by Jono Bacon | Jun 14, 2019 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Frontpage
Kate Drane is a bit of an enigma. She helped launch hundreds of crowdfunding projects at Indiegogo (in fact, I worked with her on the Ubuntu Edge and Global Learning XPRIZE campaigns). She has helped connect hundreds of startups to expertise, capital, and customers at...
by Jono Bacon | May 27, 2019 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Frontpage
Today I am excited to launch my brand new podcast, Conversations With Bacon! The idea is simple: when I think back over my career, the times I have learned the most, and had the most fun learning, has been getting into detailed, interesting discussions with...
by Jono Bacon | May 9, 2019 | Community Management, Forums
When I am working with clients with community management, one of the first things I want to understand is how they, not me, define success. What metrics are they tracking? One of the common metrics for success in communities is people who register, sign up, or...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 29, 2019 | Community, Open Source
Open source community can be a tricky business, but today I want to share a quick example of the kind of open source community engagement I try to encourage more generally, and with clients. This one comes from a client of mine, Zeppelin, who builds tools for...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 21, 2019 | Community, Open Source
Bonus points for those of you who can guess where the main image for this post is from. One of the interesting elements of working with a range of different companies is being able to better understand the dynamics that influence how well a community will succeed or...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 8, 2019 | Career
Last month I was invited to go and speak at a school careers event. My audience was a collection of young people stuck at that tough intersection between being at school and starting to think about what they want to do for a career. I don’t envy them. While I...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 1, 2019 | Community, Community Management, Metrics
When I work with clients, one of the key things they want to understand is how they track community growth and react to the data they are seeing. This can be a complex business: community platforms provide bazillions of metrics. Which ones should you track? Or, should...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 21, 2019 | Open Source
On Tuesday last week I drove down to Half Moon Bay with Jeremy and Ilan for the Open Source Leadership Summit. I always enjoy this event: it is smaller and more focused than the bigger conferences, which helps facilitate some great discussion. Angela’s team at...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 19, 2019 | Career, Imposter Syndrome
Across my career I have met countless people who have struggled with Imposter Syndrome. Today I want to talk about what it is and some practical ways in which you can manage it. For those of you not up on the lingo, Imposter Syndrome is when people feel they are not...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 13, 2019 | Crowdfunding
I wanted to drop a quick note to you all that I have written a new Forbes article called Six Hallmarks of Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns. From the piece: While the newness of crowdfunding may have worn off, this popular way to raise funds has continued to spark...
