So what’s it like to start an open-source project at the age of 19? More to the point, how would it feel if, four years later, your software powered millions of professional websites worldwide, including Reuters and The New York Times.

Matt Mullenweg (pictured at an even earlier age) of WordPress fame is the man to answer those questions, for it was he who did all that at such a tender age. The WordPress weblog platform is used by Syntagma Digital on its 50 sites and powers Small Business Booster, so we are interested in what Matt has to say.

Today, he outlines the process on his own blog, Photo Matt, and gives us a lot of insights into the business of starting up, especially in the field of open-source software, which doesn’t necessarily mean nonprofit.

Yes, WordPress really is four years old. I was 19. No, I didn’t create it alone, if I did you would have never heard of it. Actually, it entered a rather crowded field, not even close to being first. No, not planning to sell it, there isn’t really anything to sell, it’s more of a movement. No, I didn’t make 60 million dollars in 18 months.

Read the rest here.