The Business of Open Source

Transitioning Your Career Focus with Anurag Goel


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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)



Links:

  • Anurag: www.twitter.com/anuraggoel
  • Render
    • Website: https://render.com/
    • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/render
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