OSS startups cry broke but refuse both capital and free-work-for-equity, consultant quips
DesireeCachette · x · 2026-10-23
A consultant's snarky anecdote about OSS startup culture: founders loudly claim they're broke, yet recoil when offered capital — and recoil just as hard at free work for equity. A lighthearted window into the contradictions of open-source commercialization.
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