OF A TECH CEO WHO STILL LOVES TO CODE

MY NAME IS...

@sweetlew

LEWCIRNE

I’M THE CEO & FOUNDER OF

@newrelic

LEW

CIRN

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New Relic is my

“DO-OVER.”More on that later.

50,000 Customers250 Employees3 Offices100 Billion Metrics a day$115M in Financing

BY THE NUMBERS...

I Don’t Do Typical

CEO Stuff

How I Spent Last Week

Demos!

LAST YEAR’S PROJECTS

NEW RELIC FOR MOBILE APPSNEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT MONTH

1,000 Apps & 20 Million End User Devices

My Last Six Months

My Last Six Months

Raising Money

My Last Six MonthsBuilding Software

Raising Money

Stephen is right:

Developers are the new

KINGMAKERSCEOs

4 LESSONS LEARNED ALONG THE WAY:

(To hack your way to extreme happiness)

ANYWAY...

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE 1

DO WHAT YOU LOVE2

DON’T BE AFRAID TO RE-INVENT OFTEN. EVEN YOUR OWN PLATFORM. OR API. OR CAREER....

3

DISRUPT YOURSELF4

WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

TIME ->

REVE

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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

TIME ->

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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

We are here

TIME ->

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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

We are here

Too late!

TIME ->

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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

Too late!

TIME ->

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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

Too late!Disrupt yourself again!

TIME ->

REVE

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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

Too late!Disrupt yourself again!

TIME ->

REVE

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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?

Disrupt yourself again!

TIME ->

REVE

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RESULTS OF OUR WORK?My do-over company is worth more than

2x my previous company

My team is

2x as productive and...

ALRIGHT. MY TIME IS UP.TIME FOR ME TO GO LOCK MYSELF AWAY AND WRITE SOME CODE!

THANK YOU.