Drupal Business Summit: The Next Generation

What do the businesses in the Drupal community need to do to survive and grow in the next three years?

Drupal 8 will attract a new wave of agencies to compete in the market, and will also enable Drupal businesses to compete at a higher level. A time of big change and competition is coming, and it will no longer be enough just to say you 'do Drupal' and then sit back and watch sales roll in.

I believe that we can best take advantage of the opportunities and best face the threats by being as open and collaborative in business as we are with our code. Too often every Drupal business has to learn the hard way, when we could be sharing learning and best practice to all improve together.

The Business Summit (previously known as the CxO) has been running on the Monday before DrupalCon for years now. Each year has seen a similar format, some presentations in the morning and some open space in the afternoon. It's worked so far, but a lot of feedback suggests it's time to evolve. The Drupal Association has listened to that, and asked me to collaborate as the Business Summit Lead in Barcelona.

Let's shake things up.

What if you could spend one day with a group of your peers who clearly meet the criteria? People who truly do hold a CxO position in a Drupal agency.  A space where you know no companies or services providers will be trying to sell to you.  Just people that face similar challenges, that you respect and can learn from.

The day will focus on the key areas of running a business, with professionally moderated workshops to enable sharing of ideas and experiences, and to capture actionable ideas for every delegate. The outcome for the day will be a clear plan of action to improve your business in many ways.

Sign up if you want to learn how other Drupal agencies are run, but only sign up if you're prepared to openly share how you run your business.

This is the start of a truly collaborative ecosystem of Drupal businesses.

Come for the business know-how, stay for the community.

Sign Up for the Business Summit

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Steve Parks
Business Summit Lead, DrupalCon Barecelona