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Aug 2022
29m 11s

Building an Empire on Free Code

IHEARTPODCASTS AND PUSHKIN INDUSTRIES
About this episode

Matt Mullenweg co-created WordPress, the open-source software that powers more than 40% of all the websites in the world.

He's also the founder of a for-profit company called Automattic.

Matt's problem is this: How do you build a multibillion-dollar company on top of software that your competitors can use for free?

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