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by caseysoftware 900 days ago
And the infamous five minute demo.. we drilled on that constantly. At my peak (2013), I was giving it 2-3 times a week in front of small groups, with the occasional sales reps, and in front of huge events.

My favorite times were:

- for one of Bob Metcalfe's courses at UT Austin. Yes, that Bob Metcalfe, the co-creator of ethernet. I talked about the origin of Metcalfe's Law here too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35259442

- 1:1 for Werner Vogels at SXSW. I gave it to one of his senior guys and he said "wow, this is great, let me go get Werner" which was intimidating as f.. a lot. But I managed to nail it.