{"id":14572,"date":"2022-05-25T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/?p=14572"},"modified":"2022-05-25T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:35:08","slug":"panel-discussion-acquisitions-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/panel-discussion-acquisitions-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel Discussion: Acquisitions in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday 3 June 2022, join our global lead <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/taeke-reijenga\/\" data-type=\"wcb_speaker\" data-id=\"13903\">Taeke Reijenga<\/a> who will be facilitating a panel discussion &#8220;<strong>Acquisitions in WordPress<\/strong>&#8221; to discover more about some of the major changes and takeovers within the community over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The session includes a discussion from a panel of business owners who chose to sell their businesses to other companies during 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/marieke-van-de-rakt\/\" data-type=\"wcb_speaker\" data-id=\"13883\">Marieke van de Rakt<\/a> \u2014&nbsp; 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