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@adambenayoun Many thanks for all these suggestions. I see several advantages with open sourcing our product. Most notably, wider adoption and community suppor

@adambenayoun Many thanks for all these suggestions. I see several advantages with open sourcing our product. Most notably, wider adoption and community support available on the net. Unfortunately, all three options you propose defer the point in time from which we can earn money. For a startup, this is very risky. If we run out of resources before say we have enough users to set up a SaaS service or offer support & training, we will go bust with nothing but wasted money and time on our balance sheets. I am sorry to be so direct, but I think the three options you propose are not currently viable for us. We might revisit them later though, and I might be in touch via your email! - when we know more about the limitations of our current approach. Thanks again! Michael

adambenayoun 13y ago
Michael No need to apologize :) As another user in this thread suggested - ultimately this is your company and you'll decide what is the best course of action to turn it into a profitable business. By all means do whatever is possible to make that happen and don't be afraid to experiment. I suggested a few ideas that could work and would basically allow you to enjoy from both world (both open sourcing your product and monetizing it) however I can understand if you think you don't have the time to get the kind of adoption you'd need to successfully open source it. Additionally this could be done backward - you could start with your current model and at some point once you are more economically confident switch to another model that is more open source friendly. Good luck! :)