Open-Source and Exponential Business
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Argues that open-sourcing core IP drives growth and trust, not ruin. Builds a freelance platform organization with one internal employee and mobilizes 35 contractors, reaching 35 staff in four years and 60+ customers including Google and Mozilla without VC funding after turning down €500k. Develops and open sources an automation and reporting stack called Pentext, publishes it as an OWASP project, runs it in production with chatops, CI/CD and containers, and reports that it scales and brings sales and hires.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:59Open-Source Is Smart Business
- 6:43Review: FLOSS Business Model
- 9:32Services Aren't Scalable
- 14:35It's Harder To Get Funding
- 18:13Competitors Will Steal Our IP
- 21:01Customers Won't Take Us Seriously
- 24:44Other Benefits
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