Glue keynote confessions
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OF A TECH CEO WHO STILL LOVES TO CODE
MY NAME IS...
@sweetlew
LEWCIRNE
I’M THE CEO & FOUNDER OF
@newrelic
LEW
CIRN
E
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....
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DISRUPT YOURSELF4
WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
We are here
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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
We are here
Too late!
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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
Too late!
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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
Too late!Disrupt yourself again!
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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
Too late!Disrupt yourself again!
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WHY IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MY TIME?
Disrupt yourself again!
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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.