Pia Mancini joined the show for the first episode back from a nearly 5 year hiatus. We talked about her work at DemocracyEarth, being a mother, her new role as CEO of Open Collective, their focus, supporting ad-hoc community formation all around the world, their revenue and growth plans, and their path to sustainability.

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Featuring:

• Pia Mancini – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• My new role at Open Collective!
• Team update
• The Changelog #234: Open Collective and Funding Open Source with Pia Mancini
• Sustain OSS
• .NET Foundation
• GatsbyJS raised a $3.8M seed round and is now a startup

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