Building Open Source Communities at DBT Labs with Anna Filippova

The Business of Open Source

Anna Filippova, Director of Community & Data at DBT Labs, joins me to chat about the fundamental role community plays in the world of open source and her role helping to create a thriving community.

In this episode, Anna and I dive into the concept of a community: why it’s essential for open-source development, how to create business value through community, and how to track community health above and beyond user count.

Highlights:

• Why community is mission critical at DBT Labs (02:07)
• The fundamental role open source played in creating DBT Labs as its known today (05:57)
• The approach DBT Labs uses to create business value through community (08:13)
• Anna’s framework for the three buckets of communities (09:42)
• Why measuring and tracking community health is a more valuable metric than just user count (11:34)
• What do people get out of communities, and why are they so valuable? (19:06)
• Common misconceptions around building communities as a business strategy (24:19)

Links:

• Anna
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annafilippova/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/anna_fil
• DBT Labs: getdbt.com/community
• Coalesce Conference: https://coalesce.getdbt.com/