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I don't see an explanation anywhere, what is an "open startup"?

decentralisedog 7y ago
It's mentioned half-way down the blogpost (https://hackernoon.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-open-startup-f4446984189 https://hackernoon.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-open-start...) >There’s no official definition yet, and the Oxford dictionary weren’t available for comment, so let’s write one; A product or company which operates in the open and shares their statistics publicly.
duncan-donuts 7y ago
From the subheading of the site. > All these startups and side projects are building out in the open. Check them out! I think this definition is a little lose though. I went to try and see the Muzeek source code and the only thing I found was open source SDKs. I wouldn’t call that building in the open
- fourthark 7y ago
  Apparently it has nothing to do with open source, bur open business practices and metrics. A bit of a hijack of the word "open" but I'll be generous and say "naming is hard".
  - MiroF 7y ago
    If I have to pay money to use something, it's not open. It's a total cooption
    - droidist2 7y ago
      What happened to "free as in speech, not free as in beer"?
      - MiroF 7y ago
        I don't have to pay to speak either
        droidist2 7y ago
        That's true, but not what they mean by that saying. It's distinguishing between the two common usages of "free" to clarify that free and open-source software isn't about price. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre#%22Free_beer%22_vs_%22freedom_of_speech%22_distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre#%22Free_be...
joshspankit 7y ago
While some of us intuitively get it, a clearer word here might be “transparent”. The business stats (income generated, views, etc) are available publicly, the business practices and choices might be available, the customer data is of course not available, and the service is not required to be free. Think of these as very valuable learning tools for how to run your own business (and IMHO a pretty great marketing tool for them).

It's mentioned half-way down the blogpost (https://hackernoon.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-open-startup-f4446984189 https://hackernoon.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-open-start...) >There’s no official definition yet, and the Oxford dictionary weren’t available for comment, so let’s write one; A product or company which operates in the open and shares their statistics publicly.

duncan-donuts 7y ago

From the subheading of the site. > All these startups and side projects are building out in the open. Check them out! I think this definition is a little lose though. I went to try and see the Muzeek source code and the only thing I found was open source SDKs. I wouldn’t call that building in the open

fourthark 7y ago
Apparently it has nothing to do with open source, bur open business practices and metrics. A bit of a hijack of the word "open" but I'll be generous and say "naming is hard".
- MiroF 7y ago
  If I have to pay money to use something, it's not open. It's a total cooption
  - droidist2 7y ago
    What happened to "free as in speech, not free as in beer"?
    - MiroF 7y ago
      I don't have to pay to speak either
      - droidist2 7y ago
        That's true, but not what they mean by that saying. It's distinguishing between the two common usages of "free" to clarify that free and open-source software isn't about price. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre#%22Free_beer%22_vs_%22freedom_of_speech%22_distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre#%22Free_be...

joshspankit 7y ago

While some of us intuitively get it, a clearer word here might be “transparent”. The business stats (income generated, views, etc) are available publicly, the business practices and choices might be available, the customer data is of course not available, and the service is not required to be free. Think of these as very valuable learning tools for how to run your own business (and IMHO a pretty great marketing tool for them).