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I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

Biography

Author Profession: Businessman

Nationality: American

Born: January 11, 1984

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Big, Big Ideas, Ideas, Out, Seem, Small, Sometimes, Which, Work, Work Out

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When there's no one you can point to, or when something goes wrong, it's your fault - that level of responsibility and accountability is pretty interesting. Matt Mullenweg

Responsibility, Accountability, You

Don't think about work in your bedroom or relaxation area. Matt Mullenweg

Work, Think, Bedroom, Relaxation, About

Has anyone ever said, 'I wish I could go to more meetings today'? Matt Mullenweg

Today, Meetings, Wish, Said, Go, More

When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be. Matt Mullenweg

Technology, Writing, Important, Software

We focus on two things when hiring. First, find the best people you can in the world. And second, let them do their work. Just get out of their way. Matt Mullenweg

Work, Best, Focus, People, World, You

I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on Skype text chat - all that matters is their work. Matt Mullenweg

Work, Good, Care, Someone, Matters, Text

In every aspect of life, I consider myself incredibly fortunate. Matt Mullenweg

Life, Myself, Fortunate, Consider, Every

I'm pretty rough on my laptops. I go through about two a year. Matt Mullenweg

Pretty, Go, Year, Two, Through, Rough

Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term. Matt Mullenweg

Good, Money, Long, Long Term, Salary

I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office - just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight. Matt Mullenweg

Morning, Business, Time, Best, Sleep

I think that all services will have downtime. No matter how much you prepare, have redundant systems, or audit, there will periodically be a black swan event that is completely unlike whatever you've experienced before. It even happens to Google! Matt Mullenweg

Think, Black, You, Prepare, Google, Will

It's good to be in a role when you can learn something new. Matt Mullenweg

Good, Learn, You, New, Role, Something

In my brief sojourn in college, my favorite classes were political science because I loved the idea of systems we can set up that benefit society - rules we can put in place that sometimes you run against, sometimes they're painful, but ultimately they benefit the world. Matt Mullenweg

Science, College, Society, World, Rules

There are two main methodologies of open source development. There's the Apache model, which is design by committee - great for things like web servers. Then you have the benevolent dictator model. That's what Ubuntu is doing, with Mark Shuttleworth. Matt Mullenweg

Great, Design, Doing, You, Development

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