%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T An Open Source Solution for Startups %A William Stewart %X Can open source help startup companies reduce cost, save time, and improve their productivity? This article describes the experience of the startup Eseri which spent three years integrating the world's best open source software into a complete turn-key small to medium enterprise information technology solution. Eseri uses their own system to run the company. Having recently launched, they have targeted startups as their most important market segment. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 02/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/326 %N February 2010 %9 Articles %1 ESERI William Stewart is CEO of Eseri. Before founding Eseri, Bill spent 12 years at Lockheed Martin Canada where he served variously as company software and system engineering manager, and engineering lead and project manager of several large system integration projects. Previously, Bill received a Ph.D. in computer science from UNB and worked for the Canadian Federal Civil Service. Bill is an individual member with the Linux Foundation, author of a light-weight software package licensed under the GPL, and maintainer of FreeOpenSourceSoftware.org. He is also author of the Internet reference site LivingInternet.com and the best practices collection FunStandard.org.