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About Austin Gunter

Blogging, entrepreneurship, tai chi, yerba mate, and rhetoric.

I'm a 20-something in Austin, Texas who lives and breathes life around words and people.

I work at WP Engine as the Brand Ambassador inside the WordPress (Capital "P") community. I make connections between the community and WP Engine.

Previously I helped grow tech startups at Tech Ranch Austin, a pre-seed incubator. I had the privilege to work with more than 120 entrepreneurs and help them build successful businesses.

I'd probably like to meet you :-)

Mark Suster, Venture Capitalist, Loves WP Engine and Takes a Photo with Austin Gunter

Mark Suster, Venture Capital, and WP Engine

Mark Suster has been using WP Engine for a while.  When he came to Austin today and dropped by the Capital Factory / WP Engine offices we got an awesome photo of him proudly holding up his fine new WP Engine t-shirt.  Mark’s blog, Both Sides of the Table, one of the best blogs I [...]

“Coming Clean” made The Good Men Project today

If you’re here from the Good Men Project, then thank you. My January blog post, “Coming Clean” made one of my favorite blogs this afternoon, The Good Men Project. After writing a blog post for them about work, the editor of the site, Lisa, asked me if she could repost “Coming Clean” for her readers.  I [...]

Video: WP Engine Joins the Automattic 5k

Check out the little video that we put together to run the Automattic Wordwide WP 5k. For more pictures and to learn more, visit wpengine.com/5k

Teaser pics from WP Engine’s 5k

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Buying the perfect sports car

Sports Car Grin

I was lying awake thinking about life this week and I realized that I want to buy a sports car.  It was one of those moments where you realize you want something for the first time, and immediately afterwards you realize that you can probably have whatever it is if you want it.  So there [...]

Around the World in 10 Days gives lots of perspective

  The premise for this video is completely scandalous.  These guys are claiming to take money from Nike to film a movie about making life count.  Instead of filming something with a narrative or a “point” they take the money and spend it on plane tickets to fly around the world in 10 days, making [...]

A Snapshot of my week with Laura

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I spent the week with Laura. She was in Austin for her spring break as a Teach for America teacher in Louisiana. Would you believe she tries to ruin every picture we take together?

Bon Iver – I Can’t Make You Love Me / Nick of Time

If Bon Iver can’t reach your heart, nothing can.  

Full Circle

I drove home from the ATX Startup Crawl lastnight, and since I moved 10 days ago, driving home meant driving to Far West Boulevard.  As I pulled onto the exit I saw the office building that I walked out of in October.  It was the small consulting company that had to cut staff when they [...]

Never Give Up

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