Startup Grind New York City Hosts Matt Mullenweg (WordPress, Automattic)
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Matt Mullenweg, WordPress, Automattic
Matt is an entrepreneur living in San Francisco and NYC. He is the founding developer of the popular open-source blogging software WordPress. After leaving CNET, he has devoted the majority of his time to developing a number of open source projects and is a frequent speaker at conferences, such as Canada’s Northern Voice and the WordCamp events organized around WordPress software. In late 2005, he founded Automattic, the business behind WordPress.com and Akismet. Matt has done investing in the following startups: DailyBurn, SendGrid, BranchOut, Hipmunk, Getaround, Summly, BlackJet, SmartThings, Crowdtilt, and many more. Mullenweg attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where he studied jazz saxophone.
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6:00 Networking and Food
7:00 Fireside Chat
8:00 Networking
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Hosted By Neil Anderson, Director of Startup Grind New York City
Neil Anderson is a New York & London based entrepreneur and early stage investor with operational experience in corporate strategy, enterprise software & innovation management, international outsourcing and infrastructure development. A founding partner of the Hubitat incubator and founding investor of Angel Round Capital Investment.
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Hosted By Brian Park, Director of Startup Grind New York City
Over 18 years professional experience in web/online/mobile product development. Experience in developing innovative consumer and enterprise collaborative web products and services. Has started three previous startups, including one that had $17 million in revenues. Previously worked for AOL and Merrill Lynch. Is a CMUer.
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