Shows
The Craft Of Open SourceMatt Althauser & Alex Boswell, Founding Partners Of PolychromeAchieving your financial goals in the world of commercial open-source requires careful planning and strong commitment. Ben Rometsch is joined by Matt Althauser and Alex Boswell, founding partners of Polychrome, who share their journey from hitting their first $10k annual recurring revenue to reaching their first $1M ARR. Matt and Alex talks about the role of a dedicated community support in shaping their financial strategies and the importance of setting clarity on their target customers’ needs. They also reveal their secrets in building a well-rounded team and navigating the ever-changing licenses for open-source projects. ...
2025-10-1835 min
Scaling DevToolsBuying Developer Tools Companies with Greg and Matt from PolychromeGreg Lazarus and Matt Althauser are two of the cofounders of Polychrome - a company that buys small to medium sized B2B software businesses: with a focus on Developer Tools. Their portfolio includes the feature flagging tool Flagsmith (we recorded an episode with them last week) and the browser automation tool Browserless.In this episode we cover the ins and outs of buying developer tools. Links:- Polychrome https://www.polychrome.com/- Matt Althauser https://x.com/malthauser?lang=en - Greg Lazarus https://x.com/greglaz5This...
2024-06-1345 min
The Craft Of Open SourceProject CalicoBen Rometsch and Matt Althauser sit down with Shaun Campton, Principal Engineer at Tigera, who shares his experiences as a core developer on Project Calico. He talks about their origins of moving out of the era of doing forklift moves into OpenStack and down the development of network splitting, focusing more on a dynamic firewall approach. He opens up on his experiences writing their first 10,000 lines of code, their identity-based policy, and the value they are offering to clients. Shaun also provides insights on what may be next for Kubernetes and how open-source projects must get ready for any...
2023-04-2537 min
100 PMTales from SalesHave you ever wondered what it takes to build a massive customer base for your amazing product? In this episode, go-to-market pro Matt Althauser shares stories from the frontlines and advice for how PMs can foster better relationships with sales teams.
2017-12-1300 min