Talk

How do you make money as an open source company?

Monday, 18 May 2026 @ 09:40 - 10:00

“How do you make money? The Boss-level answer. In open source, every founder gets asked the same question: “How do you make money?”

Most answers are candid. Few are totally confident. Behind the soundbites are years of trial and error — packaging experiments, pricing mistakes, licensing debates, and uncomfortable trade-offs between growth, community trust, and profitability.

This talk explores:

• Popular business models and their applicability to different target markets
• How setting a diversity of business models can be the route to commercial success
• How to design systems that generate real value without breaking your ecosystem

This talk will cover a number of real world examples to be inspired from as you explore business models for your open source company.”