Matt Mullenweg (WordPress, Automattic)

Nov 20, 2013, 11:00 PM – Nov 21, 2013, 2:00 AM (UTC)

New York City

Matt is an entrepreneur living in San Francisco and NYC. He is the founder of WordPress. Matt has also done investing in the following startups: DailyBurn, SendGrid, BranchOut, Hipmunk, Getaround, Summly, BlackJet, SmartThings, Crowdtilt, and many more

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About this event

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the open-source blogging platform, WordPress, the most popular publishing platform on the web, and the founder of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Jetpack. Additionally, Matt is a principal and founder of Audrey Capital, an investment and research company. Matt got his start in technology working at CNET Networks as a senior product manager. He went on to found Global Multimedia Protocols Group, an experimental metamemetics company, to develop open data formats. He has been recognized for his leadership and success by Forbes, BusinessWeek, INC., PC World, and Vanity Fair. Matt has also done investing in the following startups: DailyBurn, SendGrid, BranchOut, Hipmunk, Getaround, Summly, BlackJet, SmartThings, Crowdtilt, and many more.   In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer. Matt splits time between Houston, New York, and San Francisco.

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Speaker

  • Matt Mullenweg

    WordPress, Automattic

When

When

November 20 – 21, 2013
11:00 PM – 2:00 AM (UTC)

Agenda

Networking and Food
Fireside Chat
Networking

Organizers

  • Joshua Ness

    Fulbright Program

    Director, Startup Grind

  • Tova Feldheim

    York Effect

    Cofounder

  • Paul GUILLARD

    Chief of Staff / BizOps / Project Manager / BD

  • Prianka Ball

  • Michaela Freedman

    Steer Health

  • Payton Shafer

    CAUSE+EFFECT Strategy

  • KT Goldthorpe

    Champ: Building Competitive Brands

  • Bhavnish Walia

    Amazon

  • Rebecca Liang

  • Pushkar Taday

    Opus Training

    Software Engineer (AI Operations)

  • Theophila Lee

    Reitler Law

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