Vercel Employee Shares the Secret to Building Viral Projects | Steven Tey | EP35

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Steven Tey ⁠(@steventey)⁠ from Vercel to talk about why he joined the company, his secret for making projects go viral on Twitter, how Vercel got its name, the problem with conferences for devs, the importance of company branding, and more....

The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at:

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Links:

· ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Steven's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

· ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:02 - His Background

5:23 - Why Vercel is winning

6:13 - How Vercel got its name

9:37 - His secret to virality

18:33 - Austin vs SF

20:12 - His Day in the life

22:44 - Vercel's branding

23:49 - Are conferences a waste of time?

32:25 - Omar's SF movie night

36:56 - Will he become a founder?

52:11 - Rapid fire (lol)