"Startups"
Cloud Native StartupFest 2023
Jesse Robbins co-hosted Cloud Native StartupFest at KubeCon NA 2023 with Erica Brescia and Dave Zilberman. Tactical advice on fundraising, open source business models, and what investors actually look for.
“Open source is not a business model. Open source is a movement. We're still figuring out the business models.”
Q&A: Ex-Amazon 'Master of Disaster' Jesse Robbins on the Power of 'Relentless Optimism' in Startups
GeekWire profiles Jesse Robbins as CEO of Opscode, where his motto 'don't fight stupid, make more awesome' drives a company culture founded on relentless positivity, from firefighting to Amazon to building enterprise software.
“When you're trying to change the way big organizations work, a lot of people say no a lot. Rather than try to fight them, you've got to find a way to make them say yes. Being a force for awesome in the world is finding ways to say yes.”