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Harvard Innovation Labs Cast

06/12/13

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

Leverage open-source resources and community contributions to enhance your product without incurring high development costs.

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Turning Products into Companies

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Turning Products into Companies

06/12/13

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Harvard Innovation Labs Cast

06/12/13

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

Utilize crowdsourcing and external resources to build your product efficiently, rather than trying to do everything in-house.

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Harvard Innovation Labs Cast

02/02/14

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

A successful business model in open source involves leveraging community contributions to drive innovation and reduce costs, as seen with Drupal's development.

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Nicolas Dessaigne

11/27/24

@ Y Combinator

Consider open source as a potential market for your dev tool, and observe how other players build their products before making a decision.

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Y Combinator Cast

11/27/24

@ Y Combinator

If your product is open source, consider monetization strategies like offering cloud hosting or an open core model with premium features.

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Paul Copplestone

05/14/25

@ Accel

We prioritize open source tools because they are integral to our business model, and we focus on what we can reasonably contribute back to the community.

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Juan Benet

07/01/17

@ Y Combinator

In open source, a company can invest deeply in a project by allocating engineers to work on it, rather than just giving money to everyone involved.

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Mark Zuckerberg

07/30/24

@ NVIDIA

The open-source strategy is a good business strategy, as it fosters a robust ecosystem that enhances the quality of the products we build.

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Michael Skok

04/01/23

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

Open source platforms allow users to modify and extend functionalities, which can lead to widespread adoption and innovation.

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Y Combinator Cast

11/27/24

@ Y Combinator

Open source is a strong go-to-market strategy for dev tools, as many developers prefer working with open source solutions.