It doesn't really matter as long as your startup is good, people really could care less. Besides with an open source startup people can help you debug. Which is

It doesn't really matter as long as your startup is good, people really could care less. Besides with an open source startup people can help you debug. Which is exactly what the people I am working with did. https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg/wiki/Business-Model https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg/wiki/Business-Model We even got a kickstarter for our open source startup http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lefnire/habitrpg-mobile http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lefnire/habitrpg-mobile So no it is not a bad idea to open source your startup just be careful.