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How We Failed (Multiple Times) to Find a Business Model
Monday, 19 May 2025 @ 14:00 - 14:05
Every open-source founder knows the struggle: great adoption ≠ great revenue.
When we launched Gatling, we had an engaged community and a tool engineers loved. But turning that into a sustainable business was another story. What seemed like obvious revenue streams didn’t work, and it took multiple pivots—and painful lessons—before we finally found the right model.
This talk is a candid look at the realities of monetizing open source—what we got wrong, what finally worked, and why the journey is rarely linear.
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