Song by Tony Blank

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

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

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

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5. @thetonyblank
   

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

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

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8. @thetonyblank
   

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9. @thetonyblank
   Lone Wolf
   

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

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

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12. @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
    

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13. @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
    

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14. @thetonyblank
    

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15. @thetonyblank
    Community Team
    

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16. @thetonyblank
    Different
    Challenges
    

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17. @thetonyblank
    Startups
    

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18. @thetonyblank
    

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19. @thetonyblank
    Why?
    

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20. @thetonyblank
    It’s Cat Poop Coffee!
    

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21. @thetonyblank
    It’s Feline Excrement
    Coffee!
    

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22. @thetonyblank
    

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23. @thetonyblank
    Accelerators == The Cat
    

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24. @thetonyblank
    Startups == Coffee Beans
    

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25. @thetonyblank
    SendGrid’s Accelerate ==
    THE BEST COFFEE
    

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26. @thetonyblank
    Side Note:
    ROI
    

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27. @thetonyblank
    Side Note:
    Build tools!
    

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28. @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..
    

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29. @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
    

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30. @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
    

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31. @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
    

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32. @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
    

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33. @thetonyblank
    Sorry I’m not great
    at whistling…
    

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34. @thetonyblank
    DevRel:
    Relevant at every
    stage of your
    business
    

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35. @thetonyblank
    Pre-funding:
    Founders
    

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    Funded:
    Lone Wolf
    

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37. @thetonyblank
    Growth:
    Small Team
    

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38. @thetonyblank
    Stable/Profit:
    Mature Team
    

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39. @thetonyblank
    Sales
    Marketing
    Support
    Biz Dev
    Training
    DEV
    RELATIONS
    

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

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

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42. @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
    

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43. @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
    

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

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45. @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
    

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46. @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
    

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47. @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....
    

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

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