I'm happy to announce that on August 1, 10am PDT/1pm EDT, I will be leading a webinar from the Linux Foundation on open source entrepreneurship. "What is that?" you may ask. Open source entrepreneurship is the compendium of ideas around building your business process on open source principles. This means optimizing for open source collaboration,… Continue reading Linux Foundation Webinar: Open Source Entrepreneurship Howto
Announcing OSEN Seattle Meetup on Aug 2
I'm happy to announce that we now have a space in Seattle to host a meetup on August 2. RSVP at meetup.com. https://www.meetup.com/OSENMeetupSEA/events/241851767/ We're looking forward to getting to know members of the Seattle open source entrepreneur community! This will be a chance to meet and talk to experienced open sourcerers in the area. Come… Continue reading Announcing OSEN Seattle Meetup on Aug 2
Sustainable Open Source – Where Are the Vendors?
Harvard Business Review has an article comparing old, crusty open source code to the Y2K ordeal. Go ahead and read it - it's worth your time. Joshua Gans, the author, lists open source projects that are maintained by lonely developers who don't make much money (if any) for producing their craft. He specifically calls out… Continue reading Sustainable Open Source – Where Are the Vendors?
Inaugural Bay Area Meetup – Aug 3
We're coming to San Francisco! Thanks to Docker for agreeing to host us as we convene in their SOMA headquarters on August 3, 2017. Featured speakers are Stephen Wall, Jono Bacon and yours truly - more to come! RSVP now at meetup.com Agenda Join us for our inaugural Open Source Entrepreneur Network meetup in the… Continue reading Inaugural Bay Area Meetup – Aug 3
Next Boston Meetup: July 19 at Acquia
https://www.meetup.com/OSENMeetup/events/241212309/ Thanks to Acquia and Underscore VC for hosting our next meetup on Wednesday, July 19, at Acquia's corporate headquarters in downtown Boston! Here's the agenda: 6pm: Food and drinks are served 6:30: Evan Klein, Black Duck Software Evan is the Manager at Black Duck’s Center for Open Source Research and Innovation and wrote… Continue reading Next Boston Meetup: July 19 at Acquia