At WPBeginner, we are on a mission to help small businesses grow and compete with the big guys. Today, I want to take the exciting step and bring these values to the WordPress business community with our new growth accelerator fund.
在WPBeginner，我们的使命是帮助小型企业发展并与大型企业竞争。 今天，我想迈出激动人心的一步，并通过我们的新增长促进基金将这些价值带入WordPress商业社区。
Note: Applications will be closed on September 7th, 2018
注意：申请将于2018年9月7日关闭
什么是WPBeginner成长促进基金？ (What is the WPBeginner Growth Accelerator Fund?)
WPBeginner Growth Accelerator Fund is the first-ever growth fund focused entirely on WordPress businesses.
WPBeginner增长加速器基金是有史以来第一个完全专注于WordPress业务的增长基金。
As part of this accelerator, we will invest between $100k to $500k in a small group of WordPress focused businesses. Along with the investment, we will work intensively with founders to refine and optimize their existing product / processes by using the Awesome Motive playbook.
作为此加速器的一部分，我们将投资10万到50万美元到一小组以WordPress为中心的业务中。 除了投资，我们还将与创始人紧密合作，通过使用Awesome Motive剧本来完善和优化他们现有的产品/流程。
Companies will also get to benefit from our vast media resources and the business network that we have built over the last decade.
公司还将受益于我们过去十年建立的庞大媒体资源和业务网络。
WPBeginner成长促进基金背后的故事 (The Story Behind WPBeginner Growth Accelerator Fund)
Over the last decade, we have spent a lot of time talking to users and figuring out how to make things people want. Usually we can see fairly quickly the direction in which an idea should be expanded to make the biggest impact.
在过去的十年中，我们花了很多时间与用户交谈，并弄清楚如何制作人们想要的东西。 通常，我们可以很快地看到应该扩展构想以产生最大影响的方向。
It took us a long time to get to this level, and I would have never been here without the help of my mentors and other amazing entrepreneurs who were kind enough to share their wisdom with me.
我们花了很长时间才能达到这个水平，如果没有我的导师和其他出色的企业家的帮助，我将永远不会来这里，他们也很乐意与我分享他们的智慧。
This kind of mentorship is available in a lot of other verticals, but it’s not openly available in the WordPress business community.
这种指导在许多其他行业中都可用，但在WordPress商业社区中尚未公开。
The WordPress small business community is full of amazing people. Over the last few years, I have had the pleasure to talk with so many of the talented entrepreneurs about their businesses and their inspiring journeys.
WordPress小型企业社区充满了令人惊叹的人。 在过去的几年中，我很高兴与这么多才华横溢的企业家谈论他们的业务和鼓舞人心的旅程。
Several of them expressed interest in joining the Awesome Motive family, have me join their board, or getting an investment to fast-track their business growth. Few also expressed their frustrations about lack of investor interest in the space.
他们中的一些人表示有兴趣加入Awesome Motive家族，或者让我加入他们的董事会，或者获得投资以快速追踪他们的业务增长。 很少有人对投资者对该领域缺乏兴趣表示沮丧。
The problem is that the WordPress market is not very well understood by investors. And frankly, majority of WordPress businesses are not large enough to meet their criteria.
问题在于，投资者对WordPress市场了解不多。 坦率地说，大多数WordPress企业规模都不足以满足其标准。
But this doesn’t mean that WordPress businesses don’t have the potential. It’s quite the opposite – they have a lot of potential. There are tons of opportunities to grow in the WordPress ecosystem with the right playbook, and I want to help prove that.
但这并不意味着WordPress企业没有潜力。 相反，它们具有很大的潜力。 正确的剧本在WordPress生态系统中有大量的发展机会，我想帮助证明这一点。
After a lot of thought and discussion, I have decided to create the first WordPress-focused growth accelerator fund to help boost the WordPress small business community.
经过大量的思考和讨论，我决定创建第一个以WordPress为重点的增长促进基金，以帮助促进WordPress小型企业社区。
我们的理念 (Our Philosophy)
We know that independence is one of the main reasons why people want to create a business in the first place, and it’s also one of the reasons why businesses succeed. Our goal is to interfere as little as possible with the day to day.
我们知道，独立性是人们首先要创建业务的主要原因之一，也是业务成功的原因之一。 我们的目标是每天尽可能减少干扰。
We believe that founders of WordPress-focused companies are great at hacking. We want to empower them with our framework and resources to do just that.
我们相信以WordPress为中心的公司的创始人非常擅长于黑客。 我们希望通过我们的框架和资源来赋予他们权力。
Most investors offer a combination of money and help. In our case, money is by far the smaller component. We want to share our experience, knowledge, and resources (collectively “needle-movers”) to help founders grow their business.
大多数投资者提供金钱和帮助的结合。 在我们的例子中，金钱是较小的部分。 我们希望分享我们的经验，知识和资源(统称为“推动者”)，以帮助创始人发展业务。
We will offer a lot of advice, but we will never force anyone to take it.
我们将提供很多建议，但是我们绝不会强迫任何人接受它。
The kind of advice that we will give literally can’t be bought because very few companies have the WordPress-specific insights like we do. And those that do are not in the business of consulting.
实际上，我们不会提供这种建议，因为很少有公司像我们一样拥有WordPress特定见解。 而那些不从事咨询业务。
格式 (Format)
For our first round, we will start small by hand-picking five WordPress companies to invest and work with. And no, we won’t ask you to move to the Bay Area or another big city.
对于我们的第一轮，我们将从挑选5家WordPress公司进行投资和合作开始。 不，我们不会要求您搬到湾区或另一个大城市。
If you have an existing WordPress business, then you can apply here.
如果您已有WordPress业务，则可以在此处申请 。
We will review your application and invite the most promising groups to have a series of conversations with us. We will make our funding decision shortly after that.
我们将审核您的申请，并邀请最有前途的小组与我们进行一系列对话。 此后不久，我们将做出我们的资金决定。
Once funded, we will work closely with you to identify the growth levers in your business and help you implement the right processes to take your business to the next level.
一旦获得资金，我们将与您紧密合作，确定您业务中的增长杠杆，并帮助您实施正确的流程以使您的业务更上一层楼。
Below are some of the benefits that you will have access to:
以下是您将获得的一些好处：
- Our playbooks for product development, growth, and operations. 我们用于产品开发，增长和运营的手册。
- Office Hours with Awesome Motive Partners (including me) 很棒的动机合作伙伴(包括我)的办公时间
- Office Hours with Other Industry Experts 与其他行业专家的办公时间
- Bi-Annual Mastermind Meetings 两年一次的策划会议
- Exposure on our media properties and access to our PR team 接触我们的媒体资源并接触我们的公关团队
- Private Founders Slack 私人创始人松弛
如何申请 (How to Apply)
If you already have a WordPress-focused business, then you can fill out the application below.
如果您已经有一家专注于WordPress的业务，那么您可以填写以下应用程序。
Important Note: this fund is for existing WordPress-focused businesses (i.e WordPress plugins, themes, and services) that have been around for at least six months.
重要说明：该资金用于已经存在至少六个月的现有以WordPress为重点的业务(即WordPress插件，主题和服务)。
Deadline: Applications will be closed on September 7th, 2018
截止日期：申请将于2018年9月7日截止
最后的想法 (Final Thoughts)
I am committed to the WordPress ecosystem, and I have two main goals with this fund:
我致力于WordPress生态系统，使用此基金有两个主要目标：
- Help WordPress-focused companies succeed 帮助专注于WordPress的公司成功
- Help introduce more user-focused WordPress products 帮助介绍更多以用户为中心的WordPress产品
If you like a specific WordPress product that you think we should invest in, then please reach out to them and let them know about the growth accelerator fund.
如果您喜欢我们认为应该投资的特定WordPress产品，请与他们联系，并让他们了解增长促进基金。
Yours Truly,
Syed Balkhi
Founder of WPBeginner
敬上，
赛义德·巴尔基(Syed Balkhi)
WPBeginner的创始人
翻译自: https://www.wpbeginner.com/news/announcing-the-wpbeginner-growth-accelerator-fund/
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