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Harvard Innovation Labs Cast

02/02/14

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

Aquia's business model focuses on providing industrial-strength support for Drupal, enabling organizations to run their websites more effectively than on other platforms.

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Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Business Model

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Business Model

02/02/14

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Harvard Innovation Labs Cast

02/02/14

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

The success of Aquia is driven by a community of developers who continuously innovate and improve the Drupal platform, creating a competitive edge that large organizations cannot replicate.

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.

Harvard Innovation Labs Cast

02/02/14

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

Slippery products, like Drupal, are easy to install and integrate with other services, allowing users to derive value quickly and become advocates for the product.

Nabeel S. Qureshi

05/11/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

The company's success is attributed to its ability to build a powerful data platform that addresses complex customer needs.

Satya Nadella

05/20/25

@ Microsoft

We're building out this open agentic web at scale, expanding opportunities for developers across every layer of the stack.

Peter Reinhardt

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

While a good portion of Segment's offerings are open source, the majority of value comes from their hosted version, which saves developers time and simplifies complex data operations for business users.

Nirav Patel

05/20/25

@ EO

As we grow, we don't need to revert to a transactional business model; instead, we focus on building a large install base that supports a sustainable business.

Guillermo Rauch

06/03/25

@ Accel

Vercel powers major companies like Stripe and Notion, providing them with the infrastructure to host their workloads and scale effectively.

LangChain Cast

03/27/25

@ LangChain

AI is considered core to many businesses, leading them to prefer open-source models and tools to maintain control over their implementations.