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by rosenlykke 56 days ago
Solo dev in similar situation here. Agree with some of the other comments that the moat is not the code, especially in OSS.

I'm trying to find a sweet spot between the OSS part of the software and a potential premium feature set that would add enough value that people would be happy to pay for it. The OSS part becomes the validation of user need and distribution; the paid layer validates revenue.

If you couple that with great customer support you give people little reason to switch. In an age where everyone can build product, marketing/sales and customer support seems to be premium.

How we build retention with agents being the primary user/customer is another issue...