Photo credit: Verona’s Photography, Source: malorieleogrande.com
I met Malorie “Mal” Leogrande at Northeast Dreamin, in the mountains of New Hampshire. She was prepping for her Demo Jam slot, where she was about to demo her employer’s technology, Mogli SMS, in three minutes. After that, the audience of nearly 500 Salesforce customers would vote on their favorite demo. Would it be her demo? I’m sure she wondered that, and I’m sure that’s why she prepped so carefully and cared so deeply.
I originally learned about Mal on Twitter. A month earlier, Malorie performed her demo at Midwest Dreamin in Chicago, and it was live-streamed on Twitter. I use the word “performed” because Malorie rapped the entire demo. After running Demo Jams for nearly four years, I thought I’d seen every demo format possible, but this was truly unique.
Malorie’s hard work paid off, as she took home the Demo Jam win at Northeast Dreamin. I was
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