First Time Movember

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Automattic is participating in Movember for the first time this year, and so to join I shaved for the first time in the better part of a decade. (Before and after pictured above.) For those not familiar with it, you shave clean on November first and grow and groom a mostache (no beard, goatee, etc) through the course of the month, and when people comment on how ridiculous you look you encourage them to donate to Movember which is a non-profit which has raise over $500 million and funded over 800 programs in 21 countries. (Wow!)

I doubt I’ll be able to match the ‘stache of some of my more hirsute colleagues, but it’s for a good cause and seems like good fun as well. If you’d consider dropping a few dollars in the hat to support men’s health, here’s the link to the Automattic team page where you can donate to support the entire team, which is currently ranked #163.

Published by Matt

In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.

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  7. Good for you! I considered it, but I couldn’t stand the look of myself unshaven for that long… BTW, you’re cuter without the beard, for what it’s worth. Just one gay man’s opinion.

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  34. This is actually the first time I found the explanation behind Movember. I always thought it was just for fun and to demonstrate to the world who can or can’t grow a proper manly mustache haha

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