Re:Ask HN: How to sustain yourself with an open source busin...
by blakewatters on Saturday December 28, 2019 @06:31AM
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Okay, I will bite.
What you need my friend is a strategy. Are there features that if delivered create outsized economic returns?
You need to invert your thinking. Nobody gives a shit about you, your product, your company, your mission, open source. Money is directly derived by delivering value to another party in a way that they could not or would not be able to create themselves.
Open Source software utilizes a confluence of patent law and hippy bullshit to create a safe space for collaboration and advancement and yada yada yada.
I didn’t invent fire, but I can start a hell of a bbq.
Do shit that matters and everything will be fine.
The best thing that you can ever do is make a ton of money, hire a ton of people, pay your taxes, and be there when your are called upon.
What you need my friend is a strategy. Are there features that if delivered create outsized economic returns?
You need to invert your thinking. Nobody gives a shit about you, your product, your company, your mission, open source. Money is directly derived by delivering value to another party in a way that they could not or would not be able to create themselves.
Open Source software utilizes a confluence of patent law and hippy bullshit to create a safe space for collaboration and advancement and yada yada yada.
I didn’t invent fire, but I can start a hell of a bbq.
Do shit that matters and everything will be fine.
The best thing that you can ever do is make a ton of money, hire a ton of people, pay your taxes, and be there when your are called upon.