My First MillionJan 31, 202547m24.4K views

I Started WordPress at 19... Now It Powers 40% Of The Internet

Name: I Started WordPress at 19... Now It Powers 40% Of The Internet
Uploaded: 2025-01-31
Duration: 47 min 3 s
Description: Matt Mullenweg (WordPress/WooCommerce founder, Automattic) on turning down $200M at 24, WordPress's '1000 days of irrelevance', scaling a South African company to $3B, the WooCommerce vs Shopify battle, putting every employee on the front line, and his take on DeepSeek.

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Matt Mullenweg (WordPress/WooCommerce founder, Automattic) on turning down $200M at 24, WordPress's '1000 days of irrelevance', scaling a South African company to $3B, the WooCommerce vs Shopify battle, putting every employee on the front line, and his take on DeepSeek.