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Entrepreneurship

Content related to growing businesses. Both start-ups, and intrapreneurship in larger organizations.

The Business of Linux - How individuals can get in the game

Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by aross in Entrepreneurship, FSOSS, FSOSS2010, Linux
Linux

Location

Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 9" N, 79° 22' 54.0012" W
See map: Google Maps

Open Source business will creep through our economy just like good code creeps through the stack, but where do you begin your venture? We'll cover some of the very basics of starting a business, examine existing, non-IT industries that can be modeled, and discuss how standards will play an important role in business development.

This talk is tailored for individuals who are considering making the leap from hobby to small business or employee to employer. Pace will be determined by the participants and there will be time for group discussion as well as Q&A.

Event: 
FSOSS
Speaker: 
Karlie Robinson

Open Source Configuration Sharing by Power Users/Developers Using YAML in a Wiki

Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 by aross in Community, Company, Entrepreneurship, FSOSS, FSOSS2010, Web Programming

Location

Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 9" N, 79° 22' 54.0012" W
See map: Google Maps

Open source is a lot of the time about the code. But what about the configurations? In some cases, configuring a platform can take significant time and depending on the configuration, the resulting application can be very different and address varied uses. The power users/developers of TikiWiki CMS/Groupware had exactly this problem of configuration being too tedious and full of reinventing the wheel each time. They then figured out a way to share configurations as easy-to-learn YAML inside a wiki so that other power users/developers can make use, enhance and combine these modular application configurations, leading to new and innovative applications that are easily deployed through an automated system. The same approach should be possible for configuration sharing for many different platforms, not just TikiWiki.

Event: 
FSOSS
Speaker: 
Nelson Ko
23 Aug

What the heck is FOSSLC?

Posted by aross in Community, Entrepreneurship, Misc

We've been asked enough times lately what FOSSLC is that I was thinking a short blog on this topic might be a good idea. We've evolved from where we started a few years ago so it's worthwhile to see what it is we do today.

Our tag line is pretty accurate: FOSSLC is a non-profit corporation dedicated to education, community, and business development involving open source technologies. But what does this *really* mean?

Squirrel open source model airplane

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by aross in Community, Entrepreneurship, SC2010, Misc

Location

Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 24' 41.6592" N, 75° 41' 53.4984" W
See map: Google Maps

How Darcy Whyte (24 year software developer) created one of the most popular rubber band airplane designs by releasing the design to the public rather than trying to patent it and control the source design and manufacturing.

This talk includes:

  • A look at the problem solving methodology that Darcy used to produce software for his clients and how he used it to create an artifact instead of software.
  • How releasing the design to the public resulted in design improvements and important viral propagation of the project.
  • How continued openness created excellent platform to commercialize the project.

During the presentation, Darcy will build a Squirrel model airplane in about 6 minutes and demonstrate flying above the audience.

You can see it fly at http://www.rubber-power.com. Click "how high" for some spectacular flights.

Event: 
Summercamp2010
Speaker: 
Darcy Whyte