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Some developers believe they can make money by building a popular open-source library.

In my experience, tech skills aren't enough to build a profitable product. You need Sales & Marketing skills. And since developers with sales & marketing skills are rare, it means you need to hire a dedicated team.

Such a team was a key enabler to reaching 1M€ in revenue with our Open Core product, React-Admin.

#OpenBusiness #OpenSource #ReactAdmin

Full story:

https://marmelab.com/blog/2023/12/08/open-source-profit-4.html

Some developers believe they can make money by building a popular open-source library.

In my experience, tech skills aren't enough to build a profitable product. You need Sales & Marketing skills. And since developers with sales & marketing skills are rare, it means you need to hire a dedicated team.

Such a team was a key enabler to reaching 1M€ in revenue with our Open Core product, React-Admin.

#OpenBusiness #OpenSource #ReactAdmin

Full story:

https://marmelab.com/blog/2023/12/08/open-source-profit-4.html

Some developers believe they can make money by building a popular open-source library.

In my experience, tech skills aren't enough to build a profitable product. You need Sales & Marketing skills. And since developers with sales & marketing skills are rare, it means you need to hire a dedicated team.

Such a team was a key enabler to reaching 1M€ in revenue with our Open Core product, React-Admin.

#OpenBusiness #OpenSource #ReactAdmin

Full story:

https://marmelab.com/blog/2023/12/08/open-source-profit-4.html

Some developers believe they can make money by building a popular open-source library.

In my experience, tech skills aren't enough to build a profitable product. You need Sales & Marketing skills. And since developers with sales & marketing skills are rare, it means you need to hire a dedicated team.

Such a team was a key enabler to reaching 1M€ in revenue with our Open Core product, React-Admin.

#OpenBusiness #OpenSource #ReactAdmin

Full story:

https://marmelab.com/blog/2023/12/08/open-source-profit-4.html

Some developers believe they can make money by building a popular open-source library.

In my experience, tech skills aren't enough to build a profitable product. You need Sales & Marketing skills. And since developers with sales & marketing skills are rare, it means you need to hire a dedicated team.

Such a team was a key enabler to reaching 1M€ in revenue with our Open Core product, React-Admin.

#OpenBusiness #OpenSource #ReactAdmin

Full story:

https://marmelab.com/blog/2023/12/08/open-source-profit-4.html