#46 - Taylor Otwell // Creator and CEO of Laravel

How to make millions with an open-source product and why JavaScript is not the best language for full-stack engineering

Taylor Otwell, Creator and CEO of Laravel (a popular PHP framework) - gives tips on how to commercialize an open-source by sharing his winning recipe of a lean team, great UX/UI, time management, product management, and of course, commercial products. He also gives insight into the use of the various frameworks for full-stack engineering (SPOILER ALERT: Full-stack bootcamps should be teaching more than Javascript).

Listen to find out::

• How to get to 6M$ ARR starting with an open-source project (HINT: It’s not through sponsored repositories)
• Why to build a SaaS with a single full-stack engineer 🦸 you need to abandon Javascript
• Why it's better to follow product vision 🧭 and ROI when building features rather than detractors' requests.
• What goes on behind the scenes 🛠️ at Laravel (product management, team structure, async etc.)
• A day in the life ⏰ of Taylor Otwell

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