Top 5 business and productivity lessons from Matthew Mullenweg- founder of Wordpress and Automattic

Matt Mullenweg is a self-taught American entrepreneur who developed WordPress, an open source software used by millions of people all over the world to create their own websites. He is not just any other entrepreneur, he's one of the most influential people in technology today. 

He dropped out of college when he started working at CNET Networks before quitting and founding Automattic -now one of America's most successful internet companies! His business and productivity lessons are worth learning for any aspiring innovator or entrepreneur looking towards innovation as its key component in creating sustainable success.

Here are the top 5 business and productivity lessons from Matthew Mullenweg- founder of Wordpress and Automattic:

Catch what your competitors leave out

When you’re trying to create a plan for your business, it is important that the steps are clear and well-communicated. You can't just rely on guesswork or assumptions when there's so much data available from competitors who already have their plans set out in front of them as an example - but this doesn’t mean they're going about things correctly! By studying what these people did right and wrong, you might be able to come up with some new ideas which will make your own marketing campaigns more effective than ever before; helping you reach customers to exactly where they need.

Know your end user

For Mullenweg, understanding his audience is the first step to giving them what they want. He makes it a point to not only travel around attending WordPress conferences but also spends time communicating with end users by way of robust social media posts and other means at hand so as to provide customers satisfaction throughout all aspects related to business within an industry that's constantly changing - which has made him one if its most well informed founders when comes down to doing just this sort of thing!

Know your creed

It's not just about being a good employee, it is also important for new hires to sign off on an agreement that reflects what they believe in. Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic says that creeds are “basically statements about what’s important to us as individuals.” He believes so much in these small but powerful pieces written by each person within an organization; he put Automattic’s creed above any signature on new employee contracts when they joined—and it's been one big change since then!

Need to grow never ends

Matt Mullenweg is a humble, mild-mannered Texas native who has become one of America's most ambitious entrepreneurs and has ambitions anything but gentle. In an interview, when asked how he feels about his platform serving 17% of all websites online now (and growing), Matt says "I obsess over that other 83%"-a sentiment shared with many others in this industry striving to make an impact on such a vast scope while still working towards goals one step at time.

Know when to eat the frog

It turns out that you're more productive at certain times of day. Everybody has their "time" - the best moment to be working hard and getting things done! If you find that your best work happens at certain times of day, try to make sure those moments happen while on duty. It is also beneficial for productivity if we know when our bodies are most prone (or capable) in performing tasks; therefore knowing how much time each should take could help us become even more efficient!

Respect the state of flow

The state of ‘flow’ is when you feel totally immersed in the task at hand. As soon as your mind switches off, any distractions that were previously distracting it will no longer be an issue and thus allow for easier work to come naturally without much effort put forth on behalf of ourselves or others around us. This can happen more often by turning off all those things which may take up our time.