This Week in Startups #26 with Matt Mullenweg

Live from the Business of Software conference in San Francisco, it's This Week in Startups! Jason's guest on this special episode was Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress. Matt's accomplished an incredible amount, especially considering he's only 25! Tune in to hear how he created Wordpress, the decision to split off the project to non-profit and for-profit entities, and how he likes to run his companies.

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On Friday's Show: Matt Coffin

Joining Jason this Friday will be entrepreneur and angel investor extraordinaire, Matt Coffin.  Matt is well known for his creation of LowerMyBills.com, which was later sold to Experian.  Since then Matt has advised, and invested in, a number of startups including Mahalo, DocStoc, and Demand Media.  Matt will chatting with Jason about how he got his start, the process of building LowerMyBills.com and how he chooses his angel investments. A full list of Matt's investments include: Buscape (comparison shopping in south america - sold oct 2009 for 330m) Mahalo Rubicon Project Demand media Docstoc Ebureau Hautelook Impact radius Inadco Machinima 2tor Billshrink Don't forget, special bonus episode Wednesday @ 5pm, live from Joel Spolsky's Startup Workshop.  Jason will be interviewing Wordpress.com founder Matt Mullenweg and taking tons of questions from the audience.  Make sure to tune in!

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Special Episode this Wednesday with Matt Mullenweg

Special episode coming up this week with Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress.  As you probably know, Wordpress is one of the best and most powerful blog platforms out there (we use it for everything, including the site you're on right now!)  Jason will be talking to Matt live from the Startup Workshop at the Business of Software conference in San Francisco, CA.  Tickets to the event are already sold out, but you'll be able to watch live right here and on Ustream. Episode starts at 5pm (PST) on Wednesday the 11th.  Make sure to tune in!

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This Week in Startups #25 with Mark Suster

Joining Jason on this week's episode of TWiST is LA-based venture capitalist Mark Suster.  Mark is a highly experienced VC with GRP Partners - he's also an entrepreneur who built and sold two companies before starting with GRP.  If you want to talk to someone who knows about building, funding and selling companies, Mark is your man.  He's also a fixture in the LA tech community, frequently appearing at events and counseling local startups.

Tune in to see how Mark got his start and the advice he has for entrepreneurs of today.  And what do you think his take is on the entire angel controversy....

Just a quick reminder, no episode this week as Jason is in NYC for the Audience Conference (giving his final keynote ever).  But we'll be back the week after with 2 episodes, including one live from San Francisco!  See you then!

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On Today's TWiST - Mark Suster

Jason's guest on today's episode is Mark Suster, general partner at GRP Partners.  Mark specializes in early funding for tech companies and has done tons of deals.  He's also part of a small, but influential, group of LA based VC's.  Before joining GRP, he was the VP of Product Management for Salesforce.com, a job he took after selling his second company to SalesForce. Mark is also an avid twitter-er and blogger, covering everything from news in the industry to detailed advice on how to pitch VC's (and be successful of course). If you're starting your own company, and especially if you're looking for funding, this is an episode you don't want to miss!

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