We often talk about collaboration in the context of open source, or at least externally to a company with partner organizations. However, especially in larger corporations, cross-team work is just as important as the teamwork itself. Working with other teams is often more complicated than it needs to be, for various reasons. These teams could be in different countries, or the company's structure might not allow them to work together efficiently. What can you do to fix that?

In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Tom Sadler talks about how he explored open source and InnerSource, and how he became an upstream contributor through the latter. Tom also shares how InnerSource helped teams within BBC to work together more efficiently, and how it allowed the company to work upstream as well.

Learn more about:

- Why and how to roll out InnerSource within a company

- Metrics to measure team efficiency

- Do you need an ISPO/OSPO?

- What you need to know to consume open source safely and efficiently

- Why you need to avoid having internal forks of open source projects

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If you want your company to be successful you need to deliver value to your customers or you do'n't have a business. Using open source software is appealing, since the source code is available online free of charge. However, as much as it is available to you it is also available to others. So, what's your differentiator? What's your business value?

In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Austen Bryan, Ildiko and Phil dig into the challenges of incorporating open source into business, with intention. Austen has a software engineering degree along with an MBA, which has been giving him a very comprehensive insight and knowledge about the software ecosystem. Before moving to Defense Unicorns, he worked for the United States Air Force with a focus on acquisitions, and gained deep insight into how government agencies operate, including the supply chain for software and other resources. Austen learned about open source while he was working for the government, and now he's with a company that based its entire business on open source. So, why and how do they do it?

Learn more about:

- Defense Unicorns, and how they leverage and embrace open source

- How to find business value around open source software

- Benefits that don't come in the form of money and income

- How to decide whether or not you should open source any of your projects

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Building a business strategy is hard in general, and when open source becomes part of the equation it can get even more challenging.

In the recent past there were multiple examples of companies changing the license on their open source project to something less or not at all open. This is often harmful to the companies themselves and the pattern is always harmful tot he open source ecosystem.

In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Gregory Kurtzer and Kelsey Hightower share their experiences to dig deeper into the challenges and solutions to building a business around open source.

You will learn the following:

- How to evaluate if your company is ready to get involved in an open source project or open up one of their internal ones

- Why it matters who owns an open source project's trademark

- Why is lock out sometimes worse than lock in

- How to identify the business value when relying on open source projects

- How to figure out which open source project is viable to build a business around

- Empty promises don't work long term

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