open source

8 statements across 5 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 8, 2021 by Sahir Azam · across every show →

Everything said about open source, oldest first

Jan 8, 2021 bullish
Opinion
Azam: SaaS Is the Most Powerful Way to Monetize Open Source
“SAS is the most powerful way to monetize open source”
Sahir Azam Jan 8, 2021 ▶ 29:00 How Sales and Product Really Should Work Together with MongoDB | SaaStr Software Community
Dec 7, 2021 bullish
Opinion
Ghodsi: All proprietary software is vulnerable to disruption by open source
“In fact, I think open source has the potential to replace pretty much any software that's, Any proprietary software that exists on the planet today is, you know, in a really vulnerable state in the sense that it can be disrupted by an open source version, righ…”
Ali Ghodsi Dec 7, 2021 ▶ 17:12 The Future of AI, Open Source, and Enterprise SaaS with Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi
Dec 7, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ghodsi: The SaaS model applied to open-source technology will dominate
“I think the SAS model applied to open source is gonna be really disruptive. And, you know, so people, because of this transition period, we had these on-prem open source vendors. People think maybe open source won't work in the future in the cloud, but I think…”
Ali Ghodsi Dec 7, 2021 ▶ 28:16 The Future of AI, Open Source, and Enterprise SaaS with Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi
Feb 10, 2022 positive
Opinion
Eifrem: Most Successful Infrastructure Companies Start as Open Source
“I don't think applies to everyone, but I think for sure most successful modern infrastructure companies are open source by birth.”
Emil Eifrem Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 17:27 Lessons Learned Building a $2 Billion Company from Scratch with Neo4j CEO & Co-Founder Emil Eifrem
Feb 10, 2022 positive
Insight
Eifrem: Infrastructure companies must be open source to be choosable
“If you're not open source today as an infrastructure company, It's very hard to be choosable, right?”
Emil Eifrem Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 30:30 Lessons Learned Building a $2 Billion Company from Scratch with Neo4j CEO & Co-Founder Emil Eifrem
Aug 9, 2023 neutral
Insight
Startups should avoid open-source unless target customers reject managed cloud services
“So I'd say that if you're starting from scratch in 2023, you should only ever consider doing both of these things at the same time. If your ICP that you just believe is really the sort of narrow set of potential customers out there that really need and want yo…”
Spencer Kimball Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 18:25 Scaling to $5B with Cockroach Labs' CEO Spencer Kimball's Formula for Sustained Growth + Resilience
Aug 9, 2023 negative
Insight
Pursuing open source and cloud SaaS simultaneously creates two distinct companies
“But the really worst thing about trying to do open source and also, of course, trying to build a cloud service, which you fundamentally need to do, we're at the SAS conference here in 2023, is that you're actually going to build two different companies, much l…”
Spencer Kimball Aug 9, 2023 ▶ 17:48 Scaling to $5B with Cockroach Labs' CEO Spencer Kimball's Formula for Sustained Growth + Resilience
Feb 7, 2024 neutral
Insight
Cabane: Monetization must precede open-source acquisition motions
“Monetization comes first, open source for acquisition comes second. Other way around is, like, super hard, my opinion, huh?”
Guillaume Cabane Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 26:46 Mastering High-Volume, Low-CAC Marketing: Strategies from Gorgias, Vercel, and Hypergrowth
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