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Confessions

of a tech CEO who still loves to code

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Hello, my name is Lew Cirne

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I’m the CEO & founder of New Relic

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350+ employees $115M in financing4 offices worldwide

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I didn’t do traditional “CEO” things last year.

No suit. No tie.No presentations.

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Instead I hacked a newbatch of code for our next generation set of products.

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Then I spent the year with my team, making “pure coding joy” = a great product

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The results?

The team is happy (and I’m doing what I

love).

Innovation is front & center

for us

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The results?

after 15 months of work by me & team

Preview in October

Now in private beta

Public beta & GA this

year

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Surround yourself with exceptional

people

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When do you innovate /

disrupt yourself?

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We are here

Revenue G

row

th

Time

Disrupt yourself!Too late!

Disrupt yourself again!

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Why this is good for our company(and yours)

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Culture of innovation and product first

Keeps me connected to technology trends and helps with strategic decision making

Innovate/disrupt yourself before the world does

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You can make a difference doing the

thing you love

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Thank you