Drupalcamp London 2106 - CTO/Business Owner of a Drupal Company: What I would have done differently
Channel: Drupalcamp London
Date: 22/04/2016

Growth in companies is never easy, mine went through a steady growth over the last six years. Transitioning from 5 people in one office taking calls in hallways to 40+ people in multiple continents all over the world. We’re still using Drupal, but almost everything else has changed. Let me share what I’ve learned along the way.

6 years ago I was working with 5 other people in a small office in Zurich Switzerland and built small Drupal sites for clients.
Today we are almost 40 people working in 3 locations on 3 continents, together speak more than 20 languages, working with 10+ tools generating make millions in revenue, and I barely produce any code anymore. The one thing that stuck: we still build everything with Open Source tools

Time to share my experience with you.

In this session I will look back to the last 5 years of serving as CTO and Business Owner of these locations. And will cover these topics:

* Which major decisions we are glad we made. 
* Which decision we regret in hindsight, and how we worked through those failures
* Why staying Open Source was important
* How we dealt with workforce scaling
* How we adjusted to 24hr workforce
* What has changed in day to day and what has changed in our company goals
* What caused growth, what led to losses

This is session is interesting for you if:

* You are in the beginning stages of your business and are looking to learn what works, what doesn't
* You are planning to open another office in another location of the world or just growing into multiple teams