1. The document discusses how startups can benefit from using open source software and technologies. 2. It provides examples of business models for startups using open source, including building products with open source, delivering services over open source platforms, and selling support for open source software. 3. The document also lists some benefits of using open source for startups, such as lower costs, greater security, and opportunities for customization.

1. Startups
&
Free and Open Source Software
Anoop Thomas Mathew
Profoundis Labs
atm@profoundis.com
Satvika 2013
College of Engineering Chengannur

2. ●@atmb4u
● Co-Founder and CTO @ Profoundis Labs
● Avid user of open source since 2003
● Python and Django for last 4 years
● Speaker at
● FOSSMeet 2013
● PyCon 2012
● Fifth Elephant 2012
● FOSSMeet 2011
ABOUTME

3. ●What
●Why
●How
●Who
●When
AGENDA
In a startup company,
OPEN SOURCE

4. “A startup company is designed
to search for a repeatable and
scalable business model”
WHATISASTARTUP?

5. ➢
Building products with open source
(facebook)
➢
Delivering services over open source
(Acquia, Dolphin, wordpress, joomla)
➢
Selling support for free and open source
(redhat, mysql, java)
➢
Provide consulting on open source
(tons of them)
BUSINESSMODELS

6. ➢ Bootstrap
➢ Be Agile
➢ Lean Startup
➢ Quick Solutions
➢ Team Work
STARTUPTIPSI

7. ➢ Be Scalable
➢ Well Tested Scaffolding
➢ Don't reinvent the wheel
➢ Simple is Elegant
➢ Customers are Kings
STARTUPTIPSII

8. ➢ Corporate Model
➢ Architecture
➢ Application Delivery
➢ Content Generation
➢ Content Consumption
➢ Scale up Rate
PARADIGMSHIFT

9. ➢ Cost Factor
➢ Security
➢ Technical Superiority
➢ Customization
➢ Support
➢ Joy of Sharing
WHYOPENSOURCE?

10. IBM
facebook
WhatsApp
Instagram
Quora
OpenERP
ESTABLISHEDCOMPANIES
GroupOn
FlipKart
SoundCloud
SupportBee
BaseCamp
Twitter

11. ➢Services Projects in django
➢django-tastypie, angular.js, elasticsearch
●ubuntu
●mongodb
●git
●Jenkins
●redis
●jQuery
●celery
●nginx

12. ➢ Operating System
➢ Collaboration System
➢ Version Control
➢ Code Sharing Platform
➢ Development Framework
➢ Server Management
➢ Continuous Integration
➢ Testing & Bug Tracking
TOOLSONTRADE

13. ●Twitter Bootstrap/Purecss
●AngularJS
●Django
●Ruby on Rails
●Sinatra
●Kiwy
●Flask
●MeteorJS
●NodeJS
●Play Framework
AFEWTOCHECKOUTFOR

14. Use
and
Build
OPENSOURCE

15. ➢ Create Open Source
➢ Report Bugs
➢ Participate in mailing list
➢ Contribute
➢ Blog heavily
THECOMMUNITY

16. ● Read wide and deep
● Follow HackerNews
● Find something interesting
● Find a bug!
● Ask, Talk to people
'You'll never know, until you try'
HOWTOGOFURTHER

17. Its Us!
FUTUREOFOPENSOURCE

18. How can I ...
QUESTIONS
We are looking for talent!
welcome@profoundis.com

19. Every project is UNIQUE!
so should be the stack
THANKYOU
on twitter: @atmb4u