Write Here, Write Now
This husband-and-wife publishing team is helping bloggers get their words out.
Six Apart LTD. co-founder and president Mena Trott, 27, isn't afraid of exposing herself. Fortunately, neither are the 6.5 million bloggers who use the company's publishing software and services. "If your personality doesn't shine through your writing, people will see it," she says.
Mena's husband, co-founder and chief technology officer Ben, also 27, began developing their flagship product, Movable Type, several years ago because Mena, an avid blogger, felt limited by the publishing options for her quirky first blog, Dollarshort.org. They started their San Francisco business in 2002 and have attracted $11.5 million in venture funding to date. Mena now posts more frequently to Mena's Corner on the Six Apart website, explaining business developments such as Six Apart's recent buyout of LiveJournal, a private community of online journals.
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