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Beyond Email Delivery: My First 30 Days at SendGrid
I joined the SendGrid team just over a month ago as the newest addition to the Inbound Marketing team in the Denver office. In just my first 30 days at the company, I’ve gone on a company sponsored trip to Mexico, met all of our top executives, attended information sessions about each department in the company, and been feted with tons of free food (Chipotle is our company cafeteria…seriously!). I’d always heard that SendGrid has a great work culture, but I had to see it to believe it. 30 days in, I’m happy to report that it’s definitely all true.…
READ MORE »2013 SendGrid Kickoff in Mexico
Last week, SendGrid celebrated its 2013 kickoff event in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Four days of team building, goal setting, and yes…sun and sand. SendGrid has offices in Anaheim, Boulder, Denver, Romania, San Francisco, NYC, London and Berlin, so it’s great for us all to come together once a year to reflect on the year before and to gear up for what’s ahead. Friday night started off with a kickoff dinner overlooking the beach that included lots of good food, laughs, and…dancing. Lots of dancing. Pictures are excluded to protect the worst (or best?) offenders–but let’s just say, SendGrid has some…
READ MORE »SendGrid’s Dev Relations Team Hit The Ground Running in 2012…Where Will You Find Them in 2013?
SendGrid’s Developer Relations team travels the globe attending hack days, conferences, startup weekends, summits, and more—all in the name of making developers’ lives easier, especially when it comes to email. Our 6 community team members (Tim, Swift, Elmer, Brandon, Martyn, and Adria) covered some serious ground in 2012. They attended/organized/ sponsored/hacked/presented at 260+ events in 21 countries. They made some serious moves last year and have plans to travel even more in 2013. To give you a better idea of what makes our Dev Relations team tick, they’ve highlighted some of their favorite events from 2012 and outlined where you’ll find them in 2013.…
READ MORE »Best of Both Worlds: Q&A with SendGrid’s Founder and CEO
In early 2011, SendGrid’s founder Isaac Saldana stepped aside as CEO to make way for Jim Franklin to assume the role. Since then, the two leaders have found success by working together to combine technical and business expertise. They have managed to reduce conflict, promote common values, and worked to bring out the best in their employees. On October 31st, they sat down to answer questions about teamwork, entrepreneurship, and leadership. To hear the complete conversation, access the webcast recording here. What made you realize you needed to bring on a CEO? Did you come to that realization on your…
READ MORE »SendGrid Delivered, San Francisco
SendGrid Delivered, our national email deliverability tour, stopped in San Francisco a few weeks ago for a day of good discussion, interesting guest speakers and great tips on improving email systems. We had the opportunity to talk to many local companies about the role of email in their company, SendGrid’s part in improving email communications, and what’s next for them. One of the highlights of the event was hearing from guest speakers. Dylin Redling from BranchOut, Nimish Parmar and Tali Leff from StumbleUpon, and Mike Preuss from Formspring each provided unique insight into email from a startup perspective, and shared…
READ MORE »We’re Geeks…and We Love Planes.
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A few months ago, I gladly took advantage of a rare opportunity to participate in a special adventure called Geeks on a Plane – thanks to our dear friends at 500 Startups! #GOAP, as it’s fondly referred to on the twitters, is a brilliantly devised plan to take America’s most intrepid startup enthusiasts to various regions around the world, with the goal of facilitating the exploration of the many unique startup communities planet Earth has to offer. Related PostsNew SendGrid Documentation Launched SendGrid Delivered hits NYC September 12 Become an Inbox Insider with SendGrid Delivered Young Rewired State: Coding…
READ MORE »SendGrid Wins at Colorado Companies to Watch and Red Herring North America 100
We are thrilled to announce that in the past month we were the recipients of two prestigious awards, Colorado Companies to Watch and Red Herring North America 100. Colorado Companies to Watch honors 50 Colorado-based companies that demonstrate high performance in the marketplace, innovation in their product or service, and leadership in their field. Presented by the Edward Lowe Foundation, the companies that receive this award are chosen based on their valuable product, contribution to the Colorado economy by providing quality jobs, and positive impact on the community. The resulting list pulls from many industries, from organic foods to engineering…
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