Founders Talk: Startups, CEOs, Leadership

Leading GitLab to IPO

May 10, 2022

Sid Sijbrandij, Co-founder and CEO of GitLab, discusses their massive IPO and the benefits of staying independent and supporting every hyper cloud. They highlight GitLab's history, open core business model, and advantages of going public. They also explore the challenges and advantages of remote work, the rise of open core companies, and ways to track GitLab's future.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

Staying Independent and Supporting Every Hyper Cloud

03:29 • 17min

The History and Benefits of GitLab

20:32 • 7min

GitLab's Open Core Business Model

27:40 • 16min

Benefits of Going Public and Remote First Education

43:12 • 4min

The Advantages and Challenges of Remote Work

47:31 • 7min

The Rise of Open Core Companies

54:47 • 12min

Discussion of the quiet period, primary audience, and platforms for tracking GitLab's future

01:07:13 • 3min

This week Sid Sijbrandij, Co-founder and CEO of GitLab, is back talking with Adam about all the details of their massive IPO last October 2021. To set the stage, this episode was recorded on Feb 1, 2022. During the show Adam mentioned they IPO’d at a $13B market cap, but they actually ended their opening day at approximately $15B. That’s a massive win for open source, GitLab, Sid, and the rest of the team. For loyal listeners you know we’ve had Sid on this show before, so of course we had to get him back on the show post-IPO to get all the details of this new journey.

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Featuring:

Sid Sijbrandij – Website, LinkedIn, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

GitLab’s roadmap

Sid’s appearances on Changelog.com podcasts (in reverse chronological order)

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