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Is there anything you would've done differently during that campaign? Did the money come from the companies' tech budgets? Was it a one lump sum pre-payment o

Is there anything you would've done differently during that campaign? Did the money come from the companies' tech budgets? Was it a one lump sum pre-payment or periodic payments? Were there any strings like deliverables attached? Hope this is not too much to ask, I'm really interested in the process. I am developing something almost completely the opposite -- a website platform designed only for small-scale deployments by individuals and small communities, with purposeful mechanisms to limit/control growth, and for now deliberately without any finances, fregan. Recently I have been coming to terms with the idea that I may get a lot further if I attract outside help, but currently I don't have much to pay with, and I've not made it easy for someone to just jump in and start contributing. I am learning a lot from your answers.

danielsiders 6y ago
Honestly there aren’t a lot of products that were funded this way so I can’t point you to specific resources. In our case the funding came prepaid with no strings attached. Can’t speak to where in their budgets the funds were allocated from. I think we should build an ecosystem where companies support open source projects that benefit their companies with great ROI. Unfortunately I don’t know how we get there yet. There are so many different funding models now for different things (https://humanipo.app/ https://humanipo.app/ for example) that there must be a good answer. We should all work together and try harder to find what the best option is.
- forgotmypw17 6y ago
  Thank you. I agree. The numbers I'm seeing on HumanIPO are not encouraging :)