The Business of Open Source Building Open Source Communities at DBT Labs with Anna Filippova
Sep 7, 2022
31:50
Anna Filippova, Director of Community & Data at DBT Labs, joins me to chat about the fundamental role community plays in the world of open source and her role helping to create a thriving community.
In this episode, Anna and I dive into the concept of a community: why it’s essential for open-source development, how to create business value through community, and how to track community health above and beyond user count.
Highlights:
- Why community is mission critical at DBT Labs (02:07)
- The fundamental role open source played in creating DBT Labs as its known today (05:57)
- The approach DBT Labs uses to create business value through community (08:13)
- Anna’s framework for the three buckets of communities (09:42)
- Why measuring and tracking community health is a more valuable metric than just user count (11:34)
- What do people get out of communities, and why are they so valuable? (19:06)
- Common misconceptions around building communities as a business strategy (24:19)
Links:
- Anna
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annafilippova/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/anna_fil
- DBT Labs: getdbt.com/community
- Coalesce Conference: https://coalesce.getdbt.com/