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Episode 672: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Matt Mullenweg ( https://x.com/photomatt ), the founder of WordPress and Automattic.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Turning down $200M at 24
(6:04) WordPress’s 1000 days of irrelevance
(9:24) Turning a small South African company into $3B
(13:40) The battle of giants – WooCommerce vs Shopify
(18:37) Matt’s Villain Arc
(30:07) Auditions vs Interviews
(36:04) Putting every employee on the front line
(42:56) Matt on DeepSeek
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Links:
• Automattic – https://automattic.com/
• WordPress – https://wordpress.com/
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Check Out Shaan’s Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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Check Out Sam’s Stuff:
• Hampton – https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp – https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That – https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey – https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List – http://samslist.co/
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