are gathered around two long tables fielding calls from customers having problems with their websites. The support reps tap on their laptops, […]
ZippyKid Relaunches as Pressable
November 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Pressable is the new startup at Geekdom in San Antonio. But it’s actually one of the oldest startups at the downtown co-working space. Vid Luther launched ZippyKid in 2010 as a managed WordPress hosting site. On Thursday, the company rebranded as Pressable. With the new name, Luther, […]
ZippyKid Featured on A Slice of Silicon Hills
February 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
This week on Slice of Silicon Hills News, host Andrew Moore interviews Vid Luther, founder of ZippyKid, a WordPress hosting site. The startup, founded in 2010, is based at Geekdom, a sponsor of Silicon Hills News. Moore interviews Luther at the Silver Fox Studios, which is also a sponsor of Silicon Hills News, on the […]
ZippyKid Will Pay $3,000 & New iPhone for Employee Referral
August 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Everyone knows by now that tech talent is in short supply nationwide. So ZippyKid, a fast growing WordPress hosting site, is offering $3,000 and the latest iPhone to someone who refers the winning candidate for its job opening. The company, based at Geekdom in San Antonio, is hiring a senior systems administrator. ZippyKid offers managed […]
Today’s startup profile focuses on ZippyKid
November 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
Vid Luther started ZippyKid, which hosts and services WordPress websites. Starting at $20 a month, San Antonio-based Zippykid provides fast and secure hosting on Rackspace’s servers. Ten Questions with Luther, founder and CEO of ZippyKid. 1Q. Where did you come up with the idea for Zippy Kid? A. Basically the idea came about because I […]
