I was offered $200M at 24 and I turned it down
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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 > 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/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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