Entrepreneurship

Whittle, 4th Floor

What:

  • Hosted by Professor Eleanor Shaw 
  • Panels hosted by Jetstack Founder and OpenUK Entrepreneur in Residence  Matt Barker and Strathclyde University Vice Principal Dr Eleanor Shaw OBE
  • Tables for delegates each hosted by a Founder – first come first served – limited capacity and we ask not to join the same founder twice. 
  • Include 5 x 45 – 60 minute panel sessions followed by a 30 -45 minute discussions at table hosted by a founder giving delegates unprecedented access to founders from open source software
  • A scribe at each table taking notes
  • Live Streamed and recorded
  • Video available afterwards on demand
  • Report based on scribe content will be issued by OpenUK  in Q2 
  • OpenUK will recycle content to form part of a MOOC – a massive open online course –  ‘The Business of Open Source’ by OpenUK in partnership with the University of Strathclyde. The aim is for this to be free to attend.

Topics Covered

  • Product Development 1-1.45pm on the 7th

Matt Barker (moderator), Avi Press, Sam Weaver, Bram Wiepjesm and Leanne Kemp

  • Setting up  – Legal, Financial and other considerations –  licensing, trade marks, company structures, & Contributions   3pm– 3.45pm on the 7th  

Matt Barker (moderator) , Amanda Brock

  • Community Building and Hiring – 10 – 10.45 am on the 8t

Matt Barker (moderator), Frank Karlitsheck, Ron Efroni, Franz Karlsberger, Amandine Le Pape

  • Revenue Generation – 1-1.45 on the 8th 

Matt Barker (moderator), Amandine Le Pape, Guy Podjany,  Peter Zaitsev

  • Funding and Scaling – 4-4.45 on the 8th 

Matt Barker (moderator), Heikki Nousiainen, Sivesh Sukumar, and Amandine Le Pape

Founders & Entrepreneurs

amadine le pape

Amandine Le Pape

Co-founder

Matrix.org Foundation & Element

Avi Press photo

Avi Press

Founder & CEO

Scarf

Bram Wiepjes photo

Bram Wiepjes

Co-founder

Baserow

Frank Karltischek

Founder

Nextcloud

franz karlsberger

Franz Karlsberger

Chief Executive Officer

Amazee.io

gael duval

Gael Duval

CEO

Murena SAS

guy podjarny

Guy Podjarny

Founder

Snyk

heikki nousiainen

Heikki Nousiainen

Field Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder

Aiven

Karmen Condic-Jurkic

Executive Director

Open Molecular Software Foundation

Leanne Kemp

Leanne Kemp

Founder & CEO

Everledger

Matt Barker photo

Matt Barker

President & Co-founder

Jetstack

Peter Farkas

CEO & Co-founder

FerretDB

Peter Zaitsev photo

Peter Zaitsev

Founder

Percona

ron efroni

Ron Efroni

CEO & Co-founder

Flox

Sam Weaver

Sam Weaver

CEO and co-founder

Plural.sh

sivesh sukumar

Sivesh Sukumar

Analyst

Balderton

Professor Eleanor Shaw OBE

Host

Associate Principal, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde

Matt Barker photo

Matt Barker

Host

President and Co-founder of Jetstack

Jono Bacon

Leading a Community Session

Jono Bacon photo