{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Business of Open Source","title":"From Navy Seal to Entrepreneur with Josh Thurman","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1788,"description":"Josh Thurman, Co-founder and Head of DevRel at Uffizzi, joins me to chat about his journey from Navy Seal to tech startup Co-founder.\nIn this episode, Josh and I discuss his background as a Navy Seal, how he dove into tech and started Uffizzi, and the mistakes and failures he overcame along the way. We also dig into open source as a development model, creating vs. capturing value, and the importance of compatibility with software users are already implementing. Listen to find out what Josh considers his biggest failure, how he and Uffizzi overcame it, and how companies are using the product now. \nHighlights:\nJosh introduces himself and Uffizzi (0:45)\nJosh recounts early failures at Uffizzi (3:55)\nHow Josh and Uffizzi settled on open source (6:28)\nOpen source as a development model (9:33)\nCreating vs. Capturing value (10:50)\nJosh discusses the importance of modularity and compatibility with other software (13:36)\nWhy Uffizzi decided to focus on Kubernetes (15:54) \nWhy Josh as a founder, chose the role of Head of DevRel (17:25)\nHow Josh and Uffizzi pivoted to recover from the failures he discussed earlier (20:33)\nUffizzi case studies (27:01)\n\nLinks:\nJosh\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-p-thurman/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/JoshThurman19\nCompany: https://uffizzi.com\nUffizzi Slack community: https://uffizzi.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-ffr4o3x0-J~0yVT6qgFV~wmGm19Ux9A#/shared-invite/email","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8IkNaFmPeP0cacpN72wvWvmuTJkRWMTzK4anhRhTwJg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwNTI5LzE2NTY1/MTIwMDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}