Beyond README.md
- Had idea to automated small-scale gardening
- Wrote up a proposal: FarmBot – 3d printer for growing your garden
- Open Source
- Impact > Money
- Based on 3rd printer frame (with moving arms)
- Created prototype 2015-2016
- Add Web App
- Crowdfunding and Video campaign
- 58 Million views
- 600k shares
- 38,00 comments
- $800k pre-sales, 300 orders
- Created and shipped first version
- But still open source
OPen Source Hardware
- genesis.farm.bot
- All the CAD models
- Bill of materials
- Everything Versioned
- Mods and add-ons “for inspiration only” (not officially supported)
- Open Source Community
- Code of Conduct
Open Source Company
- If you have a business you will have competitors
- Competitors -> Collaborators
- meta.farm.bot
- Lots of numbers online (profit, bills, etc), Stuff that would be on internal wiki (like how to handle orders or do taxes) at other company is public
- Compensation formula
- See “Buffer’s Transparency Dashboard“
