Getting a few DMs on whether you've been selected in the first batch for @operators_guild, as well as some on who took the call.
If you didn't get an email, you weren't selected for the first batch. But this DOES NOT mean that you won't ever be selected.
We're focusing on ensuring we can have a tight knit, well engaged group before we start expandng. Only ~14 folks were added from ~85 applications.
All founding members got a say in who they wanted in the community for the start, and every single person selected had multiple founding members vouching for them.
Your application is still valid / active. As we look to grow more in the future, we will continue picking members from the applicants.
This is such a great and measured approach to building.
Community is everywhere, and yet if the growth isn't super intentional things can get out of hand very quickly and the community will suffer.
Well done to the founders and founding members over at Operators Guild.
The Shopify ecosystem has one of the most supportive, collaborative communities I’ve ever seen.
But there’s been a missing piece, a space for non-technical founders & operators to share wins, solve problems & grow together.
That’s why we’re launching @operators_guild!
Apply👇
I was so excited when Kunal and I got to chat at #EditionsDev about this.
We've been so fortunate to have people interested in @ShopDevAlliance that aren't even devs necessarily, but dev-adjacent? that still wanted to be part of community.
Kunal and Spencer are the perfect people to be leading this initiative. They know the space so well and have made consistent efforts to promote an even better Shopify Partner ecosystem.
I'm really looking forward to opportunities to partner with this community and collaborating to help us all better support merchants building on Shopify.
If you're in the Shopify space and looking for community, you need to check out @operators_guild
very excited to be a part of another community in the ecosystem. i met so many of the people here at Editions and if talking to them IRL is any indication, this is going to be full of great conversations on running Shopify partner businesses!
This is going to be insanely helpful!!
After @TRPage_dev and @austriker27 launched @ShopDevAlliance!!!
We needed a community for non devs and freelancers as well!!
Led by my 2 fav people in the community - @bonthoux and @eternerd