In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, I chat with Alex Ellis, creator of OpenFaaS, Inlets, and Arkade. He shares his experience of following his open-source passion while also making his work pay.

Key takeaways:

• When an open-source project has traction and community, but no business model
• The sponsored app business model
• The Freemium business model
• Entrepreneurs have to take blows and get up again
• Your own open source path is possible

About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

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