WPEngine - AngelList

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WPEngine is a WordPress-only hosting company focussed on speed, scalability, security, and service. We address the gap between low-cost, low-end hosting and expensive, custom hosting.

Went cash-flow positive in 7 months, then made hires and went positive again in 6 months. Now that we've shown the model is profitable, it's time to switch to growth-mode.

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Jason Cohen

Early-stage seed accelerator program in Austin, TX.
Ben Metcalfe

Early BBC News Website software engineer, founder BBC Developer Network, occasional angel investor

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Eric Ries

Author of The Lean Startup
Matt Mullenweg

WordPress, Automattic, Akismet, Polldaddy, VaultPress, Gravatar... http://ma.tt/
Bill Boebel

Entrepreneur/engineer. CTO/co-founder Webmail.us (acq RAX). I also help a few amazing companies, including via Capital Factory, 500 Startups, TechStars & 21212
Kip McClanahan

Founder Broadjump (IPO), over six startups returned $800m in shareholder equity
Josh Jones

Founder and CEO at DreamHost
Toni Schneider

I grew up in Switzerland, live in San Francisco, and work with Automattic, True Ventures, Bandcamp, Showyou, Singly.

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Joshua Baer

Founded 3 email companies and Capital Factory. Teaching 1 Semester Startup at University of Texas. Trilogy Alumni 1999. CS Carnegie Mellon.
Erica Douglass

Self-funded and bootstrapped high-end dedicated server hosting company. Sold it in 2007 for $1.1 million. Now CEO of Whoosh Traffic -- SEO expert

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Austin Gunter

Brand Ambassador at WP Engine. Built 120 Startup Community. F-500 Consulting. Really good at Facebook.

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Joshua Baer

Founded 3 email companies and Capital Factory. Teaching 1 Semester Startup at University of Texas. Trilogy Alumni 1999. CS Carnegie Mellon.