He came to Mixergy to talk about why Varien grew (it had a lot to do with focus) and how the company launched Magento (his developers pushed him to do it). 8221; I went to UCLA and we’ll see where things go. Others on Mixergy have done the same thing, and you can too. - Roy Rubin was a student trying to make extra money on the side when he founded Varien, the company that went on to launch Magento, an ecommerce platform that enables billions of dollars in online sales. The FULL program

I first met Jun Loayza at one of Andrew Warner’s Mixergy events. I came to LA to study at UCLA. The format was American Idol style, I was playing Simon, Jun the hopeful entrepreneur. A panel of judges tore apart his site, offering advice on SEO, PR and social media.

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