Automattic

6 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 24, 2022 by Matt Mullenweg · said 13 times in 4 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Mar 24, 2022 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mullenweg: Automattic is at 2,000 employees and hired 700 last year
“You know, we're 2000 people now. We hired 700 last year, by the way, so you can scale this quite a bit.”
Matt Mullenweg Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 53:24 How to Engineer Serendipity | Matt Mullenweg, Automattic
Mar 24, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Mullenweg: WordPress co-founders had never met in person when starting project
“Myself and the co-founder had never met in person. He was in the UK. I was in Houston, Texas, where I am today.”
Matt Mullenweg Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 34:17 How to Engineer Serendipity | Matt Mullenweg, Automattic
Mar 24, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Mullenweg: Automattic pays identical salaries regardless of employee geography
“So something we didn't do when we started, but we switched in like, was paying the same salaries regardless of geography, right? It's the same work. It's the same job. You're creating the same value for the company and the and the customers. So you should make…”
Matt Mullenweg Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 49:57 How to Engineer Serendipity | Matt Mullenweg, Automattic
Mar 24, 2022 neutral
Insight
Mullenweg: Team time zone differences should not exceed seven to eight hours
“I think for teams, it's good to be in a range. I'm actually okay with a range of up to seven or eight hours, so like Europe and US is okay, because you can still overlap for an hour to a day, and that's usually plenty. If you need a lot more, you're probably h…”
Matt Mullenweg Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 54:23 How to Engineer Serendipity | Matt Mullenweg, Automattic
Mar 24, 2022 positive
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Mullenweg: Competing for SF Talent Was Fishing in a Small Pond
“Like I'm a big believer in in-person and physical space. A big part of automatic culture is actually meetups where we would bring either the whole company or teams together a few times a year. But it just felt like the best, most talent in the world was not in…”
Matt Mullenweg Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 36:45 How to Engineer Serendipity | Matt Mullenweg, Automattic
Jan 25, 2024
Disclosure
Kagan reveals AppSumo's roster of fractional advisors from top tech companies
“Almost everyone in leadership gets a person. So Anna who runs people, we have Christine, who's the chief people officer from Duolingo. Moody Glasgow was the CMO of Zapier and Glassdoor. He does marketing. There's a guy named Colin Gardner. He does revenue. So …”
Noah Kagan Jan 25, 2024 ▶ 19:59 How To Find MILLION DOLLAR Business Ideas That WORK | Noah Kagan
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