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5 Takeaways: Selling Open Core to the Government with Sid Sijbrandij
The federal sales process is distinctly different from typical B2B sales. OCV’s founder and General Partner, Sid Sijbrandij, shares what he’s learned about selling to agencies in the U.S. federal government.
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When doing the “right” thing isn’t the right thing
Directed focus can be a blind spot for first-time founders. Taking a startup from zero to one requires a survival mentality focusing on short-term success over long-term planning.
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Announcing the OCV Open Source Project Sponsorship Program
The OSPS Program provides funding and mentorship to open source authors and maintainers to catalyze project growth.
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Let demand steer early-stage open core product development
Don’t artificially balance open source and proprietary development early on. Figure out what people are asking for the most and build that.
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Open-source creator Anthony Stirling launches Stirling PDF to build the first open-core PDF editing suite
With $2MM in funding, Anthony plans to add highly-requested enterprise capabilities to the popular open-source PDF editor.
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