Proposed by: Shobhankita Reddy
Open Source Startups and Business Models
Attached in Project Link is the WIP work done internally on the topic -
Open Source Startups and their Business Models
- FOSS as a viable monetization model - "Free as in freedom, Not Free as in beer"
- Open source business models with examples in open core, support, enterprise features etc
- Why might startups want to go open-source? Specifically, differentiation between Open source as a GTM (Go-To-Market) motion vs Open source as a product strategy
- How early considerations (during the 0-1 journey) in company-building between Open source startups and SaaS startups differ
- India and OSS startups - the landscape, and some trends we see
Source code/Reference: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FbebBHQ1HrZlH41xNWIaBdV_VeHDL4n9c6BPN55UKbg/edit?usp=sharing
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