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Colin Nederkoorn

alphacolin.com

Hi, I'm Colin Nederkoorn co-founder and CEO of Customer.io.

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’10’15’20’25
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78 from 26 Jan 2010 to 10 Feb 2026
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now and then (1 in the last year)
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2026 1

  1. Every customer relationship is a peer relationship

2025 1

  1. We Left Bare Metal for the Cloud

2021 3

  1. Who determines your success?
  2. How Change Happens
  3. Doing things the wrong way

2020 2

  1. Don't compare yourself against exceptions
  2. Are you an "A" Player?

2019 11

  1. Things I've learned - Disagree and commit
  2. Duct Tape vs Building Systems
  3. Building a remote company
  4. Things to make your life better that don’t cost money
  5. Don't make the sales mistakes we did
  6. Building a billion dollar company
  7. Rich or Famous
  8. Buy the change you wish to see in the world
  9. Reading the Financial Times cover to cover every day for a week
  10. Blogging workflow for iPadOS
  11. Airpods

2018 1

  1. Three things about work having a kid changed for me

2017 4

  1. Strap Ratio
  2. Bootstrapping vs. VC Funded? You’re asking the wrong question.
  3. Should you build tangential features requested by early customers?
  4. Replacing a Macbook Pro with iPad Pro (or trying to)

2016 2

  1. Why can’t Centurylink Gigabit Fiber stream Netflix 😒 ?
  2. What to do when your flight gets canceled.

2015 2

  1. Johns Digital Nomad Year
  2. The rise of the minor city

2014 21

  1. The battle for your files
  2. Ikea standing desk for $489
  3. There are two types of cities
  4. Thanks Walter
  5. The Blue Quesadilla Lady
  6. The best cell coverage domestically + sim swapping with t-mobile
  7. Pulling a cable from the internet backbone
  8. Why we don't offer discounts
  9. Mistakes: Too many irons in the fire
  10. Monthly Company Progress Updates
  11. Just go early
  12. Opting out of the razorblade industrial complex
  13. What is Soylent's 'job to be done'?
  14. Wearing a uniform
  15. Dear Hiring Manager
  16. Power dynamics when raising capital
  17. Renting an office in Manhattan vs San Francisco vs Portland
  18. Verizon made an enemy tonight
  19. Stream the World Cup on your TV if you don't have cable
  20. Startup founders: What do you do to unwind?
  21. Who owns your data?

2013 5

  1. What to do when your brain gets too full
  2. Lessons from 2 months of remote working
  3. The sooner you ship, the sooner you grow
  4. The State of Static Sites in 2013
  5. Take your company on a retreat

2012 17

  1. One reason gmail 2.0 on iOS still sucks
  2. Jekyll on your root domain on CloudFront CDN
  3. Early Stage Investors in NYC - Angels, Seed and VCs
  4. On competition and hurricanes
  5. How to use Gmail to destroy your relationship with your investors, customers, service providers, and employees
  6. Cut your iPhone bill from $107 to $45
  7. I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?
  8. Don't give away your product for free...
  9. A standing desk for $22
  10. The cheapest way to get HBO go
  11. Muscle Memory
  12. Forgetting lappy 486
  13. Techstars demo day
  14. Burnout is caused by resentment
  15. Email tips for introducing people and scheduling meetings
  16. Progress, Plans, and Problems
  17. I'm starting a company

2011 4

  1. We are the 99 percent
  2. Debt
  3. Complexity is your enemy
  4. How 37Signals Thinks

2010 4

  1. What does a product manager do?
  2. Five reasons smart startups use Rails
  3. Links should always be blue and underlined
  4. Google Adwords is not the best use of your advertising budget