startups and foss
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How to start a company with opensource software, and how to contribute back to the community.TRANSCRIPT
Startups&
Free and Open Source Software
Anoop Thomas MathewProfoundis Labs
[email protected] 2013 College of Engineering Chengannur
●@atmb4u● Co-Founder and CTO @ Profoundis Labs● Avid user of open source since 2003● Python and Django for last 4 years● Speaker at
● FOSSMeet 2013● PyCon 2012● Fifth Elephant 2012● FOSSMeet 2011
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In a startup company,
OPEN SOURCE
“A startup company is designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model”
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➢Building products with open source(facebook)
➢Delivering services over open source(Acquia, Dolphin, wordpress, joomla)
➢Selling support for free and open source(redhat, mysql, java)
➢Provide consulting on open source(tons of them)
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➢ Bootstrap➢ Be Agile➢ Lean Startup➢ Quick Solutions➢ Team Work
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➢ Be Scalable➢ Well Tested Scaffolding➢ Don't reinvent the wheel➢ Simple is Elegant➢ Customers are Kings
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➢ Corporate Model➢ Architecture➢ Application Delivery➢ Content Generation➢ Content Consumption➢ Scale up Rate
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➢ Cost Factor➢ Security➢ Technical Superiority➢ Customization➢ Support➢ Joy of Sharing
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IBMfacebookWhatsAppInstagramQuoraOpenERP
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➢Services Projects in django➢django-tastypie, angular.js, elasticsearch
●ubuntu●mongodb●git●Jenkins
●redis●jQuery●celery●nginx
➢ Operating System➢ Collaboration System➢ Version Control➢ Code Sharing Platform➢ Development Framework➢ Server Management ➢ Continuous Integration➢ Testing & Bug Tracking
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●Twitter Bootstrap/Purecss●AngularJS●Django●Ruby on Rails●Sinatra●Kiwy●Flask●MeteorJS●NodeJS●Play Framework
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➢ Create Open Source➢ Report Bugs➢ Participate in mailing list➢ Contribute➢ Blog heavily
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● Read wide and deep● Follow HackerNews● Find something interesting● Find a bug!● Ask, Talk to people
'You'll never know, until you try'
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Its Us!
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Every project is UNIQUE!
so should be the stack
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on twitter: @atmb4u