Building a Healthy Company with Matt Butcher of Fermyon

The Business of Open Source

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Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, joins me to discuss the ethics of open source and how to keep your company's health in mind when growing your business.

In this episode, Matt and I dig into the ethics of open source and how his background in philosophy influences the decisions he makes as a CEO. We also cover how you can intentionally create and maintain your company values and culture. Finally, Matt reveals his top mistakes as a CEO and how he's overcome them to improve his business.

Highlights:

Matt introduces himself and his background in open source and philosophy (0:47)
How Matt's background in philosophy changed his perspective on the ethics of open source (3:14)
How that background influences how they began and continue to run Fermyon (8:58)
How to establish values for a new company and stick to them (15:16)
Why Matt started Fermyon when he did and with the focus on web assembly (21:59)
Matt reviews the top mistakes he made as a founder and how addressing them has helped him improve the company culture (26:44)

Links:

Matt

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbutcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/technosophos
Company: https://www.fermyon.com/
Fermyon Discord: https://discord.com/invite/AAFNfS7NGf

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