Directory of Blender (libre software) Studios / Artists / Production Houses
It can be hard to find studios that use Blender, especially by location, so I think it would be incredibly valuable if Blender Studio published a directory of artists / studios / production houses that use Blender (and other libre software).
Registered members of Blender Cloud / Blender Studio would have the option of listing their business or freelance work, and the directory would be made public to connect with potential clients.
Re-sharing from the forums: devtalk.blender.org/t/directory-of-blender-libre-software-studios-artists-production-houses/27680
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This has been tried before (Blender network), but didn't lift up as expected, or added value to Blender, only to the individuals and studios registered there, but not giving back to the community at large. In the end it was chosen that anyone could set this up, as a paid service or not, but is not interesting for the Blender project.
The main limitation was that it required work to assign customers to clients, adding promotional campaigns etc. Eg it doesn't work automatically.
Also there are many work places where the tools used are under NDA. So any "official" statement about it needs to go through lawyers and upper management, and thus is never done because they have better things to invest their time on.