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February 27, 2005
What's your story?
What do these companies have in common: Bridge53, SourceTap, FiveRuns, Open Country, AntiGrain and Blue Sunrise? They are all Open Source startups that will be "appearing" at the upcoming OSBC conference (via Matt Asay - I added some links). Looking at the web sites I find myself thinking - interesting but what's your story? Tell it. As the number of Open Source centric companies increases it will become increasingly important to talk about how you stand out from your competition:
- Start a corporate weblog (I couldn't find a single one)
- Talk about how you came from Open Source involvement to a commercial startup (you did didn't you?)
- Describe how your team is involved in driving the Open Source forward you're using (they are - aren't they?)
- Link to your articles and presentations you've used to put the Open Source message accross
Those are the points (and these) I'll be bringing up when I come to see you at OSBC. There is still time.
Posted by Matthew at February 27, 2005 11:49 AM