Open-source Business
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Claims about funding and governance hit specifics: a €80M Series A example, government grants seeding projects, and companies of ~30 employees balancing paid product work with maintenance of scikit-learn Jupyter Apache Arrow and conda-forge. Listeners learn concrete models — hybrid company with complementary commercial SaaS, two-speed approach (market-facing product vs long‑haul open source), dual licenses, paid maintainers, and instituted policies to protect employees from community harassment.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Open-source business models
- 2:11Why founders shifted
- 6:21Balancing maintenance and customers
- 10:40Growth and employee protection
- 17:48Sustainable business models
- 23:08Policy for open-source ecosystems
- 27:01Future of open-source growth
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