Startups&

Free and Open Source Software

Anoop Thomas MathewProfoundis Labs

atm@profoundis.comSatvika 2013 College of Engineering Chengannur

●@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

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In a startup company,

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

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➢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)

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➢ Bootstrap➢ Be Agile➢ Lean Startup➢ Quick Solutions➢ Team Work

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

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

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➢ Cost Factor➢ Security➢ Technical Superiority➢ Customization➢ Support➢ Joy of Sharing

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➢Services Projects in django➢django-tastypie, angular.js, elasticsearch

●ubuntu●mongodb●git●Jenkins

●redis●jQuery●celery●nginx

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

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

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

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● Read wide and deep● Follow HackerNews● Find something interesting● Find a bug!● Ask, Talk to people

'You'll never know, until you try'

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We are looking for talent!welcome@profoundis.com

Every project is UNIQUE!

so should be the stack

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on twitter: @atmb4u