Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner: Peter Fenton, Benchmark Capital - The Relationship Between Venture Capital and Open Source

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The Relationship Between Venture Capital and Open Source

January 12, 2005

Peter Fenton

| Benchmark Capital

Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series

Video 2 of 6 from this talk

02:07
The Dynamics of Open Source Software
04:01
The Relationship Between Venture Capital and Open Source
01:17
Balancing Science and Business
01:01
What Can a VC Do For You?
03:19
The Importance of Establishing Critical Mass
03:29
The Benefit of Picking the Right VC

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The logic behind backing a company that does not charge anything for their product is sometimes hard to understand. Fenton explains the unique relationships between a venture capital firm and an open source company they fund.

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