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emilyomier.bsky.social @emilyomier.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sometimes it's not obvious whether or not a company is an "open source" company. That's how I felt about Chronosphere. It's an interesting discussion about the importance of M3 (an open source project) in the company's history. The episode with Martin Mao: www.emilyomier.com/podcast/a-ma...

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A Massive Head Start on Product Development with Open Source with Martin Mao | Emily Omier

This special episode recorded live at KubeCon Salt Lake City last November is with Martin Mao , CEO and co-founder at Chronosphere. We talked about how M3 was foundational to the early history of…

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emilyomier.bsky.social @emilyomier.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Product-market fit is the holy grail of the software industry. But it's not magic and you can control how quickly you find it. That's what I talked to Wei Lien Dang about in this episode: Check out the episode here: www.emilyomier.com/podcast/find... Work with me to reach product-market fit now.

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Finding Product-Market Fit with Wei Lien Dang | Emily Omier

Happy new year everyone! There was a short break for Christmas + New Years the past two weeks, but this week I’m back with a fabulous episode with Wei Lien Dang , General Partner at Unusual Ventures…

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emilyomier.bsky.social @emilyomier.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I sometimes get the feeling that a number of people aren't sure exactly when they should work with me. That is definitely a messaging failure on my part 😂. If you know an open source company lacking a clear ICP or unique value proposition, tell leadership to get in touch.

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emilyomier.bsky.social @emilyomier.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Every open source company is going to have some product-project tension, and most will experience that tension both internally and externally. How do you manage that tension? I talked with @Bobby DeSimone about how he managed it at @pomerium: www.emilyomier.com/podcast/kube...

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emilyomier.bsky.social @emilyomier.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How do you make the decision to donate your project to a foundation? In this episode, @Cole Kennedy talks about how he didn't intend to directly monetize @testifysec's open source project, so it seems like a no-brainer to donate them to the @cncf. www.emilyomier.com/podcast/kube...

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emilyomier.bsky.social @emilyomier.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In this episode, I talk about community with @Mark Fussel: How to build it, why you should build a contributor ladder and how to do so, why community is one of the things that make open source companies unique. Check it out -- www.emilyomier.com/podcast/kube...

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KubeCon NA Special Episode: The Connection Between Community Engagement and Revenue with Mark Fussell | Emily Omier

This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Mark Fussell , CEO and co-founder of Diagrid and co-creator of Dapr , in a special episode recorded on-site at KubeCon NA in Salt Lake…

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