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I am also taking a look at this problem from an analytics point of view (python, pandas, jupyter, dask, etc). My thinking so far is that it would make a lot of sense to offer 1:1 support but also services around a reference architecture made of those components. Then I would pay a cut like 10-20% to Numfocus which seems to be backing a lot of this ecosystem.

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Not sure I understand what you're saying -- are you suggesting that Immutable Coffee should expand the topics that it's currently offering? Ideally, I'd like to, but we currently just don't have the manpower to do that.

Thanks for your reply. Open source is great but most of the time you need to put together a solution which requires the orchestration of multiple open source libraries and solutions. For instance, with analytics you need Python, Pandas, Dask, SQLAlchemy, Jupyter etc.. So packaging a solution (i.e. a docker image) and then selling certification, support and training should be valuable and a % of the money could go to no profit organizations that maintain those libraries. This is only my personal experience and I am open to discuss it more via email if it helps. I could definitely see the value of a service like yours to get to know companies that need consulting in the analytics space, but I think for now you are not focusing into any specific open source industry.

One way to test whether people will buy consulting in analytics might be to sign up as an “analytics expert” on Instant Coffee and get leads from the OP.

Then Instant Coffee is covering a chunk of the payment & client acquisition overhead you’d otherwise need to duplicate.

Definitely wouldn't mind adding analytics as a topic on the website.

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