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SHIFT HAPPENED: OpenShift 10 Years LaterAuthor: Issac J Roth & John Poelstra
Ten years ago, OpenShift launched to the world. Redhat had recently acquired my 12-person startup, Makara, and then handed the keys to me to run the project. "Go break glass and don't let anyone get in your way," was the direction we were given. Many twists and turns happened throughout the journey. This podcast series includes conversations with OpenShift's founding team reminiscing about the early days and drawing on lessons for today's founders. Language: en Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, News, Tech News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Innovator's dilemma
Episode 2
Thursday, 2 June, 2022
Issac Roth, John Poelstra, and Scott Crenshaw discuss how OpenShift managed to take Red Hat from acute anxiety to developer groundswell and dominance in the coming cloud. Topics discussed: The business environment that allowed for Red Hat to consider acquiring OpenShift. ("Red Had suffered from acute anxiety about being disintermediated and losing its business model.") All the things had to go right for OpenShift to become a success. ("The path looks linear in retrospect, but it never is in practice.") Launching containerized apps. ("No one wanted to use the word 'containers.'") Pushing innovation and experimentation inside a bigger company. Building a go-to-market machine. Embracing a competitor (Docker). Creating a developer groundswell through inclusion. The vegetable oil-spewing Franken-car.
