Brian Koles is Head of Business Development at ChallengePost – a platform and community for growing developer ecosystems though online software competitions and in-person hackathons. The tide of software that’s currently steamrolling every industry has left companies of sizes with a choice between relying on internal innovation to stay relevant, or allowing third-party developers to weave their content, data and systems into new and exciting applications. Companies wisely choosing the latter have opened their doors by launching_11,400+ public APIs and tasking droves of developer evangelists with champion adoption. So how do you grow a community of developers to advocate for...

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