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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What Is Product Engineering? (And Why Does It Matter?)
One of the many trends among high-growth companies in the last five years has been the emergence of an entirely new role, or...
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...

How Successful DevTool Companies Manage Content Strategies
During times when traditional sources of cash become limited, it’s important to focus your marketing efforts and budget on...
Orbit Just Went Live, Here’s Why It’s a Big Deal
Heavybit led Orbit’s pre-Seed round just over 18 months ago and as of writing this post, the team just launched to the general...
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...
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...
DevRel 101 A Getting Started Guide for Early Teams
Alyss Noland is Director, Product Marketing at GitHub, where she’s focused on open source community investment and helping...

A Startup Guide to Product Launches: Generate the Hype Your Product Deserves
Kiersten Gaffney has spent the last 20+ years generating revenue for B2B early-stage startups and public companies. She currently...
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,...

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...
Recommended Reading: From Experts in the Heavybit Community
As 2021 wraps up and we enter a period of much needed downtime, we wanted to offer a list of books to keep you engaged and...

Doubling Down on Content: Q&A with Mitch Wainer
During a recent session on doubling down on your content marketing strategy, DigitalOcean founder and Clubhouse CMO Mitch Wainer,...