Song by Tony Blank

Tony Blank Community Team Lead blank@sendgrid.com @thetonyblank

@thetonyblank It Takes A Team How DevRel changes with team
size

@thetonyblank What is Developer Relations? Sales? Evangelism? Marketing? Community? Support?
Biz Dev? Purveyor of Happy Hours? Training?

@thetonyblank

@thetonyblank • Find your “legs” • Internal Evangelism • DevPost
Hackathon Success as 1 person

@thetonyblank • All eggs in one basket • Lack of
perspective • Burnout Dangers of a small team

@thetonyblank

@thetonyblank Lone Wolf

@thetonyblank On the road again Just can't get wait to
get on the road again

@thetonyblank I find love is makin' music with my friends
And I can’t wait to get on the road again

@thetonyblank On the road again, like a band of gypsies
we go down the highway We're the best of friends, insisting that the world keep turnin' our way, and our way

@thetonyblank On the road again, just can't get wait to
get on the road again I find love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again

@thetonyblank

@thetonyblank Community Team

@thetonyblank Different Challenges

@thetonyblank Startups

@thetonyblank

@thetonyblank Why?

@thetonyblank It’s Cat Poop Coffee!

@thetonyblank It’s Feline Excrement Coffee!

@thetonyblank

@thetonyblank Accelerators == The Cat

@thetonyblank Startups == Coffee Beans

@thetonyblank SendGrid’s Accelerate == THE BEST COFFEE

@thetonyblank Side Note: ROI

@thetonyblank Side Note: Build tools!

@thetonyblank Codin' in the mornin' sun I'll be codin' til
the evening comes Watchin' pull requests roll in… I'll be sending thumbs up again..

@thetonyblank I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay Sendin'
the JIRA cards away… I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay shippin' coooooode

@thetonyblank Looks like nothing's gonna change All the diffs will
remain the same I can't merge what 10 people want me to merge.. SO THE BRANCH WILL REMAIN THE SAME

@thetonyblank Sittin' here restin' my bones This repo just won't
leave me alone 10,000 lines I code Just to bring this app home

@thetonyblank I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay Sendin'
the JIRA cards away… I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay shippin' coooooode

@thetonyblank Sorry I’m not great at whistling…

@thetonyblank DevRel: Relevant at every stage of your business

@thetonyblank Pre-funding: Founders

@thetonyblank Funded: Lone Wolf

@thetonyblank Growth: Small Team

@thetonyblank Stable/Profit: Mature Team

@thetonyblank Sales Marketing Support Biz Dev Training DEV RELATIONS

@thetonyblank Headin' down to APIStrat Is gonna make your head
explode from all the smart, amazing talks except the one from Tony Blank

@thetonyblank Austin has amazing food Have you seen the food
trucks, dude? You should make your way down to Liberty and try some @EastSideKingATX

@thetonyblank Mark, well, he's the conference chair He comes from
Barcelona He picked the talks, the tracks, the beer the things we're all enjoying here

@thetonyblank Mark, you know, he writes those words about us,
the cool API nerds you know, we think that's pretty rad cause curling's are not a fad

@thetonyblank All the attendees they say Glad we're here on
a Thursday Sure beats sitting at a desk Cause cubes, they are grotesque

@thetonyblank Can't forget about Kin Lane I think we last
hung out in Spain He's dropping bombs with his wisdom About the API systems

@thetonyblank His blog should be no big surprise It's all
about the APIs The only thing I could mention here… He's got an epic beard

@thetonyblank All the attendees they say This talk is weird,
but it's ok Gettin' off the stage is a Tony Thank you for your time....

@thetonyblank It Takes A Team How DevRel changes with team
size

Song by Tony Blank

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