#49 - Mike Perham // Creator of Sidekiq

Mike Perham, the creator of Sidekiq 🦵🏼(background job manager for Rails) shares how he commercialized the open-source as a solopreneur doing what he loves 💙 without the costs & management headaches 🤦 of a team or the pressures of a VC investment. Discover tips for building sustainable software (e.g. minimize dependencies) and choosing the right business model that enables you to support and maintain your software for years to come. Listen to find out: - How to get to $4M ARR by creating a helpful add-on ➕ to a popular open-source framework (i.e. Rails). - Why you should avoid dependencies originating from a 💸VC-backed company or non-commercialized OS project - Why when you get VC funding, you activate a ticking time-bomb 💣(better to bootstrap and get the revenue without the pressure) Listen here: https://alphalist.com/podcast/49-mike-perham-creator-of-sidekiq-faktory