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Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon: $26 Million Raised to Power the Future of WebAssembly

Author
Front Lines Media
Published
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Episode Link
https://categoryvisionaries.podbean.com/e/matt-butcher-ceo-of-fermyon-26-million-raised-to-power-the-future-of-webassembly/

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, a web assembly company that’s raised $26 Million in funding.


Topics Discussed:


  • Matt’s background as a PhD in Philosophy, and the mistake that led him to learn coding in high school

  • Working in HP and several other companies, including Microsoft

  • Fermyon’s inception, and how it sells to developers as the easiest way to go from a blinking cursor to a deployed application in two minutes or less

  • Matt's thoughts on the difference between a manager and a leader

  • The advantages of starting a startup with a mature team, developing a pattern of boldness, and the importance of Matt’s mentor

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