The open source problem: challenges of competing in a tech space where nothing’s secret | Farhan Manjiyani

This is a podcast episode titled, The open source problem: challenges of competing in a tech space where nothing’s secret | Farhan Manjiyani. The summary for this episode is: <p>No one goes to school for competitive intelligence.</p><p>If you’ve hung out with other CI pros, you’ll know that, despite their diverse professional backgrounds, most end up saying the same thing: “Well, I kinda just fell into it.”</p><p><br></p><p>But what if that’s <em>not</em> you? If you’ve got your sights set on CI, do you have to hope and pray you ‘fall into it’ too?</p><p><br></p><p>Not according to today’s guest.</p><p><br></p><p>Farhan Manjiyani is Senior Manager of Commercialization and Pricing at Grafana Labs, a tech company with over 1200 employees responsible for a lot of popular open source projects, including its namesake, the Grafana data visualization platform.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Today we discuss:</strong></p><ul><li>Farhan’s transition from product marketing manager to full-time competitive intelligence pro.</li><li>His advice for those looking to make a similar transition.</li><li>What it’s like working on open source projects.</li><li>The impact having the very DNA of your products open for the world to see has on your competitive intelligence efforts.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>...and much more.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Grab this year's edition of the Competitive Intelligence Trends Report: </strong>https://pmmalliance.co/47XJabi</p>