news My new role at Open Collective! I couldn’t be more excited to share with you that I’m becoming Open Collective’s new CEO!
news February 2018 Investors Update Dear investors, February was a short month but we broke through the bar of $100k in donations for the month 🎉 It’s a good milestone but it’s still quite a small number (remember, we only take 5%, so that’s $5k revenue per month, far from being enough to
news January 2018 Investors update Dear investors, Here are the latest from the front. Team Lincoln Clarete [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lincoln-clarete-b0194158/] (cced) has joined the team as our first full time engineer! Originally from Brazil, he made his way to New York in 2012 where he worked at Yipit [https://yipit.com] and
news December 2017 Investors Update Dear investors, Happy new year! (never too late!) December was a good month. Our focus for January is retention. Improve emails to collectives and backers, update credit cards when they expire, etc. Our hiring pipeline is good and we hope to close one candidate this month. * Our Open Source foundation
news November 2017 Investors Update Dear investors, November was a poor month for us. Total donations dipped after a consecutive increase for several months. Some of it was expected due to large one-time donations in October. Some of it was unexpected like no growth in recurring donations. It’s a few factors — we believe largest
news SustainOSS 2017: The Report On June 19th, 2017, one hundred people gathered in San Francisco to create a cultural shift in how we think about the sustainability of…
news September 2017 Investors update Dear investors, Sorry for the delay, been busy with the release of Open Collective v2 [https://blog.opencollective.com/open-collective-v2-is-live/]. It includes lots of new features: save credit card on file, customize tiers/rewards, create an organization so employees can donate on the company’s behalf (e.g. https://opencollective.
news October 2017 News: Open Collective V2 released, and we’re hiring! Open Collective V2 is live! 🚀🚀
news September 2017 News: Webpack Webinar, New Help Forum, Ads for OSS + more Webinar: How Webpack Reached $400K+/year in Sponsorship & Crowdfunding
news July 2017 Investors update Dear investors, we now have closed the round. All the money is in the bank. Welcome aboard! We are grateful to have the opportunity to have…
news June 2017 Investors update After a 6 month hiatus (for good reasons because we were fundraising and regulations don’t allow us to publicly solicitate), here is our…
news Introducing Events on Open Collective You can now host through Open Collective, with ticket revenue and sponsorship going directly to your transparent budget. Collectives can…
news July 2017 News: Events Feature, Ad Support for Collectives, + more You can now host meetups, conferences, and fundraisers through your Open Collective. You can now host meetups, conferences, and fundraisers through your Open Collective, with ticket revenue going directly to your budget.
news June 2017 News: Survey reveals number one problem in open source Documentation is a big challenge, but a little funding can help a lot.
news May Update: Join us at SustainOSS! + more June 19 in SF @ GitHub HQ Join us for SustainOSS, a one day conversation about how to sustain open source for the future. It’s a small event (100 people max) so please make sure to book your space soon. We have travel assistance, childcare subsidies, and scholarships available. And,
news April Update: $200K for Open Source: Achievement Unlocked The Open Source Collective has an annual budget of over $200,000! And other news.
news What’s new on Open Collective? February was short and sweet! Collectives as a whole had their best month yet and we couldn’t be happier. 🤗 ✨
news January 2017 Investors update We strongly believe in the value of being open and transparent. In that spirit, we decided to start publishing our email update to…
