Presentation: Managing Values-Driven Open Source Projects

While working full time as a software engineer, I helped start 5 Calls as a small side project to provide an easier way for citizens to contact their representatives in the wake of the 2016 election. Before we knew it, we had people I had never met working on open source projects for three platforms and a formal non-profit to run.

This talk will cover the unusual parts of starting a company with passion instead of money, including:

• What to do when 100 volunteers show up
• When to take a stand on your values
• The boom and bust cycle of non-profits
• Supporting a non-profit by starting a for-profit