Max Schireson

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Max Schireson is an operating partner at investment firm Battery Ventures. He was previously the CEO of database company MongoDB.

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Someone once told me that successful companies each succeed in their own way, but companies all fail the same way: They run out of cash.

Which way is up? The end of free money and the importance of keeping cash on hand

How a founder and a CEO work through points of tension could help determine the ultimate success of a company.

For better or for worse: Managing founder-CEO tension inside a startup

Many hot new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. But how can corporate customers, and investors, evaluate all these new open-source offerings? These questions are especially tough to…

Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software

It’s no secret that open-source technology — once the province of radicals, hippies and granola eaters — has gone mainstream. According to industry estimates, more than 180 young companies that…

The Money In Open-Source Software