I understand that you can start creating faster using their utilities, but as a UI library creator, I have to write more complex styles and can't do this with Tailwind.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience, can you send me our support reply to lukasz (at) coreui.io, I will check want went wrong because ETA is 6-12 months is not possible for bug reports.
I just try to learn something from others. My main goal is to create the best software and help other developers, that's why I consider many opportunities how to develop the company.
- We can sell it and develop our products in other organizations.
- We can find investors, we are in talks with some VCs.
- We also do not have to change anything if we decide that it will be best for our products and users.
It sounds a bit like you are emotionally invested in it.
Mind that if you sell, the buyer can do whatever they want. They can take your software and make it a small module of their closed source thing or even just try to convince your customers to go with their solution and let everything else go.
Similar with VC. The goal for the VC is to sell their stake and before that they get notable voting power to push directions.
This all can be fine and good, but multiple times I have seen founders who only realized late that they lost their child. If you are aware of that go on, however if you are profitable (inclusing your time!) and are attached maybe continuing that way is best for your own happiness. But likely you won't become rich and certainly not quickly.
If I knew a service or company I used were doing this, I'd take what data I can and delete my account. Good things rarely happen in a transition. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying what me, the user, has been trained to do for my safety.
When a service is being shopped around to prospective new owners, eventually user data leaves the custody of those I originally entrusted it to. I'm voicing my opinion on signals that indicate to me it is time to go, and that to me, this is one of those signals
What user data did you provide to buy a set of open source components from CoreUI - the company in question?
Also, do you have any example of open source company that monetized user data? Has it happened to you?
The reason that I am asking is that it is very rare to see an open source company being profitable without being focused on enterprise market. Stories of successful ISVs should be praised, not met with suspicion. It seems like anti-capitalist concern trolling.
Start with a broker like FE International. In the evaluation process, it will help you to think of your business as an ordinary software company.
(I’m assuming you’re not going to sell to a specialist in your open source code itself, because you’d already know about that person from your personal network or customer list. If you don’t know that, try reaching out informally to some of these individuals or companies.)
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