GTMfor.dev | Live Podcast w/ Ryan Blue, Creator of Apache Iceberg & Co-Founder of Tabular
Join us for a live virtual podcast recording with Ryan Blue, original creator of Apache Iceberg and co-founder of Tabular.
Few founders have built something that became a true industry standard. Ryan shipped Iceberg at Netflix, co-founded Tabular to commercialize it, and navigated a landmark acquisition by Databricks.
In this episode, we'll dig into:
How Iceberg went from internal project to industry standard — and what, if anything, was intentional about that
What it actually takes to build a company on top of an open source project you created
How Tabular found its early customers and what GTM motions worked (and didn't) for an infra-layer product
Navigating pricing and packaging when your core technology is free
The Databricks acquisition — how it came together and what founders should understand about timing an exit
What Ryan would do differently if he were starting from scratch today
Hosted by Tim & Naomi of Essence VC and Apoorva of Zetta Venture Partners, GTMfor.dev is a monthly series built for technical founders navigating the messy middle between great product and real traction. We skip the surface-level takes and go deep on the decisions that actually determine whether you grow or burn runway.
This is a live recording 🎥 You'll be able to submit questions and join the conversation in real time.