E185: The Challenges with Monetizing Open Source with the Creator of Rich + Textual

The OSS Startup Podcast by Robby (MTF); Tim (Essence VC)

Nov 4, 202500:34:02Technology

In our latest episode, Robby and Tim talk with Will McGugan , creator of the Rich and Textual open source projects and founder of Textualize and Toad (not yet released), about the challenges of turning beloved open-sourc...

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