Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub and most recently Codestarter, came to Shift Conference 2015 in Split, Croatia to talk about How GitHub Created Super Fans. See video of his presentation here: http://youtu.be/gyXxaMNefVc

1. How GitHub Created
Tom Preston-Werner
SUPERFANS

2. How GitHub Created
Tom Preston-Werner
SUPERFANS

3. How GitHub Created
Tom Preston-Werner
SUPERFANS

4. How GitHub Created
Tom Preston-Werner
SUPERFANS

5. How GitHub Created
Tom Preston-Werner
SUPERFANS

6. Tom Preston-Werner

7. Superfans

8. Team
Customers
Shareholders

9. Team
Customers
Shareholders

10. Culture comes from people.
Choose wisely.

11. Invest in your team.

12. Be remote by default.

14. Open source
(almost)
everything.

15. Team
Customers
Shareholders

27. It’s not about you. Sorry.

28. “Care only about what your users
think of themselves as a result of
interacting with your creation.”
—Kathy Sierra

29. —Kathy Sierra
“Give users a way
to kick ass.”

31. Don’t give your customers
what they ask for, give
them what they want.

32. Don’t give your customers
what they ask for, give
them what they want.

33. Team
Customers
Shareholders

34. Team
Customers
Shareholders
Team

35. Team
Customers
Shareholders
Product++

36. Team
Customers
Shareholders
Product++
Customers

37. Team
Customers
Shareholders
Product++
$$$

38. Team
Customers
Shareholders
Product++
$$$
Shareholders

39. Team
Customers
Product++
$$$
Shareholders
Investment

42. Invest in your team.
Help your users kick ass.
Money is a by-product.

43. THANK YOU, SPLIT!