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Finding Unexpected Product-Market Fit with Ian Tien
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Ian Tien, CEO and Co-Founder of Mattermost, joins me to talk about how Mattermost went from being a video game company to an open-source messaging platform that provides collaboration for developers and other mission-critical teams.
In this episode, Ian and I discuss the reality of product-led growth in open-source companies, Ian’s perspective on open source moving towards platform-based solutions, and the advice he would give to other open-source founders.
Highlights:
- Ian introduces himself and the Mattermost open-source project (00:45)
- The use cases Ian sees for Mattermost (05:17)
- Ian takes us through the origin story of Mattermost and how it went from being a video game company to an open-source messaging solution (08:59)
- The role open source played in the success of Mattermost (15:07)
- Ian’s perspective on open source moving towards platform based solutions (20:22)
- Does Ian think the product-led growth model of “If you build it, they will come” is realistic, and how can that mentality lead to success? (27:34)
- The advice Ian would give other open-source founders (28:33)
Links:
Ian
- Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iantien/
- Company: https://www.mattermost.com
205 епізодів
Manage episode 343101807 series 2686802
Ian Tien, CEO and Co-Founder of Mattermost, joins me to talk about how Mattermost went from being a video game company to an open-source messaging platform that provides collaboration for developers and other mission-critical teams.
In this episode, Ian and I discuss the reality of product-led growth in open-source companies, Ian’s perspective on open source moving towards platform-based solutions, and the advice he would give to other open-source founders.
Highlights:
- Ian introduces himself and the Mattermost open-source project (00:45)
- The use cases Ian sees for Mattermost (05:17)
- Ian takes us through the origin story of Mattermost and how it went from being a video game company to an open-source messaging solution (08:59)
- The role open source played in the success of Mattermost (15:07)
- Ian’s perspective on open source moving towards platform based solutions (20:22)
- Does Ian think the product-led growth model of “If you build it, they will come” is realistic, and how can that mentality lead to success? (27:34)
- The advice Ian would give other open-source founders (28:33)
Links:
Ian
- Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iantien/
- Company: https://www.mattermost.com
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