please feed the unicorns
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Presented at the Open API Economy Meetup on February 23, 2011 at the Apigee office.http://www.meetup.com/APIEconomy/events/16520137/TRANSCRIPT
Please Feed the Unicorns
Abraham Williams
http://abrah.am@abraham
http://answerly.com
by day
http://inboxq.com
building
Glitter, gum drops and lollipops
Unicorn food
So you have an API
If you don't you should
First
Then
Growth
X can't scale!
What are Unicorns?
Unicorns are...
FanboysEvangelists
Early adoptersDevs with lots of free time
How?
Empower
Clear team organization
Incentivize
Recognize
Metrics
Movers and shakers
Pay them
Iterate your community
Thanks!
Feedback to @abraham
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