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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Understanding Business Models & Defensibility in Open Source
First-Principles Business Models Matter for Open Source A key concern for open-source startup founders is defensibility–how to...
How to Build a Successful Founder-Led Sales Strategy
How to Build a Successful Founder-Led Sales Strategy Hi, I’m Walter, and I coach startup founders to break through their...
Why We Don’t Need Another AI Conference Right Now
We Thought We Were Going to Run a DevGuild Conference on AI Every year, I have the opportunity to work with our veteran partner...
Why Do Developers (Actually) Hate Marketing?
So...How Do You Market a Product to a Developer? “Developers hate marketing” is a statement that’s become a truism – if not a...
Why Events Are Important for Early-Stage Startups
For busy founders, it’s easy to see events as a big waste. Attending all-day events can pull founders away from the important...
How to Launch an AI Startup: Lessons from GitHub Copilot
Getting 1.2M Devs to Adopt Your AI Product GitHub Copilot is one of the most talked-about AI coding assistants on the market. As...
Open Source Go-To-Market and Enterprise Readiness
One of the advantages of a bottom-up open source go-to-market is that when done well, it’s the most efficient flywheel for...
How to Design a Better Billing System for Your Startup
How to Design a Billing System for Your Startup With the growing demand for product-led growth strategies, the hidden technical...
How to Launch a Dev-First Startup: First Principles
Welcome to the first article in our definitive series on how to launch a developer-first startup, featuring advice from veteran...
How to Use AI to Kickstart Sales at Early-Stage Startups
We’re at an interesting moment in tech, where AI has emerged as a powerful tool that will revolutionize business operations....
Connecting Community Activity to Your Commercial Product
How do you decide what to build next, and where it lands in your OSS offering? Learn from our panel of experts how to connect OSS...
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,...