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Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Business with Open Source

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An edition of Entreprenerd (2021)

Entreprenerd

Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Business with Open Source

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Entreprenerd is both a biography and a business book. It describes the history of iText, an open source PDF library, and its founder, Bruno Lowagie.

  1. The first part consists of the origin story of iText: why was it created and what was the background of its creator.
  2. The second part starts with the historical context of free and open source software, but quickly focuses on iText, more specifically about developing a business for the technology.
  3. The third part shows the strategy that was used to prepare the iText companies for an exit and how the exit was realized. It also discusses the aftermath of the exit.

The book brings the story in (almost) chronological order. Along the way, small nuggets of information are added, explaining terms and concepts such as EBITDA, recognized revenue, transfer pricing... providing the vocabulary that is indispensable to engage in a conversation with investors and accountants.

You will love this book if you want to know more about entrepreneurship, startups with technical founders building innovative technology, monetizing open source software, bootstrapping versus venture capital, growing the business toward an exit, mergers & acquisitions, and so on.

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Bruno Lowagie
Language
English
Pages
400

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First Sentence

"There are many books and business school case studies available today that describe the founding and ascent of the major software companies. While undoubtedly inspiring, they fail to really communicate what it’s like to build a company in its early stages."

Table of Contents

Introduction.
Page 7
Foreword
Page 9
Milestones
Page 11
Part I. Failing Forward
Page 19
Chapter 1. High School
Page 21
Chapter 2. College
Page 31
Chapter 3. Internship
Page 39
Chapter 4. Early Career
Page 45
Chapter 5. My First PDF Library
Page 57
Chapter 6. The Birth of iText
Page 67
Chapter 7. Frustrations
Page 77
Part II. Building Free and Open Source Software
Page 85
Chapter 8. Free Software
Page 87
Chapter 9. Open Source Software
Page 101
Chapter 10. iText in Action
Page 115
Chapter 11. Intellectual Property
Page 131
Chapter 12. 1T3XT BVBA
Page 147
Chapter 13. iText Software Corporation
Page 159
Chapter 14. Bootstrapping
Page 175
Chapter 15. iText Software BVBA
Page 189
Chapter 16. Monetizing Open Source
Page 205
Chapter 17. Lessons Learned
Page 217
Part III. From Start-up to Exit
Page 225
Chapter 18. Dilemmas
Page 227
Chapter 19. A Strategy for iText
Page 243
Chapter 20. Winning
Page 261
Chapter 21. A Roadmap for iText
Page 279
Chapter 22. Partial Exit
Page 291
Chapter 23. Year 1—A Search for Synergies
Page 307
Chapter 24. Year 2—A Change of Strategy
Page 321
Chapter 25. Year 3—A Change in Management
Page 337
Chapter 26. Exit Through the Courtroom
Page 351
Epilogue.
Page 367
New Challenges
Page 369
Acknowledgments
Page 375
Chronological Overview
Page 379
Index
Page 385

Edition Notes

Published in
Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
Copyright Date
2019-2021

Contributors

Author
Bruno Lowagie
Copy Editor
Heather Pendley
Cover Design
Nick Smith
Foreword
Andrew Binstock
Photographer
Ine Dehandschutter
Typesetter
Kyle Albuquerque
Proofreader
Ameesha Smith-Green

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
400
Dimensions
9 x 6 x 0.88 inches
Weight
1.55 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32563268M
ISBN 13
9781006996368

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL24560026W

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