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Upstream Investment Opportunities
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Many companies in the OpenStack community are looking to invest in upstream
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development of OpenStack, for many reasons: to build expertise within the
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organisation; to minimise the cost of downstream maintenance by addressing
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issues at the source; to drive insights gained from serving their customers
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into the upstream design; to mitigate business risks presented by a `tragedy of
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the commons`_; or just to support the community. One study has shown that
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companies that contribute to Open Source projects are able to capture up to
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twice as much value from their use of the software than those who do not
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contribute are.\ [#Nagle]_ However, OpenStack is a large project and figuring
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out where best to invest to derive business value can seem daunting, especially
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for those new to the community.
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This page presents a curated set of suggested investment areas based on the
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current opportunities available in the community, along with contact points for
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each who can help you get started. The list is in no particular order - which
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opportunity is the best fit depends on the nature of your business. In general,
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contributors to the community need not be solely devoted to upstream
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development, but we have found that long-term commitments generate the most
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value for both the project and the sponsoring organisation.
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Current Investment Opportunities
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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2021/index
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Previous Investment Opportunities
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.. note::
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The "Investment Opportunities" process was introduced in 2019.
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The entries before (2018) are following our "Help Most Wanted list" format,
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which does not highlight business opportunities.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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2020/index
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2019/index
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2018/index
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Inclusion Criteria
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Only entries approved in the current calendar year are shown, but entries from
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previous years may be reproposed if they are still relevant. Each item should
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provide a business case that potential sponsors can use to identify whether the
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opportunity is relevant to them, a description of the kind of experience needed
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as well as the mentoring opportunities the community is able to provide, and at
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least one point of contact for anyone interested in contributing.
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.. _`tragedy of the commons`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
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.. rubric:: Footnotes
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.. [#Nagle] Nagle, Frank, `Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods <https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3091831>`_ (December 21, 2017).
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