2 years ago

Entrepreneurship for Engineers is a https://thenewstack.io/entrepreneurship-for-engineers-do-engineers-hate-marketing/ by longtime New Stack contributor Emily Omier that explores the concerns of developers who want to build tools for other developers — and build a business around their innovations. There’s a lot of chatter about community building and how it helps for-profit companies — especially open source startups.

“I’ve met a lot of companies in the past who wanted to open source a bit of technology,” Bacon said.

Community, done right, can be a powerful tool for any company, open source or not.

“When you’re a two-person startup, you have to start from the beginning, like talking to people on Twitter,” Iris said.