The Business of Open Source
Episodes
Philippe Humeau on Creating Fair Exchanges in Open-Source Business Models
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Philippe Humeau is the CEO and Co-Founder of CrowdSec, an open-source security company with a very unique business model that doesn’t fit the usual ...
Samuel Stroschein on the Challenges and Opportunities of Localization
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Stroschein is the CEO and Founder of inlang, an open-source company that is looking to not only make localization easy for developers, but also...
Kevin Muller on Seeking Out Harsh Feedback and Commercializing too Soon
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Muller is the CEO and co-founder of Passbolt, a security-first, open-source password manager, and he joined me to talk about the risks of having...
Venture Capitalist Tim Chen on the Nuances of Founding an Open Source Startup
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Chen is a Partner at Essence VC and also the Co-Host of the Open Source Startup Podcast. Through these channels, he has the opportunity to speak w...
CEO Franz Karlsberger on Joining an Open-Source Start-Up to Scale Growth
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Franz Karlsberger is the CEO of Amazee.io, an open-source platform that seeks to make developers’ lives easier by abstracting their day-to-day workl...
Two-time founder Vlad A. Ionescu on finding success after repeated entrepreneurial failures
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s kind of a cliche, Vlad A. Ionescu, founder and CEO of Earthly, says, but his first attempts to build something really awesome focused on amazin...
Exploring the European Open Source Ecosystem with Markus Düttmann
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Markus Düttmann, a former Principal at Nauta Capital, is steeped in the European open source scene. From his beginnings in theoretical physics, Dütt...
Demystifying Code Bases with Shanea Leven of CodeSee
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Shanea Leven, CEO and Co-Founder of CodeSee, joins me to chat about demystifying code bases and building an effective team.In this episode o...
Building and Maintaining a Global Open Source Data Platform with Heikki Nousiainen
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Heikki Nousiainen, CTO and Co-founder of Aiven, joins me to chat about building the business, his passion for open source and entrepreneursh...
Open Source in a Large Organization with Michael Cheng
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Cheng, Chief Legal Officer at Aalyria Technologies, is a master at strategy and execution for open-source products and companies. From his hum...
Finding the Right Co-Founder With Tanis Jorge
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you struggling to find a co-founder? Having trouble navigating a relationship with your partners? These are all questions Tanis Jorge, CEO of The ...
Striving for a Frictionless Developer Experience through AI Workflows with Kyle Campbell
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From college dropout to developer efficiency guru, Kyle Campbell knows his way around workflow integrations for software companies. He is a fierce pro...
Ethics In Open Source With Matt Butcher
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Butcher is no stranger to the ways of ethical philosophy. With a Ph.D. in Religion and Computer Science, he enjoys philosophical conversations of...
Enhancing Your Contributor Growth Strategy With Dawn Foster
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Foster, Director of Open Source Community Strategy at VMware, is a champion of community strategy and development. A doctor of Philosophy, Foster...
Developing Your Public Speaking Skills with Bart Farrell
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bart Farrell is a content creator and community leader in the public speaking world. Based in Spain, he has developed a massively popular platform thr...
Open Source Feature Management with Ivar Østhus
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ivar Østhus, The CTO and creator of Unleashed, is a revolutionary in shipping feature management tools and rollouts for companies worldwide. Through ...
WebOps and Community Relations with Josh Koenig
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Koenig, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Pantheon, is a WebOps aficionado focused on creating first-class platforms and delivering result...
Developing Open Source Coding Tools with Daniel Loreto
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Loreto, the founder of Jetpack.io, is a massive believer in transforming how engineers scale their backend for cloud-based platforms. Deeply ro...
Building a Sustainable Platform With Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Fueling a culture of openness in innovation and research." That slogan is well known to Abigail Cabunoc Mayes, a leader in GitHub's open-source maint...
Investing and Monetizing a Start-up With Akriti Dokania
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Akriti Dokania, a heavyweight in the venture capital business, is a partner at Ridge Ventures. With a background in computer sciences and building a B...
Cultivating an Active Community With Stefan Avram
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Avram, Co-Founder and Head of Growth at WunderGraph, is taking the open source world by storm. With his company specializing in full stack and ...
Simplifying Authorization With Emre Baran
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emre Baran is a man on a mission to simplify authorization protocols for software developers. With his company Cerbos, Baran has put in years of dedic...
Open Source Business Strategy With Tyler Jewell
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Jewell is an enterprise technology investor and managing director of Dell Technologies Capital, with a hand in many open source companies. A ret...
Pushing Boundaries and Removing Barriers with Ron Efroni
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From software engineer to leading developer products at Facebook, Ron Efroni was familiar with the challenges facing developers. His co-founder recogn...
Demanding Something Better with Gael Duval
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it seems like our devices can read our minds. While that can occasionally be helpful, it can raise concerns about how much of our personal d...
Challenging Yourself Through Open Source with Peter Zaitsev of Percona
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Zaitzev, the founder of Percona, is an expert on open source strategy and database optimization. With his level of experience in the world of op...
Changing the World through Open Source with Frank Karlitschek
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Karlitschek has worked in the open source software space since the late 90s when he contributed to KDE. Since then, he’s managed multiple team...
Bootstrapping an Open Source Company with Matt Barker of Jetstack
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Barker, President and co-founder of Jetstack, has been involved in open source and Kubernetes since the early days of its development. With a lon...
Bringing Hardware Design to The Software Space at The State of Open Con with Rob Taylor of ChipFlow
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of my series of interviews from the State of Open Con in London, I’m chatting with Rob Taylor, CEO of ChipFlow, about the intersection ...
From Navy Seal to Entrepreneur with Josh Thurman
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Thurman, Co-founder and Head of DevRel at Uffizzi, joins me to chat about his journey from Navy Seal to tech startup Co-founder.In this episode, ...
Gaining Trust through Transparency with Nikhil Nandagopal
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nikhil Nandagopal, Founder and CPO of Appsmith, joins me to chat about building trust, the importance of starting as an open source offering, and how ...
From Closed Source to Open Source with Adi Gelvan of Speedb
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adi Gelvan, Co-founder and CEO of Speedb, joins me to share his experience in moving Speedb from a closed source proprietary company to open source wi...
Understanding the Legal Side of Open Source with Heather Meeker
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Meeker, General Partner at OSS Capital, joins me to discuss the legal elements of open source, including options for licensing and business st...
Exploring the World of Product-Led Growth with Sam Richard
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Richard, Head of Growth at ngrok, joins me to talk about product-led growth in open source and ngrok’s history in open source.In this episode, S...
Bridging The Gaps Between Policy, Community, and Commerce in Open Source with Amanda Brock
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using Metrics to Keep Your Open Source Community Healthy with Georg Link
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Georg Link, Director of Sales at Bitergia, joins me to chat about how open source startups can use metrics to keep their communities healthy, why he a...
Reaping the Benefits of Community-Led Growth with Jonathan Reimer
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Reimer, CEO & Co-Founder at Crowd.dev, joins me to chat about community-led growth and cultivating a community around an open source star...
Verbs Not Nouns: Writing Effective Documentation with Brian MacDonald
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brian MacDonald, Manager of Technical Editing at DigitalOcean joins me to discuss the importance of writing efficient documentation for any product.In...
Developing Commercial Open Source Companies with Joseph Jacks
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Jacks joins me to share his enthusiasm for Open Source and what he calls Commercial Open Source Companies, how the idea of Open Source is chang...
Investing in The Next Generation of Developers
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Gottfried, Co-founder of Major League Hacking, joins me to chat about community building, open source as a career accelerator, and how Major Leagu...
Telling Fair Stories with a Full Perspective on Open Source with Brian Douglas
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Douglas, CEO of OpenSauced, joins me to discuss insights - how they’ve been provided in the past, how OpenSauced is different, and how he hope...
Building a Healthy Company with Matt Butcher of Fermyon
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, joins me to discuss the ethics of open source and how to keep your company's health in mind when growing your business.I...
The Trifecta of a Successful Startup
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Henrik Rosendahl, CEO of Spiio, joins me to chat about his experience as an entrepreneur and what he’s learned about building successful companies. ...
Open Source is About the Masses with Fabien Pinckaers of Odoo
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m talking with Fabian Pinckaers, CEO and Founder of Odoo, a suite of business apps to manage all of a business’s activities, about his pas...
How Medusa is Becoming More Than an Open Source Shopify Alternative with Co-Founder Nicklas Gellner
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m chatting with Nicklas Gellner, co-founder of Medusa, “the open source Shopify alternative” about why he started the company, why ope...
Relating Tech to People through Technical Marketing with Michael Chenetz
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Chenetz, Head of Technical Marketing at Portainer.io, joins me to discuss why technical marketing is so much more effective for open source co...
The Gratification of Contributing to Open Source with Liz Rice
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, joins me to discuss the business model behind Cilium and the enjoyment she has found working in open...
Building Open-Source Strategy for Enterprise Organizations with Andrew Aitken
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Aitken, Global Open Source Leader at Wipro, joins me to discuss the benefits and challenges that come with adopting open source as a large-scal...
The Relationship Between Open Source and Cloud Native with Randy Abernethy
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Randy Abernethy, Managing Director at RX-M, joins me for a chat about the relationship between open source and cloud native. In this episode, Randy a...
Finding Unexpected Product-Market Fit with Ian Tien
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Tien, CEO and Co-Founder of Mattermost, joins me to talk about how Mattermost went from being a video game company to an open-source messaging pla...
Best Practices for Founding an Open-Source Company with Amanda Brock
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Brock, CEO of Open UK, joins me for an engaging conversation on best practices in founding an open-source company. In this episode, Amanda and...
The Open-Source Evolution of Python with Wes McKinney
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wes McKinney, CTO & Co-Founder of Voltron Data, joins me for an in-depth conversation on how his quest to develop Python as an open-source program...
Making AI Accessible to All with Braden Hancock
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Braden Hancock, Co-founder and Head of Technology at Snorkel AI, joins me to talk about his path from academia to start-up co-founder and his vision t...
Building Open Source Communities at DBT Labs with Anna Filippova
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Filippova, Director of Community & Data at DBT Labs, joins me to chat about the fundamental role community plays in the world of open source ...
How the Department of Defense Uses Open Source with Rob Slaughter
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights:Open source software at the department of defense (1:36)Is there risk associated with using open source software in the department of defen...
How Pantacor Fits into the Edge Continuum with Ricardo Mendoza
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ricardo Mendoza, founder and CEO of Pantacor, joins me for a chat at the Open Source Summit in Austin. Ricardo shares why he started Pantacor and desc...
Open Source Licensing with Jeff Shapiro
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Open Source Summit in Austin, I sit down with Jeff Shapiro, the License Scanning Manager for the Linux Foundation. Jeff begins by explai...
From Open Source Project to Commercial Product with Webb Brown of Kubecost
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sit down with Webb Brown, CEO and cofounder of Kubecost. Kubecost provides real-time cost visibility and insights for teams using Kubernetes. ...
Security and Freedom with Ev Kontsevoy of Teleport
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sit down with Ev Kontsevoy, the CEO and co-founder of Teleport, a software company that began as an open source project. Teleport is an identi...
The Ethics of Privacy with Cillian Kieran of Ethyca
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m joined by Cillian Kieran, the CEO and co-founder of Ethyca, to talk about the privacy challenges that served as the impetus to found Ethyc...
Global Tech and Selling to Enterprise with André Christ
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m joined by CEO and founder of LeanIX, André Christ. André begins by describing his business, and then explains how his experiences workin...
Edge Native and Customer Satisfaction with Keith Basil
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I chat with Keith Basil, GM of Edge Computing at SUSE. We begin by reviewing the definition of edge: Keith explains how SUSE breaks edge computi...
Merging Docker and Mirantis and Partnering with Customers with Shaun O’Meara
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talk with Shaun O’Meara, the global field CTO at Mirantis. We begin by discussing the integration of Docker Enterprises with Mirantis approx...
Exploring the Risks of Single Maintainer Dependencies with John McBride
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sit down and chat with John McBride, senior software engineer at VMware. We begin by talking about John’s address at KubeCon, “Risks of Si...
The Cloud Native Glossary and Linkerd with Catherine Paganini
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talk with Catherine Paganini, Head of Marketing and Community at Buoyant. We begin by discussing the Cloud Native Glossary and how it is helpi...
Serverless, Cloud Native, and Koyeb with Yann Léger
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talk with Yann Léger, CEO of Koyeb, the serverless developer platform that allows businesses to safely and easily deploy applications. We beg...
Dirk Hohndel and Open Source Ecosystems
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I chatted with Dirk Hohndel, chief open source officer at the Cardano foundation. We begin by defining an open source ecosystem, and then talk a...
Passion, Marketing, and Communication with Romaric Philogène
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sit down with Romaric Philogène, CEO and founder of Qovery, a platform that helps developers build, deploy, run, and scale applications. Ro...
Tailscale and Market Segmentation with Avery Pennarun
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m chatting with Avery Pennarun, CEO of Tailscale. Tailscale is a VPN service that makes devices and applications accessible anywhere in the ...
Marketing and Open Source with Kiersten Gaffney
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I chat with Kiersten Gaffney, CMO of Codefresh, a software delivery platform. Kiersten begins by defining her role as CMO. We then discuss the u...
Lessons from Sandeep Lahane
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this short summation episode, I talked a little more about why I think Deepfence's open source strategy is so genius.
Threat Mapping and Striking with Sandeep Lahane
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sat down with Sandeep Lahane, founder and CEO of Deepfence, a security preventive and detective solution for cloud and container native enviro...
Lessons from Eric "The IT Guy" Hendricks
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some short thoughts on marketing in the open source ecosystem, drawn from my conversation with Eric on Wednesday.
Technical Marketing and Open Source with Eric Hendricks
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I sit down with Eric Hendricks, the technical marketing director at Red Hat. Red Hat delivers open source solutions that make it easier for ente...
Lessons from Omri Gazitt
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm trying something new this week — adding an extra episode with some key takeaways from the interview earlier in the week. In this one, I talked a...
Cloud Native Authorization with Omri Gazitt
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m joined by Omri Gazitt, founder of Aserto, an authorization company that offers cloud native authorization as a service. We discuss the dif...
The Google Search for Data with Mark Grover
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’m joined by Mark Grover, one of the founders of Stemma, a data catalogue for building decentralized data informed cultures. In essence it is a “...
A How To Guide for Startups with Matt Leray
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’m joined by Matt Leray, co-founder and CTO Speedscale, an API testing product that applies “real world” stresses to “collect and replay traf...
The Subtle Art of Coalition Building with Kit Merker
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kit Merker, co-founder and COO at Nobl9, a software reliability platform. Through software-defined SLO’s Nobl9 helps developers, DevOps and reliabil...
Plural’s Navigation of the Open-Source Ecosystem with Michael Guarino
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Guarino, founder of Plural, a unified platform for open-source management platform entirely hosted on Kubernetes which creates a fully functio...
Innovating on the Edge with Michael Tanenbaum
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Michael Tanenbaum, CEO and co-founder of Mycelial, an edge data platform for distributed local first applications that is built wit...
Turning Blame into an Opportunity to Learn with Lyon Wong
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lyon Wong, CEO and co-founder of Blameless, a complete reliability engineering platform that brings together AI-driven incident resolution, blameless ...
Building a Kubernetes Operations Company with Haseeb Budhani
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Haseeb Budhani, co-founder and CEO of Rafay Systems, a Kubernetes operations company joins the conversation. What a Kubernetes operation company is as...
Molding a Passion for Open Source into a Company with Andrew Rynhard
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Rynhard, Founder and CTO of Sidero Labs, joins the show today to discuss his work and Sidero Labs. Sidero is a Kubernetes lifecycle management ...
Collaboration and an Emphasis on Project Over Product with Open Telemetry
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a round table with Morgan McClean, Ben Sigelman, and Alolita Sharma, the maintainers of Open Telemetry. Open Telemetry is a high-...
The Intersection of Developer Lead Companies and Capital with Tyler Jewell
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Jewell, Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital, joins me for a deep conversation about the intersection of capital and technology. As a ...
RakN’s Focus on Infrastructure as Code Automation with Rob Hirschfeld
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Hirschfeld, CEO of and co-founder of RakN, joins the show to discuss their work in the world of automation. Notably so, automation of data centers...
Moving from Open Source to a Commercial Endeavor with Sam Bhagwat
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Bhagwat, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Gatsby, joins me for a conversation about his work. Gatsby is an open source project using Rea...
Making Data Transparent and Accessible with Avi Press
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Avi Press, CEO and Co-Founder of Scarf, joins me for an in depth conversation about Scarf and the work they are doing in transparecny in open source m...
Rebranding to Reflect the Infrastructure with Alex Chircop
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Chircop, CEO of Ondat.io, joins me to talk about his company and their recent rebrand to reflect their shift to focus on some fundamental changes...
A Bird's Eye View of Open Source with Matt Yonkovit
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Yonkovit, Head of Open Source Strategy at Percona, joins me for a conversation about Percona’s work and their robust history in open source. Pe...
Navigating Risks and Building Open Source Communities with Dawn Foster
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Foster, Director of Open Source Community Strategy at VMware, joins me to chat about open sourcing and the potential risks to consider. With 20+ ...
The Evolving Job Market for Kubernetes Talent with Joe Bignell
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Bignell, the Kubernetes recruiter at InterQuest Group, joins me for an interesting conversation about the current job market in the Kubernetes spa...
DataStax and the Startup Mentality with Jonathan Ellis
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Ellis, CTO and co-founder of DataStax, has always had a startup mindset. In this episode, Jonathan joins me to discuss his journey and entrep...
Owning Your Slice of the World with Guy Podjarny
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Podjarny, co-founder and President of Snyk, has seen the world of startups through the lens of an employee and as a founder. With two companies un...
Investing In Early-Stage Enterprise Startups with Vidya Raman
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Vidya Raman, technology has always been close to her heart. As an investor at Sorenson Ventures, Vidya is guided by this passion and plays an impa...
Shifting Your Mindset with Tobias Kunze
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Glasnostic is a cutting-edge observability solution that enables DevOps, SRE and security teams to effectively control emerging disruptive behaviors. ...
Achieving the Impossible with Laurent Gil
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Laurent Gil is by no means a novice when it comes to founding companies. As the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at CAST.AI, Laurent marks this as...
The Keys to Creating Your Masterpiece with Marco Palladino
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Kong Inc., Marco Palladino takes great pride in the company he has built from the ground up. Marco’...
Contributing Your Open Source Project to CNCF with Ihor Dvoretskyi
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Cloud Native Startup, Ihor Dvoretskyi, Developer Advocate at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), joins me for a conversation ...