Building Open Source Communities at DBT Labs with Anna Filippova

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 it’s 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)

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