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#100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key

2021/1/5
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Matt Mullenweg: 本次访谈中，Mullenweg 阐述了他对开源软件的坚定信念，认为开源软件最终会在所有市场胜出。他以 WordPress 的成功为例，强调了社区协作的重要性，以及开放源代码理念的强大力量。他详细解释了开源软件的四个自由（使用、查看、修改和分发），并指出这些自由使得软件能够像生物进化一样不断发展完善。他还分享了 Automattic 公司的商业模式，即围绕开源核心提供增值服务，并强调了这种模式的优势在于能够促进整个生态系统的增长，而不是仅仅关注自身利益。此外，他还谈到了 Automattic 公司的分布式工作模式，以及如何通过五级分布式自主性模型来提升团队效率和员工满意度。他详细解释了每个级别的特点，并分享了 Automattic 公司在异步沟通、决策制定等方面的实践经验。最后，他还谈到了公司文化融合、人才培养、以及如何避免在高速发展过程中出现的问题等方面的心得体会。 Shane Parrish: Parrish 在访谈中主要扮演引导者的角色，他引导 Mullenweg 阐述了 WordPress 的发展历程、Automattic 公司的商业模式、分布式团队管理的实践经验以及对未来发展的展望。他与 Mullenweg 就开源的优势、分布式工作的挑战、以及如何建立信任等问题进行了深入探讨，并对 Mullenweg 分享的观点和经验进行了总结和提炼。

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The discussion revolves around the belief that proprietary software is an evolutionary dead end, contrasting it with the collaborative nature of open-source software which benefits from collective human effort and economic abundance.

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Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, the open platform that runs most of the sites you visit and the CEO of Automattic. In this episode Matt and Shane discuss distributed work, the 5 levels of autonomous organizations, decision making, running an organization with more than 1300 people, integrating acquisitions and so much more.

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