Distributed, with Matt Mullenweg
Business
“Why would the best employees in the world choose so little autonomy in the third of their day or more that they spend working?” Matt Mullenweg asks Jason Calacanis in a recent appearance on the long-running This Week In Startups.
The angel investing-themed episode opens with both investors sharing their approaches to early-stage companies, supporting entrepreneurs, and making an ecosystem-building impact, on top of return-on-investment.
The conversation soon shifts toward the outlook for distributed work. “What do you think the world’s going to look like in six months when everybody’s got their shots and is back to work, in at least the United States and Europe?” Jason asks. Matt shares a hiring insight for distributed, global companies, from the changing perspective of a talented individual who can now work from many more places: “You can really build a robust social network with folks you choose to connect with…(anything) that gives you that sense of community, not just where you happen to work.”
Matt’s latest appearance on the show – he first appeared on Episode 26 in 2010, according to Jason, and again in 2013 – touches on Automattic’s business structure, using collaboration tools like P2 to onboard new employees, cryptocurrency, and the value of editors. “I haven’t met a single writer – or any of my own writing – that hasn’t been vastly improved by really great editing,” says Matt. “Engaging your ideas with another human just improves them every single time.”
You can listen to the full This Week in Startups episode here, or check out the YouTube channel.
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Episode 28: Erica Pandey of Axios on Returning to Work
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Episode 27: Leading with Values: Sid Sijbrandij joins Matt Mullenweg to talk about GitLab, Transparency and Growing a Distributed Company
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Episode 26: Jack Dorsey and Matt Mullenweg on Remote Collaboration, Finding Serendipity, and the Art of Deliberate Work
Episode 25: Davit Baghdasaryan on the Science of Sound in a Distributed Work World
Episode 23: Lara Hogan on the Secret to Being a Successful Manager
Episode 22: Raj Choudhury Sees a Future Where You Don’t Have to Move Your Family for a Job
Episode 21: Morra Aarons-Mele on Introversion and Anxiety in Remote Work
Episode 20: Adam Gazzaley on the Distracted Mind During a Crisis
Matt Mullenweg with Sam Harris on Distributed Work’s Five Levels of Autonomy
Vanessa Van Edwards on Navigating the Virtual Workplace in Stressful Times
Episode 18: Jason Fried on Treating Workers Like Adults
Episode 17: Matt Mullenweg Reflects on Distributed Work in 2019
Episode 16: Glitch CEO Anil Dash on Strengthening Values in a Distributed Startup
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