Developer experience · Quantitative observational study
Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Engagement with Open Source Communities, Innovation, and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub
Organization Science. · 2024
Summary
Engagement with OSS communities is associated with innovation and attracting funding.
For your marketing
Possible founder application
Treat public contribution as both product learning and a legible investor signal, while avoiding vanity metrics.
Reported result
What the study found
Engagement with OSS communities is associated with innovation and attracting funding.
Research question
What the authors investigated
How does startup OSS engagement relate to innovation and funding?
Design
Quantitative observational study
Sample and setting
Nascent firms and GitHub activity/funding
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
Abstract evidence; observational associations do not establish that OSS activity causes funding.
Research sources
Publisher DOI landing page abstract; design, context and findings are taken from the abstract.