All I have to show from my college days is a questionably long Facebook album titled “For the Nights I’ll Never Remember, and the People I’ll Never Forget.” Meanwhile, when Alex Lieberman was in college, he launched a newsletter now valued at $75M. It’s okay… We all have our strengths. Meet the Master Alex Lieberman … Read more
Any time an interviewee makes me ask my boss, “Can we say that in a newsletter?” you know it’s gonna be a good day. Today, we’ve got spicy takes and spicy language from a master of marketing who made his fortune selling spicy shorts. Lesson 1: Don’t get hooked on the performance marketing drug. Preston … Read more
Joost de Valk, co-founder of the Yoast SEO plugin, called for a change in WordPress governance that removes Mullenweg as the sole decision maker, offering to lead the transition to a more democratic and diverse board that is representative of WordPress stakeholders. Matt Mullenweg disagreed. Critique Of Mullenweg’s Leadership Joost says that he was prompted … Read more
WP Engine, the managed web host recently banned from WordPress.org, has filed a federal lawsuit against WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging attempted extortion as well as seeking relief from trademark infringement claims. The goal of the federal lawsuit is to stop Mullenweg from continuing to “harm” WP Engine and the WordPress ecosystem as … Read more
Joost de Valk, co-founder of the Yoast SEO plugin, published an article calling for more equitable contributions from large WordPress companies, greater financial transparency, and a new board that represents the voices of contributors and companies. Joost de Valk Supports Matt Mullenweg Joost de Valk’s article is supportive of WordPress and agrees with Automattic’s CEO … Read more
WordPress security company Patchstack announced a round of $5 million USD funding and the addition of Joost de Valk, co-founder of Yoast SEO, to their board. The funding will accelerate the development of Patchstack toward becoming the fastest full-cycle security solution. Patchstack – Trusted Security Partner Patchstack, based in Estonia, is a fast growing WordPress … Read more
Since 2006, Immad Akhund has been building startups. “I’m a real startup nerd, or whatever the term is, so I’m always thinking of ideas and problems and [asking] why can’t this be better?” One problem he ran into consistently as he built his startups was working with banks. Often, startup founders open their business bank … Read more
Daniel Álvarez Yunes wove through the mass exit looking for the man. The event at Panamerican University was ending, and Yunes was searching for the alumnus who had spoken at his table earlier in the day. Yunes was an engineering student moonlighting as an entrepreneur. During his freshman year, he launched a clothing brand called … Read more
Foundr Magazine publishes in-depth interviews with the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. Our articles highlight key takeaways from each month’s cover feature. We talked with Nick Mowbray, co-founder of ZURU, about building a multi-billion dollar toy company alongside his sibling. To read more, subscribe to the magazine. ————— “One of my favorite sayings is you either win … Read more
