{"id":1611,"date":"2009-12-09T01:58:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T06:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2009-12-09T01:58:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T06:58:52","slug":"how-do-you-convince-an-entrepreneur-to-go-opensource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/12\/09\/how-do-you-convince-an-entrepreneur-to-go-opensource","title":{"rendered":"How do you convince an entrepreneur to go opensource?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, a while back, I became a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.technopreneurassociationmalaysia.com\/?page_id=6\">council member<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.technopreneurassociationmalaysia.com\/\">Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia<\/a> (TeAM). My focus is on <b>open source and open standards<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to get more entrepreneurs building their products on opensource. I want them to harness open standards, and expose APIs so others can build cool stuff around it. I want to see TeAM help create more Malaysian tech success stories.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, I found <a href=\"http:\/\/fossfaq.com\/\">FOSS FAQ<\/a>, and decided to post a question there: <a href=\"http:\/\/fossfaq.com\/questions\/117\/how-do-you-convince-an-entreprenur-to-go-opensource\">How do you convince an entrepreneur to go opensource?<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like a silly question. I mean, VC&#8217;s like Guy Kawasaki like you to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/12\/18\/the-art-of-innovation-guy-kawasaki\">cheap, and highly available tools<\/a>, and opensource fits that bill. But nowadays, proprietary vendors have also upped the game &#8211; they also provide cheap (free for a time period) tools. So <a href=\"http:\/\/fossfaq.com\/questions\/117\/how-do-you-convince-an-entreprenur-to-go-opensource\">how do you get entrepreneurs going OSS for their products?<\/a> What&#8217;s your pitch to them?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20How%20do%20you%20convince%20an%20entrepreneur%20to%20go%20opensource%3F&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F09%2Fhow-do-you-convince-an-entrepreneur-to-go-opensource&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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