• ‘Break glass and don’t let anyone get in your way’

  • May 17 2022
  • Length: 49 mins
  • Podcast
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‘Break glass and don’t let anyone get in your way’

  • Summary

  • Issac Roth and John Poelstra are joined by Mike McGrath to discuss the early days of OpenShift and how it convinced Red Hat to take a chance to solve its ‘coolness crisis.’ 

    Topics discussed:

    • The technical environment that allowed for Red Hat to consider acquiring OpenShift.
    • Heroku and first-mover advantage.
    • OpenShift’s scatter-shot approach to launching products and the “summit curse.”
    • The early days of product evangelism and community building.
    • Real marketing for tech products.
    • RedHat’s coolness crisis.
    • How Red Hat supported the growth of OpenShift. 
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