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How to turn an open source project into a profitable business

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Victoria Melnikova Contributor Share on Twitter Alongside fellow Evil Martians , Victoria Melnikova builds devtools and commercial open source products and writes about her journey in tech. But is it possible for a smaller open source project to find its way into this land of commercial opportunity?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Minimizing M&A mayhem, cybersecurity PM checklist, open source AI

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Given the tremendous barrier to entry, is it worth considering whether open source foundation models could level the playing field and also address concerns about privacy and bias? Series A deck Image Credits: Fibery (opens in a new window) Based in Cyprus, workflow and knowledge management platform Fibery raised a $5.2

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS pricing strategies, 2022 open source report, can Vine regrow?

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Image Credits: Rittikrai_PIX (opens in a new window) / Getty Images In the final article of a five-part series , growth marketing expert Jonathan Martinez shares the key metrics he tracked at Coinbase and Uber, along with a framework for activating and retaining early adopters who drive revenue.

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8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22

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Wicked fast VPNs, data organization tools, auto-generated videos to spice up your company’s Instagram stories … Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 open source founders have some interesting ideas up their sleeves. And since they’re open source, some of these companies will let you join in on the fun of collaboration too.

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Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden 

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The EU — those guys who ensured we ended up with cookie banners on every damn website you’ve ever visited — are back at it with a new initiative that could have some major-league unintended consequences on open source software, Kyle reports. Image Credits: Hill Street Studios (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Daily Crunch: After developers complain, Microsoft clarifies new policy on open source monetization

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Words mean everything : Microsoft came under fire recently by developers due to the way it worded a new policy banning profiting off of open source software, and while the company clawed back that policy, Paul provides a look at what all this will mean. Image Credits: Eoneren (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Rezilion Updates Open Source MI-X Tool to Better Secure App Development

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Rezilion has updated its open source MI-X vulnerability discovery tool to include mitigation and remediation recommendations. Finally, the company added Windows support for Heartbleed and SpookySSL vulnerabilities in Windows environments. MI-X makes it possible to use a command line […].