45: Open Source and Attribution with Ophir Prusak of Codesmith
On The Data Stack Show this week, Eric and Kostas are joined by Ophir Prusak, head of growth at startup Codesmith, a bootcamp for software engineers. For nearly a decade, Ophir has been the initial marketing hire for a number of startups and has a variety of experience working with open source tools. He contributes his thoughts on the open source ecosystem and offers perspective on data attribution and the resulting conversations between engineers and marketing.
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Show Notes
Highlights from today's conversation include:
- Ophir's decision to switch from software engineering to marketing and riding the startup train (2:39)
- Open sourcing in the world of software (5:55)
- How open source has changed Ophir's life as a marketeer working at startups (10:28)
- Chartio's sunsetting drove Ophir to search for a data tooling replacement (27:27)
- Discussing trends in adoption of tools for small scale and large scale companies (35:01)
- Data challenges related to attribution--how wrong do you want to be? (44:07)
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