Revisiting the Tailwind Labs business model

In this episode, Adam and Ben talk through the Tailwind Labs business model. Is Tailwind UI the best way for the company to make money? Or is there a different model where incentives are better aligned with growing the Tailwind CSS community as a whole? One potential model is offering a marketplace for templates and UI kits.

Timestamps

• (00:00) - Black Friday
• (04:58) - Continuously improving stuff
• (12:50) - Tuple Rooms
• (16:15) - Revisiting the Tailwind Labs business model
• (27:28) - Brainstorming a Tailwind CSS marketplace
• (39:54) - Should Tailwind Labs build a SaaS?

Links

• Adam on Twitter
• Ben on Twitter

Creators & Guests

Host

Adam Wathan

Creator of Tailwind CSS.

Host

Ben Orenstein

Co-founder and CEO of Tuple.

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