Fostering Open Source Culture: Increase Innovation and Deliver Faster with Open Source

by Arun Gupta

Open source accounts for approximately 90 percent of modern software development, yet the demand for such technology skills continues to grow. Consequently, companies are having a difficult time hiring the right talent. Based on author Arun Gupta’s experiences with leading companies such as Apple, Amazon, Sun Microsystems, and Intel this book highlights the importance of an open source culture and shares proven techniques by which one can be built and nurtured.



Many open source code maintainers feel there is a need for an open source culture in their company so that business needs can be met more efficiently. This book explains why it is important to have a business alignment with open source and the purpose of an Open Source Program Office. It will explain the value of InnerSource, internal events and leveraging external open source communities in building an active workplace culture.



Fostering Open Source Culture is packed with over 40 industry case studies and actionable steps organizations, both large and small, can take to have a fully functioning open source work culture.



What You Will Learn




Understand the key principles of open source and the benefits of FOSS software
Examine proven techniques that can be used to foster an open source culture within an enterprise and is directly tied to your business objectives
Review exclusive case studies from a wide range of enterprises on how they foster open source culture


Who This Book Is For



Senior tech leaders and executives (CTOs, CIOs, CISOs), legal teams, HR personnel, marketing executives, and sales teams who want to know how open source can be used across the company to innovate faster and improve security of products.

394 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 27, 2024

About the author

Arun Gupta is a venture capitalist, Lecturer at Stanford University for “Valley Meets Mission”, and Adjunct Entrepreneurship Professor and Senior Advisor to Provost at Georgetown University. He is CEO of NobleReach Foundation, which is focused on catalyzing and inspiring a renewed spirit of national service through innovation. NobleReach is scaling infrastructure to build pathways connecting top technology talent and innovation networks with government and providing the scaffolding to support their success. Arun is active in the emerging technology, entrepreneurship, public policy, and venture finance communities. He is passionate about inspiring students to pursue mission-oriented entrepreneurial careers and has committed to contribute ALL his proceeds from book sales to the NobleReach Foundation.

At Stanford University, Arun serves on the Stanford in Washington (SIW) Advisory Board, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Advisory Council, and is a Faculty Lecturer teaching " Valley Meets Mission: Purposeful Entrepreneurship with Government" at Stanford in Washington. The class highlights his venture capital and academic experience building successful mission-oriented ventures at the intersection of the government, mission, technology, and entrepreneurship.

At Georgetown University, Arun serves on the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Advisory Board, Tech & Society Steering Committee, and teaches Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital at McDonough School of Business. He was awarded the Entrepreneurial Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and the Peter W. Gonzalez Jr. Award for Excellence in Faculty Teaching.

As a Partner at Columbia Capital, Arun’s investment career spanned eighteen years including initiating the firm’s Cybersecurity and Government technology investments with a focus on National Security, AI, and SaaS/Cloud infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Columbia Capital in 2000, Arun was at Carlyle Venture Partners focused on software investments. Prior to Carlyle, Arun held positions in Arthur D. Little’s telecom and technology consulting practice and shared responsibility for establishing ADL’s management consulting operations in Mumbai 1995-98.

Arun received a B.S. degree with Distinction in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. degree in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University (’91). He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School (’95).

Arun has lived in the Washington DC metropolitan area for over 40 years and has been actively involved in local community organizations focusing on coaching youth sports, inner city educational programs, and food insecurity programs for vulnerable communities. Arun has been happily married for 27+ years to Dr. Anjali Mehta Gupta and has three wonderful children.