The Business of Open Source

Anurag Goel, Founder and CEO of Render, joins me on this episode of Cloud Native Startup. Learn about his beginnings at Stripe as employee #8, the birth of Render and how it solved a gap in the market, and his lessons learned while transitioning roles. We also discuss how open source fits into business strategy and much more.

Show Notes

Anurag Goel, Founder and CEO of Render, joins me on this episode of Cloud Native Startup. Learn about his beginnings at Stripe as employee #8, the birth of Render and how it solved a gap in the market, and his lessons learned while transitioning roles. We also discuss how open source fits into business strategy and much more.


In this episode, we cover:
  • Anurag and how he founded Render (00:27) 
  • Lessons learned while transitioning professional focus from engineering at Stripe to strategic business (05:42)
  • Anurag’s advice for people who want to transition into larger business roles (11:11)
  • The evolution of Render and its market and use case (13:57)
  • The important role of open source in the developer tool ecosystem (19:46)
  • Why Anurag chose to make Render open source  (22:11)
  • Strategies for making open source part of your platform (22:51)
  • How open source fits into business strategy (23:55)


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