The Business of Open Source Reaping the Benefits of Community-Led Growth with Jonathan Reimer
Jan 4, 2023
23:05
Jonathan Reimer, CEO & Co-Founder at Crowd.dev, joins me to chat about community-led growth and cultivating a community around an open source startup.
In this episode, Jonathan and I discuss the differences between community-led growth and product-led growth, review the meaning of community, and explore the challenges of building a community around an open source startup. We also get into how community-led growth can benefit a company, the biggest mistakes startups make around community building, and the origins and operations of Jonathan’s company, Crowd.dev.
Highlights:
- Jonathan introduces himself, and his definition of community-led growth (0:45)
- The motivation behind community-led growth strategies (3:04)
- Gauging the health of a community (8:14)
- The origins of Crowd.dev and how it works to make community building easier (12:47)
- Common pain points in community building and how to keep cultivating a healthy one (16:17)
- Jonathan’s path to starting his own company (18:08)
Links:
Jonathan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathimer/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathimer
- Company: https://www.crowd.dev/