Panelists: Amye Scavarda (moderator), Chris Strahl, Vanessa Turke, Seth Brown, Rachel Scott
Starting Out
- going from contractor to shop = making a lot of mistakes and surviving them
defining the type of shop you are - what are you selling, what is your market?
- identify your team's strengths and go with them, but also be adaptable in case your market shrinks
- CivicActions - thought they'd be leading shop for political campaigns and candidates and nonprofits - they're a mission-driven, values-based company and choose clients accordingly.
Panel of the people on this page, also listed below. Sorry for lack of attribution for each comment!
How has managing a Drupal firm changed over the years?
Presentation by Liza Kindred
Background on Liza and Lullabot
- Liza's background is fashion - "a lot of stuff that most people here don't care about" - and art, nonprofit boards of art orgs, now a Lullabot (employee #3)
- Liza is obsessed with open business models
- Lullabot - podcasts, high-level consulting, site architecture, development, training, books
- Lullabot is not only professional and successful but cheeky, funny, nontraditional, fun
Open Sour