DrupalConParis2009 - business strategy

Aegir: Build Once, Deploy often. Real life use-cases.

demeester_roel — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:36:45 +0000

"How to lose your clients"
' and the 5 ingredients to make them feel good about it. '

The aim of this session is two-fold.

We'd like to share our experience with two recent and similar projects aimed at making our clients self-sustainable.
We'd like to start up a discussion on how technology can help (or not) in doing more strategic work.

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Day 3

Speaker bio:

Roel De Meester has 10 years experience in enterprise developement (java/.net). He is pulling the Drupal community wagon in Belgium. He is co-founder of Krimson. A team of committed Drupal experts in Antwerp, Belgium. Roel has a master degree in both physics and IT and is always searching for opportunities where technology can be used as a tool to solve bigger problems, rather than being the solution to a single problem. Roel is a happy father of three kids. Roel loves Open Source, but he loves the friendly Drupal community even more.

How to Build a Successful Drupal Business - It's not about the code!

volacci — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:23:42 +0000

Most businesses grow to the founders ability to keep all the balls in the air. This session will discuss how to take your Drupal business to the next level. There are 5 key things that every successful business must have: Processes, Recruiting, Sales, Finances, and Synergy. This non-technical session is designed primarily for entrepreneurs, owners & managers.

We'll cover the following things:
+Designing and building a positive company culture.
+Recruiting the right team. Getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats!

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Speaker bio:

Ben Finklea is the founder and CEO of Drupal SEO company Volacci. He's worked on projects for major Drupal clients like Acquia and Fast Company. Ben is also the creator of the Drupal SEO Checklist Module and author of the Drupal SEO Book from Packt. Ben built Volacci from a 1-person startup in 2005 to a 50-person, diverse team that continues to grow and thrive.

"No Vendor Lockin" and The drupalshop ecosystem

liorkesos — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:39:57 +0000

One of the most appealing things to customers about open-source at large and drupal in particular is the "no vender lockin" argument.
This is thrown around by us as a drupal shop very often but I'd like to brainstorm and share "war stories" about how drupal projects "move" and change hands throughout the "drupalshop ecosystem" and why they move that way.
I think it's crucial to communicate how by applying best practices we can truly liberate our customers and give true substance to the "No vendor Lockin" cliche.

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Speaker bio:

Lior Kesos is the CEO of Linnovate, co-founder of drupal.org.il and an experienced "geek-herd". He is getting better doing the crazy juggling act between drupal (for fun and profit), running a company, wife and three kids. Linnovate is a recognized leader in the drupal ecosystem in Israel and trains, consults and build great projects in Israel and out.

Co presenters:

davidstrauss

eaton

ericgundersen

bhouse

Drupal for Media + Edipresse Success Story

pjduvivier — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:05:32 +0000

JP Ingold will give short introduction of the business case of Drupal for the media industry and publisher.

In recent years media related organisations have expressed strong interest in Drupal. This session aims to encourage more media organisations switch to Drupal. From pure player to dead tree press, not forgetting Radio and TV more and more media are choosing Drupal, Why?

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Speaker bio:

Pierre Jean Duvivier, 35 years old, is responsible for the Webfactory in the Department of Digital & Business Development of Edipresse Switzerland. He leads 12 people in charge of production, maintenance and traffic of the Edipresse websites. He and his team just migrated more than 23 webistes in about 18 months, with a majority of them based on Drupal.

Co presenters:

jbi