{"id":50776,"date":"2020-04-13T06:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim.blog\/?p=50776"},"modified":"2021-05-03T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:07:20","slug":"matt-mullenweg-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tim.blog\/2020\/04\/13\/matt-mullenweg-book-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Books I’ve Loved \u2014 Matt Mullenweg (#420)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome to another episode of\u00a0The Tim Ferriss Show<\/em><\/a>, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types\u2014from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I\u2019m doing called \u201cBooks I\u2019ve Loved.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books\u2014the books that have influenced them, changed them, and transformed them for the better.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>I hope you pick up one or two new mentors\u2014in the form of books\u2014from this new series and apply the lessons in your own life.<\/p>\n

Matt Mullenweg<\/strong>\u00a0(@photomatt<\/a>) is the founding developer of WordPress, the open-source software used by over 35% of the web. Matt is also the CEO of Automattic<\/a>, which is now the force behind WordPress.com<\/a>,\u00a0Jetpack<\/a>, and many other\u00a0products<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having built his own 1200-person company with no offices and with employees scattered across 68 countries, Matt examines the benefits and challenges of distributed work and recruiting talented people around the globe on Distributed<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which you can find on\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n

Please enjoy!<\/p>\n

You can find\u00a0the transcript of this episode here<\/a>. Transcripts of\u00a0all episodes can be found here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/span>Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, Overcast<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a>, Castbox<\/a>, Google Podcasts<\/a>, or on your favorite podcast platform.\u00a0
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This podcast is brought to you by Audible<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
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