Author: mjepson

Yesterday marked the official closing of the acquisition of WooThemes by Automattic! After several months of due diligence, we inked the deal in the middle of May and were waiting for…

To begin in a new company can be overwhelming, especially Automattic which hires only the brightest people. Feelings of not matching up to you new colleagues are often described as…

Are we near a new dot-com bubble? Some good insight in this slide deck from a16z. U.S. Technology Funding — What’s Going On? from a16z

If you’ve worked for Automattic for more than 5 years, we encourage you to take a paid sabbatical of 2 – 3 months. Taking an extended leave allows you to…

Everything I’ve done has led me to this point. What point is that you ask? Let me tell you a story… In 2006, I discovered WordPress, a content management system…

In Norway, we don’t see the sun as often as we’d like. Right now, there is a storm in the North Sea, with howling winds tearing off rooftops, accompanied by…

Running a company is an awesome job, as there are so many new things to learn every day, but also many challenges. Great opportunities often appear, and with those come…

There aren’t many things I enjoy more than good competition. No matter what the game is, if I have a chance of mastering it, I’ll put my everything into it.…

I co-founded WooThemes over five years ago from my apartment. It took me quite few months before I dared to quit my daily job as a developer at a local…