Kevin is currently an Entreprenuer-in-Residence at OSS Capital. He writes weekly about the broader technology industry on Interconnected. He was previously General Manager of Global Strategy and Operations at PingCAP, a commercial open source company behind the NewSQL database TiDB. He frequently shares his writing on open source, community building, and business models on Twitter, LinkedIn.

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Improve open source community sustainability by tracking these two metrics

Focusing on metrics around community ownership and incentives can increase your odds of building a sustainable open source project.
Kevin Xu 12 Nov 2020
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3 metrics to measure your open source community health

Community building is critical to the success of any open source project. Here's how to evaluate your community's health and strengthen it.
Kevin Xu 21 Mar 2020 2 comments
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How to write effective documentation for your open source project

Documentation quality can make the difference in people trying your project or passing it by.
Kevin Xu 12 Mar 2020 4 comments
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3 steps for product marketing your open source project

Marketing an open source project is mainly about education, and traditional marketing techniques do not apply.
Kevin Xu 15 Feb 2020
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A framework for building products from open source projects

Here is a roadmap for turning a project into a commercial open source product.
Kevin Xu 26 Nov 2019

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Commented on 21 Mar 2020
3 metrics to measure your open source community health
Thank you, Collin. What types of open source community activities are happening in India? I would love to learn more about your ecosystem. Feel free to connect with me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
Commented on 13 Mar 2020
How to write effective documentation for your open source project
Absolutely! Unfortunately not every OSS maintainer team has the wonderful resources of Jen and team :). They are often not surrounded by great writers in their own personal life either, or they wouldn't know at least. That's...
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