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MediaWatch Monday: Interview With Matt Mullenweg On The Future Of WordPress. Posted by Tom Foremski - July 11, 2011 (Photo credit: www.anthony.com)By Michelle Atagana, Memeburn Named as one of the 25 most influential people on the web, Matt Mullenweg founded and runs an open source web platform that has revolutionized website publishing.

MediaWatch Monday: Interview With Matt Mullenweg On The Future Of WordPress

WordPress began its life as free, open-source blogging software which quickly evolved into a general-purpose CMS used by millions of sites on the web. How Yuri Milner Made Billions In The New Bubble. Posted by Tom Foremski - March 28, 2011 Craig Mellow, at The Deal Magazine has a fascinating profile of Yuri Milner, the Russian investment banker who runs Digital Sky Technologies, a multi-billion dollar fund.

How Yuri Milner Made Billions In The New Bubble

Close connections (The Deal Magazine) Mr Milner has garnered tremendous amounts of publicity for his investments in Facebook, Groupon and other high flying US companies. These companies aren't public but their shares can be traded on private markets but only by individual investors and employees in the company, and prequalified private investors with a high net worth. These secondary markets have become larger over the past few years because there has been little demand for IPOs and they provide a capital exit for some shareholders.

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