RL061 Caris Chan
Radio Liferay
English - February 26, 2019 12:30 - 27 minutes - 22.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsTechnology Education How To english liferay olafkock Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It took me long enough to bring her on: She's followed Liferay's history for longer than some of the other founders: Caris Chan. And yes, that name means that she's Brian Chan's wife. During my last visit in Liferay HQ, I took the opportunity and asked her about her view on Liferay's history - about 15 years for the company and 20 years for the software project.
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It took me long enough to bring her on: She's followed Liferay's history for longer than some of the other founders: Caris Chan. And yes, that name means that she's Brian Chan's wife. During my last visit in Liferay HQ, I took the opportunity and asked her about her view on Liferay's history - about 15 years for the company and 20 years for the software project.
Here are some of the topics that we talked about:
The history of Liferay as a product: How and why Brian started Liferay, and the first offer to buy the product.
Caris' role from history to the present
Early expansion and how Caris' pessimism balances Brian's optimism
How Open Source opens doors that you didn't know where there (Shoutout to Bala)
The reason for a lack of an exit strategy among the owners - why Liferay stays privately held without venture capital
10% of Liferay's profits go to Liferay Foundation - as smart investments in the world
How does a company that strives to stay private get into the acquisition business, acquiring two companies?