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Palante Technology has been together for a while, and for months we have been working towards this moment. Last Friday, thanks to the help of the wonderful lawyers at the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project, the four current worker-owners of Palante Tech signed the papers to officially become Palante Technology Cooperative, Incorporated! We are now an official New York State Cooperative Corporation. We're proud to have our official name reflect our commitment to collective organizing, and to supporting an alternative economy where all workers have respect, stability, and agency in their workplace. ¡Pa'lante!

with Aaron Pava (CivicActions), Jody Hamilton (Zivtech), Eric Gundersen (Development Seed), Lior Kesos (Linnovate) View the session video on Archive.orgRead more »

Session info on Drupalcon siteRead more »

Panelists: Amye Scavarda (moderator), Chris Strahl, Vanessa Turke, Seth Brown, Rachel ScottRead more »

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?Read more »

• 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?Read more »

• the focus of a firm is often inward; as Drupal has changed they've had to shift to focus outward. As Drupal grows, community grows and you have to be a part of it in order to be successful.
  

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 SourRead more »