Join HOSS Matt Yonkovit and Scarf CEO Avi Press on the Hacking Open Source Business Podcast as they talk with Sijie Guo, CEO of StreamNative, where he shares his journey with Apache Pulsar and the future of open-source tech. Explore the power of Pulsar, community building, documentation importance, and the balance between open source and commercial value. They also discuss the challenges and learning curves of growing an open-source business. Prioritizing customer demands, delivering value to the majority, and staying aligned with strategic direction are explored as essential considerations.  Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:22 - Rapid Fire Questions 09:03 - Getting to know Sijie Guo 13:08 - The Impact of Yahoo, Twitter, and StreamNative on Open Source 21:15 - Day Zero of Apache Pulsar Community 24:18 - Open Source Commercialization 32:51 - Splitting between SaaS and Enterprise Offerings 36:07 - When would you say no to customer asks? 38:24 - Experience growing the company and the community 44:55 - The Importance of OSS Community and How To Measure It 50:55 - The Value of User-Focused Improvements in Open Source Business 52:59 - Advice to Startup Founders Sijie's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sijieg/ Checkout our other interviews, clips, and videos: https://l.hosbp.com/Youtube Don’t forget to visit the open-source business community at: https://opensourcebusiness.community/ Visit our primary sponsor, Scarf, for tools to help analyze your #opensource growth and adoption: https://about.scarf.sh/ Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite app: Spotify: https://l.hosbp.com/Spotify Apple: https://l.hosbp.com/Apple Google: https://l.hosbp.com/Google Buzzsprout: https://l.hosbp.com/Buzzsprout