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@spbeta, by @pedrosorren !! #spbeta #startups #brazil #sendgrid (Taken with Instagram at Manifesto Rock Bar)
This guy was too cool…and hairless! #dog (Taken with Instagram at Museo Del Sitio Teotihuaca)
I’m not so sure this animal cracker is suitable for children (Taken with Instagram at SendGrid HQ)
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- SummaryAfter completing my MBA at CU-Boulder in May 2010, I re-started my career by joining a little startup called SendGrid, in Boulder, CO.
We make it easy for web developers to integrate email into their applications through the use of SMTP and a bunch of badass APIs.
With the help of a growing team of dev evangelists, I'm building a community that helps developers tackle big challenges and spark innovation around email as a platform.Specialties: I'm all about community. I help people to come together and provide each other mutual value, through rich and fun interaction. I build communities for a living @SendGrid and for fun @Boulder Beta. I like to lead teams, and I think I do it pretty damn well. I believe that hustle will always prevail.Experience- Feb 2011 - PresentProducer / Beta LtdBeta Ltd is the parent organization that coordinates the Beta series of startup mixer events in cities across the planet, including Boston, Boulder, Dublin, NY, Seattle and SF. I run Boulder Beta, which occurs quarterly in downtown Boulder, CO. It attracts hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, students, faculty and community members from the Colorado startup scene and showcases 8 startups who are powering the new global economy.
- May 2010 - PresentCommunity Guy / SendGridI'm building the SendGrid Developer Community, which entails stuff like developer relations, customer support, and creation of good times...
- Apr 2009 - PresentAssociate / TechStarsI manage the mentor profiles section at TechStars.com and volunteer at many of the community events that TechStars puts on in Boulder.
- Aug 2009 - Jan 2010Recitation Leader / University of ColoradoInstructed 28 undergraduates in Operations and Information Management, a core business course. Guided students toward successful completion of term project, involving team responses to an RFP for a utility scale wind development.
- May 2009 - Aug 2009Student Associate / American BioresourcesResearched competitive landscape and market opportunities within the algae-based clean technology industry, specifically in relation to algae as a raw material for agricultural feedstock
- Apr 2009 - Aug 2009Summer Associate / TechStarsI get to spend the summer immersed in the amazing TechStars program in return for my commitment to making things run as smoothly as possible.
- Apr 2009 - Aug 2009Summer Associate / TechStarsFacilitate routine operations of seed-stage startup accelerator program
- Jun 2006 - Jun 2008Production Manager / Form/Tec Plastics, Inc.I managed the entire production staff (25+ employees). Scheduled all production processes, appointed staff to appropriate daily tasks, interviewed/hired/fired, served as employee liaison to general management and owners, trained employees, was trained and proficient in most production skills.
- Aug 2005 - Jun 2008Head Coach - Wrestling / Owen Valley High SchoolI chose to continue my 18+ years of wrestling with a 3 year stint of coaching. It was one of the most enjoyable and challenging experiences I have ever taken part in. I definitely plan to pursue coaching some time in the future. Good luck OV Patriots!
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2008 - 2010University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business
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2001 - 2005Indiana University BloomingtonBS Public Affairs in Management, Entrpreneurship, Small Business
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- GOAP - Geeks on a Plane!2012-05-07 - 2012-05-23
- Denver, CO, May 20122012-05-22 - 2012-05-23
- South Bend, IN, June 20122012-06-30 - 2012-07-01
- Future Insights Live Conference & Hackathon2012-04-30 - 2012-05-04
- The Next Web Conference2012-04-22 - 2012-04-27
- San Francisco, CA, March 20122012-03-26 - 2012-04-02
- back to CO2012-03-04 - 2012-03-04
- Austin, TX, March 20122012-03-02 - 2012-03-19
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- Who is the last person you IMed with? What did you chat about?jen. the dogs.Asked by Formspring Jan 14, 12
- Did you know you can now follow publicly OR privately on Formspring -- and the choice it entirely up to you? (Which means you can also see who is following you!)yesAsked by Formspring Jan 14, 12
- How do you generally get around - walk, bike, drive, public transportation or some other way?all of the above.Asked by Formspring Jan 14, 12
- If you're in the US, are you following the presidential primaries? And if you live outside the US, do you ever pay attention to American politics?yes. i'm following. and i'm laughing at all the garbage candidates that the republicans have to offer...save ron paul...Asked by Formspring Jan 14, 12
- Are you afraid of spiders?not afraid, but discovering a big hairy spider when i'm not expecting it might make me jump a little bit...Asked by Formspring Jan 14, 12
- Where's the best place in your hometown to get a great burger or milkshake?milkshake and burger at smash burger is awesome. might not be "local", but they do it right for a chain...Asked by Formspring Nov 28, 11
- If you could master one skill what would it be?street fighting - whatever that means. basically, the "skill" of kicking anyone's ass without a weaponAsked by Formspring Aug 13, 11
- If you could date any celebrity, who would it be?like every other dude in america (and probably is real, too), the answer is natalie portmanAsked by Formspring Aug 13, 11
- If you had access to a time machine, where and when would be the first place you travel to?the 60s - hippy days...Asked by Formspring Aug 13, 11
- If you were offered the job of U.S. president would you take the job?yes. hell yes.Asked by Formspring Aug 13, 11
- Sneakers or sandals?i live in colorado, so it's sandals in the summer, sneakers in the winter.Asked by Formspring Aug 13, 11
- Do you have any hidden talents?i can juggle...a little bit. i can wrestle like a mo of.Asked by Formspring Aug 13, 11
- What are your plans for the summer?travel, work, travel for work, visit family/friends, repeat.Asked by Formspring Jun 22, 11
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- Jan 02, 12
Posted in Email
This is a great example of a retention email – such a great example, that I felt compelled to share. What makes it so awesome? it’s simple, brief and to the point it’s personal, lighthearted and entertaining it gives the recipient options: choose a reason or email us/me with a detailed comment One of the best ways to learn and … - Nov 29, 11This is, in my opinion, brilliant product marketing by Square. Their physical product is free. If it’s the right tool for you, it’s a beautifully useful and simple device, complemented by an amazing user experience. This particular effort is a fantastic way to drive adoption of the device, which will, in turn, drive adoption of the service and (hopefully) new customer …
- Sep 19, 11I’ve been a big fan of Path since I first saw their logo and found that my friend Matt Van Horn was working on this new and different social app. I posted a little something about their ability to pop my ‘in-app-purchase cherry’ back in May. I’m also planning a blog post on Path’s use of email, which I think …
- Sep 18, 11
Posted in AnnouncementLife
Golly, it’s been some time since I last wrote a blog post for my personal site…so I’ll just get back into things by reflecting on all the excuses for my leave of absence. Excuse #1: Blogging elsewhere I have been creating useful content through regular contributions at the SendGrid blog, the BoulderBeta blog, the Boulder and Denver Software Clubs blog, Deliverability.com, … - Jan 14, 11
Posted in AnnouncementBoulderBetaCommunity
Wednesday morning: I sat down around 8am to send a quick email to several people that I really respect in the Boulder / Denver area. I had a simple request for each of these folks: can you help spread the word? 16 hours later, we had just over 80 registrations for Boulder Beta. Now, after day 2, we’ve broken 100! … - Jan 12, 11
Posted in BoulderBoulderBetaDemosEntrepreneurshipstartupsTechnology
I have been hustling the last several months to organize a new event in Boulder. The result of that work (and much more yet to be done) is Boulder Beta. What is it? Boulder Beta offers an opportunity for community members to get together in a casual, social atmosphere. Attendees will enjoy catching up with familiar friends and colleagues, meeting … - Oct 25, 10
Posted in EventsLessons Learned
This is part two of a small series of posts inspired by my experience at the Tahoe Tech Talk conference a few weeks ago (part one being the intro post). On October 1, Gary Vaynerchuk made an impression on me through both his words and his actions. To the stage, he brought an awesomely compelling message. To the conference, which he hosted … - Oct 11, 10
Posted in EntrepreneurshipEventsExperiences
I recently visited Lake Tahoe for the first time. The lake and the surrounding landscape were amazing, based on what I saw on our drive in and out of town. I can’t wait to go back this winter and actually enjoy all there is to see outside of the casinos…with my feet on a snowboard! Though I didn’t get in the … - Sep 01, 10
Posted in EntrepreneurshipTechnology
I recently had the great fortune to be a very small part of a very big thing… Last August, when I relinquished my position as “Summer Associate” at TechStars, I decided then and there that I would maintain the “associate” part of that title. Since that time, I have been successful in doing this by simply staying involved. Here are … - Jun 22, 10
Posted in EntrepreneurshipExperiencesLife
After another long hiatus from writing, I am finally back to it – and I have plenty of “cool stuff to talk about”…or at least two things to start with. ONE - That little voyage I started in 2008 – the MBA thing – well, it’s over. I had my last final on April 21, and commencement was May 7. …
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- Send emails with ease using sendgrid.com and node.js!4 forks / 17 watchers / Pushed Feb 21, 12
- Rails plugin to setup ActionMailer to use sendgrid (configurable via ENV vars)1 fork / 13 watchers / Pushed Sep 08, 11
- Full SendGrid Newsletter PHP Library3 forks / 11 watchers / Pushed Aug 31, 11
- A Heroku plugin that displays Sendgrid statistics for your Heroku app6 forks / 66 watchers / Pushed Dec 14, 10
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