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Learn how to build and sustain a successful open source company through the journey of Nextcloud, which grew from a 2016 fork into a leading collaboration platform with 50% year-over-year growth. Explore the challenges of navigating different business models in the AI era, maintaining 100% open source principles while achieving profitability, and building a decentralized team across 24 countries. Discover strategies for selecting the right business model, effective hiring practices, marketing approaches, and sales strategies that enable bootstrapped independence and sustainable growth. Gain insights into balancing community-oriented development processes with commercial success, and understand how to create a thriving open source business that remains fully independent and community-focused while competing in the modern software landscape.
