Year One of Limeleaf
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Limeleaf was born on March 18, 2024. Our first anniversary seemed like a good time to take stock of what we’ve achieved so far and where we want to go in 2025 and beyond.
Video of Limecast at Startup Tech Valley
Watch Blain and John talk about Limecast at Startup Tech Valley.
Limecast at Startup Tech Valley on February 20th
If you happen to be in or near Troy, New York, on Thursday, February 20th at 5:30 p.m., come see us present at Startup Tech Valley! We'll talk about Limecast.net, our open-source, privacy-first podcasting platform. You won't want to miss these eight minutes of high-powered product pitch perfection!
The OSI defined open-source AI. Surprise, big-tech AI projects aren't open source.
This week, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) released "The Open Source AI Definition" (OSAID). This is an important step in establishing guidelines around what "AI" means in relation to intellectual property rights and how open-source definitions apply to the technology.
Introducing Diggetal
We started Limeleaf to work with smart people on interesting tech projects that make a difference.
But we also did it to have fun, learn new things, and fall in love again with tech.
Today we launched Diggetal, an initiative dedicated to tinkering around with small projects.
Limecast and Dodgy AI Practices
This week, we were shocked to learn that tech companies are tricking hapless users into their AI data harvesting programs.
Why VCs Will Never Give Us Money (And We're Okay With That)
Less than 1% of startups secure venture capital funding. At Limeleaf, we're part of that 99% – but by choice.
Since founding our company, a few people have asked how we plan to fund product development. Most assume we'll try to raise VC money. Today, we'll explain why we aren’t taking that approach and what we’re doing instead.
We Are Changing Our Domain
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This morning, Blain educated me about the history of the .io top-level domain. I didn't know that history when I bought limeleaf.net last year before teaming up with Blain and Erik.
limeleaf.net wasn't available then, but to my surprise and delight, it was this morning, so I bought it.
All Limeleaf site traffic and email now redirect from limeleaf.io to limeleaf.net, and I have donated $50 to Chagossian Voices.
Step 0 of Starting a Tech Worker Co-Op: Define Your Goals
Worker cooperatives ("co-ops") are a growing alternative to traditional hierarchical tech company structures, which often rely on venture capital funding. Unlike conventional startups that take VC money in exchange for an equity stake, co-ops prioritize worker ownership, democratic decision-making, and profit sharing and strive to embody the 7 Cooperative Principles established by the International Co-operative Alliance.
Founding Limeleaf: Part 3, Finding Support in the Cooperative Community
When we started Limeleaf, we wanted to do things differently. We wanted to create a democratically managed business where every worker had a voice and a stake in the company's success. In short, we wanted to start a worker cooperative (even though we don’t call ourselves that, for reasons we covered in Part 1).
Founding Limeleaf: Part 2, Writing Our Operating Agreement
In this second installment of our series on starting a tech company as a cooperative business, we’ll discuss how we wrote our Operating Agreement (OA).
Foundling Limeleaf: Our Journey to Establishing a Cooperative Company
At Limeleaf, how we do our work is equally important as the work itself. As we explained in a previous post, Limeleaf operates as a worker cooperative, and we are dedicated to embodying the Seven Cooperative Principles.
Why Limeleaf Operates as a Co-Op
Cooperatives have gotten a bad rap over the years. They’ve been portrayed as impractical, plagued by decision paralysis, and insufferably hippy-dippy.