The “Original” way to make a living in Open Source was to provide Professional Services (also Called Consulting) to help customers customize, deploy and maintain Open Source Software.

While Professional Services based business around Open Source can provide a good living and can be more fun than a corporate job it does not meet the hyper-growth requirements Venture Funded Companies have and in the age of aggressive Open Source Venture funding it almost fell out of Fashion.

In this Webinar, Peter will explain why he believes Professional Services can be a great model for Open Source Developers looking to build a successful small business around the project they created or the Open Source ecosystem they love. Why you can do it without needing to compromise on Open Source Values.

We also will look into why Professional Services can be a great component of your strategy even if you’re building Open Core or other Semi Open Source Business.
Peter will share his learning from running Percona for 16 years based on both direct Percona experience as well as conversations and observations with many industry leaders on how to design, price, sell and market Professional Services based solutions.

About Speaker

Peter Zaitsev

Founder, Open-Source Advocate, Technologist, Boards Member, Advisor & Mentor

Peter Zaitsev is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Percona. As one of the foremost experts on Open Source strategy and databases optimization, Peter leveraged both his technical vision and entrepreneurial skills to grow Percona from a two-person shop to one of the most respected open source companies in the business. Now Peter continues as a Board Member & Advisor in a range of open source startups. Peter is a co-author of High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, one of the most popular books on MySQL performance.

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