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Being part of the community is not just great to support the open-source movement, but it also is great for business. Why is it that big companies invest in open-source projects and how can your business benefit from participation? In this talk I explain the reasons why companies like to be associated with the PHP community and how your business can benefit from it. Even if you're working for a company, this talk will give enough arguments to talk to your bosses and convince them to contribute to open-source.
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Community works for business - TrueNorthPHP 2013
- Community Works For business
- Who uses open-source?
- Who contributes back?
- Business involvement?
- PHP Community
- Organizing events
- Build projects
- Volunteers
- Self financed
- Need support
- Why participate?
- Example • it's good for the health of the language • it's good for business • depends on the usage of language / technology • target the audience that become your promoters • good sentiment around the company and brand (brand awareness) • build relationships one-on-one and give demos • a great way to recruit for your company • community feedback about your company • keeping in touch with community Thanks to Elizabeth Naramore for providing feedback
- Example • learn technology in an early stage • get in touch with people to provide support • follow up on technological evolutions and trends • easier finding partners, customers or new employees Thanks to Thijs Feryn for providing feedback
- Example • visibility to potential employees and partners • giving something back to the community • building a business on top of quality open source projects • being part of a fun and engaging group Thanks to Wim Godden for providing feedback
- Example • access to everyone’s best practices + innovation • share best technical solutions • cooperate on a technical level - compete on a business level • real multiplier (e.g. US Government) for reusable infrastructure • making the difference • buy once, get improvements back for free indefinitely • more secure products Thanks to Jeffrey McGuire for providing feedback
- Example • learn internals of open-source projects • meeting experts for support and advice • finding new ways to offer better services • finding gratitude in “giving back”
- Summary • keeping up-to-date on new technologies • establishing support and advice networks • feedback on your products / services • great for hiring new employees • great for finding new customers
- How getting involved?
- Report bugs
- Fix issues or add features
- Write documentation
- Provide translations
- Other ways to help
- Room for user groups
- Buy beer for events
- Sponsor events
- Provide hosting
- Give us developers
- What’s the ROI?
- Long term investment
- Create partnerships
- Get valuable feedback
- Brand awareness
- Beta testing
- Buy once, use forever
- Hiring and recruitment
- Support and assistance
- Market leader
- Community works!
- Community feedback
- Community Interactions
- Improved products
- Product Evangelists
- Give little, get much
- Attend user group meetings
- If there’s none around
- You need to start one
- A lot of hard work
- Good planning
- Build a happy community
- Open doors
- Long lasting relationships
- Beware of dangers!
- Arrogance
- High Expectations
- Everything for granted
- Don’t build on others’ rep
- Earn the seat at the table
- Summary
- Invest in communities
- Give because you want to
- Earn respect
- Do better business
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