Making Open Source Profitable

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Company case study reports concrete results: an open-source Vue admin takes 4,000 hours (~€90k) to build, a tiny spinner library cost 470 hours (~€10k), and a UI component suite totals 22,000 hours (~€500k); GitHub metrics show thousands of stars and forks but revenue lags. The presentation lists seven monetization models (open core, SaaS, dual licensing, support, plugins, sponsorship, education) and maps which model fits each project stage, plus specific tactics for finding paying users and avoiding common budgeting mistakes.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:17EpicMax’s open source journey
3. 9:42Successful project parts
4. 11:47Monetization models
5. 18:51Choosing monetization model
6. 23:09Early stage strategies
7. 26:25Scaling to enterprise
8. 28:59Mistakes and lessons
9. 31:51Key takeaways
10. 33:59Q&A

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