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Tony Blank Community Team Lead [email protected] @thetonyblank

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

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

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@thetonyblank

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

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

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@thetonyblank Lone Wolf

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

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@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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@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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@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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@thetonyblank

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@thetonyblank Community Team

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@thetonyblank Different Challenges

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@thetonyblank Startups

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@thetonyblank

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@thetonyblank Why?

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@thetonyblank It’s Cat Poop Coffee!

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@thetonyblank It’s Feline Excrement Coffee!

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@thetonyblank Accelerators == The Cat

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@thetonyblank Startups == Coffee Beans

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@thetonyblank SendGrid’s Accelerate == THE BEST COFFEE

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@thetonyblank Side Note: ROI

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@thetonyblank Side Note: Build tools!

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

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@thetonyblank DevRel: Relevant at every stage of your business

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@thetonyblank Pre-funding: Founders

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@thetonyblank Funded: Lone Wolf

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@thetonyblank Growth: Small Team

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@thetonyblank Stable/Profit: Mature Team

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@thetonyblank Sales Marketing Support Biz Dev Training DEV RELATIONS

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