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Date: Thursday 28 February, 2008
Event Details
On February 28th, Paul Fenwick (managing director of Perl Training Australia) will be presenting on the topic of starting an open source business. The event will occur at our new location of Loop Bar in the city.
Date: Thursday, February 28th
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm start
City: Melbourne
Venue: Loop Bar, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne VIC 3000 [map]
Cost: FREE
Description: Starting An Open Source Business
Wouldn't it be great if you could make money by working with the software you love? Wouldn't it be fantastic to be your own boss, working with open source tools on open source projects, and doing it all on a schedule that you decide?
Starting a small business of any description is a big leap, and most small businesses fail. Starting your own business to specialise in open source technologies is an even bigger hurdle; how do you make money to live off from software that is given away for free?
In this talk Paul Fenwick, managing director of Perl Training Australia, will relate his experiences in starting a successful open source business. We will examine finding and keeping clients, money, employees, and how to remain sane.
Sponsor
Food and beverages on the night are kindly being made available thanks to SitePoint.
SitePoint is a Melbourne-based company who, when not handing out free beer, publish articles and books on best practice web development, with a focus on web standards. Their discussion forums are also home to the web's most active web development community, so I encourage you to check them out at http://www.sitepoint.com if you haven't done so already.
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For catering purposes, please RSVP for this event below (you must become a WSG member to do so).
Also remember to bring a business card if you want to go into the draw to win a free book!
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Comments
Posted: 29-Feb-08 by Matt Fellows
Thank you very much for your insights and story Paul, I will now try to resist the temptation to quit my 'real job'.
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