Ivar Østhus, The CTO and creator of Unleashed, is a revolutionary in shipping feature management tools and rollouts for companies worldwide. Through hardships, Østhus came into his own in the open source world by relieving the pressure on developers bringing new creations to light in their projects.

On this episode of The Business of Open Source, Hear how Østhus discusses the inception of Unleashed and the struggles he overcame in the early stages. He also talks about being a European company in the tech industry and why he prefers to be called a "Creator" rather than a Founder.

Highlights:

• Creator but not a Founder(1:48)
• Why Unleash? (2:33)
• Why open source (6:20)
• Taking the plunge with unleash (9:38)
• Being a European company(15:25)
• Early mistakes in Unleash (17:40)
• Long-term support open source user(19:40)
• The biggest challenge (25:20)

Links:

Ivar

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Unleash