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Creating an Open Source Platform
Episode 194

Creating an Open Source Platform

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September 14, 202146m 50s

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Show Notes

OKAY - here's what you need to know before you start your open-source platform. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, we hear from Ben Bromhead, CTO of Instaclustr, and Ev Kontsevoy, CEO of Teleport, about how they started their open-source platform. ๐Ÿ™€

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

  • What was Ev's very first job? (01:44) And Ben's? (03:50) ๐Ÿšฃโ€โ™€๏ธ
  • What are the roles of different co-founders? (10:31) ๐Ÿƒ
  • What do you do when you can't afford to hire new staff but you still need to GSD? (16:59) ๐Ÿ’ฅ
  • How do you maintain a unique startup culture? (25:44) โ„๏ธ
  • What did Ev learn from developing an open-source platform? (36:41) ๐Ÿญ
  • If open-source is so amazing, why WOULDN'T I make my product open-source? (41:50) ๐Ÿ˜ต
  • Why does Ben choose to follow the open-source movement? (43:46) ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™‚๏ธ
  • How do open-source companies make money? (49:37) ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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