About

Growing Venture Solutions is a small, highly talented team of web professionals who are passionate about helping people communicate and collaborate online. We specialize in Drupal, the Open Source content management system, and our services include site design, development, architecture, training, support and security services.

We're equals here

• We don't have project managers, bosses or salespeople, because we all participate equally in these tasks (and we feel it provides better service to our customers).
• Our team decides the projects to work on, including which clients, which community projects, and which side projects
• Company control is a meritocracy where everyone has a path towards equity ownership
• We're small and we like it that way.

Company Values

• Only work with select projects and clients.
• A love for learning, experimenting, and exploring
• A dedication to "the community," both the local physical community and open source software communities
• Open communication and transparency with fellow employees, customers and the community
• High-value services and a professional approach with customers and fellow employees
• Consensus-based decision making
• Push the limits
• Sustainability, in every sense of the word
• Have fun and make things
• 20% of our time is spent working on Drupal community projects or honing our skills

Side projects

• We created Certified to Rock, an algorithm-based tool that scores members of the Drupal community, based on their contributions to Drupal. A score 5 or above means "among the best contributors." The GVS team average is currently 4.2.

• Greg and Ben co-authored the Drupal Security White Paper.

• Mastering Drupal is built with one simple goal: help people to learn and become experts in using the Drupal content management system. We've created screencasts, blog posts and have highlighted key Drupal resources. And because it's open source, it's free.

• Greg wrote Cracking Drupal, a book about security in Drupal available from Wiley Publishing.

• Greg and Ezra co-wrote Drupal In Action, a more general book about using Drupal to build publishing websites. The publishing date is TBC.

• Additional projects are featured in our Portfolio