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Lucas Fada discusses strategies for making open source projects financially sustainable through partnerships.

Guest Lucas Fada Panelists Eriol Fox | Victory Brown Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Eriol Fox and co-host Victory Brown speak with Lucas Fada, the head of partnerships at Drips Network. Lucas shares insights from his over a decade of experience in early-stage startups, focusing on making open source software projects financially sustainable through strategic partnerships. They discuss the methodologies Lucas employs to secure funding for open source projects, the types of projects that attract funders, and how Drips Network aims to create a 'super app' for funding open source builders. Lucas also provides valuable advice for open source projects on becoming more visible to funders and highlights the essential role of ecosystems like Web3 in supporting open source. Additionally, he emphasizes the importance of moving beyond traditional philanthropy and crisis management in open source funding. Press download to hear more! [00:00:23] Eriol introduces Lucas, and he explains what doing partnerships for Drips Network entails. [00:01:50] Before approaching funders, Lucas shares that Drips looks for people or teams that have already funded OSS or spoken publicly about…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eriol Fox, Victory Brown

Guest: Lucas Fada

Topics covered

• open source funding
• strategic partnerships
• financial sustainability
• ecosystems
• visibility for projects

Keywords

• open source
• funding
• partnerships
• Drips Network
• Web3
• visibility
• ecosystems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Drips Network, Web3

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