The Heavybit Library
The Heavybit Library is an extensive catalog of educational content featuring hundreds of hours of expert presentations, insightful podcasts, and articles focused on helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
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How to Build an Effective Pitch Deck
How to Build an Effective Fundraising Deck for Devtool Startups Technical founders often ask us what to include in their...

Technology Marketing vs. Product Marketing: Which Is Right for You?
Is it possible to market a technology without marketing a specific product? I believe the answer is yes, and many...
What to Know About Open-Source Software: Benefits and Advantages
Open-Source Software Benefits - What to Know Open-source software (OSS) advantages include lower starting costs, faster project...
Dear Founders: Start with Messaging
A Messaging Framework and Template for Founders Building SaaS Brands Dear founders: This article is intended to help you clearly...
Understanding Legal Issues for Open Source Software Start-ups
Viewing Open Source Startups Through a Licensing and IP Lens Open source software (OSS) is a vibrant and rapidly-growing space,...
2022 Heavybit Year in Review
For many startups, 2022 was a tough year due to difficult market conditions, and 2023 may be challenging as well. To help you...
Take These Four Key Steps When Launching a Developer Relations Program
You’ve created a product you know developers will love. Heck – you’ve even done your segmentation, so you know which developer...
Thought Leadership for Technical Founders
Thought Leadership for Technical Founders Before starting Draft.dev, I led engineering teams at a couple of technology startups...
Open Source vs. Proprietary: Development, Licensing, Business Models, and More
Open Source vs. Proprietary: Development, Licensing, Business Models, Security, and More Open-source software (OSS) is gaining...

The Challenge of Building Marketplaces for Developers
On March 31, 2021, Stack Overflow went viral for an April Fool’s day prank that was as funny as it was resonant: The Key–“a...

Product-Led Content Strategy w/ Atlassian Product Marketer Alex Zhitnitsky
A content strategy can be one of the most powerful tools in the early stage founder’s toolkit, but it can also be a time suck and...
How to Craft Your First Customer Case Study
So you have an early cohort of happy customers, and you’d like to share their successes with leads and prospects to help attract...