Open Source Lessons
Matt Asay: I put together a list of ten principles that I’ve gleaned from my open source experience, which I believe can be applied to just about any business. [via Simon Phipps]
I’ve highlighted my favorite three:
- Adoption precedes monetization
- Lots of customers is a greater barrier to entry than lots of intellectual property
- A business' brand is its greatest asset in driving sales
- Lower barriers to evaluating and using your product
- Sell customer value, not vendor value
- Most businesses aren’t widgets businesses
- Product use should breed re-use and further sharing
- A collective product best serves a collective market
- Invest in service and your product, not sales
- Transparency breeds trust, and trust breeds revenue
- People make a business
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