ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ENGINEERS: SELLING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

No matter what kind of company you intend to build — open source or proprietary, DevTool or not — at least one of the company founders will have to close deals at the beginning of the company’s life. Even as the company gets larger, founders still need to be involved in sales, especially big deals. Selling open source software can be difficult, but talking to multiple experienced open-source salespeople can provide some eye opening perspectives.