About this episode
In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, I chat with Alex Ellis, creator of OpenFaaS, Inlets, and Arkade. He shares his experience of following his open-source passion while also making his work pay.
Key takeaways:
- When an open-source project has traction and community, but no business model
- The sponsored app business model
- The Freemium business model
- Entrepreneurs have to take blows and get up again
- Your own open source path is possible
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