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Whether you're a founder of an open source startup, an open source maintainer or just an open source enthusiast, join host Emily Omier as she talks to the people who work at the intersection of open source and business, from startup founders to leaders of open source giants…
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Knowing Your Problem Space is the Moat with Adam Jacob (opens the original)
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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Adam Jacob , co-founder and CEO of the Swamp Club. The first thing we talked about was When To Quit. System Initiative, Adam’s second company (after Chef), was one he ultimately shut down after deciding that he just didn’t have product-market fit. The idea of when to quit is an important one — I personally like Annie Duke’s book on the subject. We all have limited time and energy, and knowing when to abandon one project (or pivot from an exp
Open Source as a GTM Strategy with Dima Grossman of Novu (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Dima Grossman , founder and CTO at Novu. For Novu, being open source is part of the go to market strategy. Dima says a big part of the motivation behind going open source to get the widest possible adoption for Novu. It was also a way for Novu to be different in a relatively crowded market, one that serves many developers but that didn’t have a real open source player. Aside from being a go to market strategy, Dima mentioned that while
A Product Strategy Framework for Going from Closed to Open Source (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Kris Zyp , SVP of engineering at HarperDB, in the third and final episode in the series about how Harper went from a closed-source company to an open source company. We talked about what Kris saw as the risks and benefits of going open source before they went open source, how they ended up deciding what went into the open source project versus in the enterprise edition, and where the gray areas where. The CEO of Harper, Stephen Goldber
Giving your Users a Well-Lit Path with Matt Watson (opens the original)
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In today’s episode of The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Matt Watson , CEO of Fullscale , about a number of topics related to product development and how AI is changing that. Let’s start with a question: What is the difference between a software engineer and a software developer? Matt thinks there is a key difference: software engineers write code, and software developers figure out how to solve customer problems with software. What do you think is more valuable in a world where AI agents
Interviewing your Target Customers to Accelerate Product-Market Fit (opens the original)
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This week on The Business of Open Source, I talk with Julien Verlaguet , the CEO of Skiplabs . Julien is a programming language guy, and we talked about what it means to maintain an open source programming language. We talked about what it means to monetize a a programming language… or, as Julien says, you do not. So why does maintaining SKIP pay off for the team at Skiplabs? And how exactly do they make money? Skiplabs builds products using SKIP, and they focus on building products that can and
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