Dexa/Open Source Startup Podcast

Published Feb 3, 2025

E164: Taking on Auth0 with Open Source Zitadel

Florian Forster, CEO of Zitadel, elaborates on how their open-source identity management platform challenges Auth0 by offering customizable multi-tenant solutions and strategic community-driven growth, with a focus on balancing self-hosted and cloud services to meet diverse market demands.

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- Do you have any advice from startup founders?
  Asked by 41 people
- How has the startup landscape changed since the release of the a16z Podcast episode "Raising Money and Valuing Startups -- What Happens When Things Don't Go As Planned?" and the clip "Changing Perspectives"?
  Asked by 23 people
- How are early-stage startups growing?
  Asked by 19 people
- What's your best advice for starting a startup?
  Asked by 15 people
- How can open source projects succeed?
  Asked by 10 people
- Can you share examples of successful product-market fit scenarios?
  Asked by 8 people
- How do startup founders think, as discussed in the episode The best interview I've ever done about Founders and the clip The Importance of Endurance?
  Asked by 8 people
- What is multi-tenancy in cloud services?
  Asked by 7 people
- How can open source projects succeed in the context of the episode E79: Spin Up Production-Like Dev Environments With Okteto and the clip Evolving Developer Experience?
  Asked by 7 people
- How can open source projects succeed, as discussed in the episode Maintainer spotlight! Ned Batchelder and the clip Building Open Source Communities?
  Asked by 6 people
- How can open source projects succeed as discussed in the episode Maintainer spotlight! Ned Batchelder and the clip Building Open Source Communities?
  Asked by 5 people
- How can open source projects succeed in the context of the episode Jerry Chen | Open Source vs. Cloud Castles and the clip Open Source Evolution from the episode Making the Most of Open Source in AI?
  Asked by 5 people
- What is the top advice for startups?
  Asked by 4 people
- How can open source projects succeed as discussed in the episode Maintainer spotlight! Ned Batchelder and the clip Decision Making and Open Source Challenges?
  Asked by 3 people
- How can open source projects succeed according to the episode Maintainer spotlight! Ned Batchelder and the clip Building Open Source Communities?
  Asked by 3 people

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