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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
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Pages
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Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium

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

Edition Notes

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

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32563268M
ISBN 13
9781006996368

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