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As business models adapt to leaner, audience-centric approaches, organizations are refocusing on building top-tier products that drive engagement and loyalty</p> 387 388 389 390<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This event featured product leaders from leading media companies â including Neil Vogel, CEO of Dotdash Meredith, Daniel Hallac, CGO of The Free Press, Anne Marie OâKeefe, COO of Inc. & Fast Company, Bharat Krish, CPO of Newsweek, and Bridget Williams, CPO of Hearst â who shared how theyâre realigning their strategies to meet the demands of this new landscape.</p> 391 392 393 394<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://nsmg.live/event/press-gazettes-media-strategy-usa/">Press Gazette: Media Strategy Network USA</a></h2> 395 396 397 398<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mar 13, 2025 â 1 World Trade Center, NYC â Roundtable Host</p> 399 400 401 402<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Press Gazetteâs Media Strategy Network USA is a biannual event that convenes some of North Americaâs most influential executives in the news, media and publishing sectors.</p> 403 404 405 406<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://events.digitalcontentnext.org/2025-next-summit">2025 DCN Next Summit</a></h2> 407 408 409 410<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âIn conversation with Ariscielle Novicio, CTO and SVP, Product & Digital Strategy, New York Postâ<br>April 22-23, 2025 â Miami, FL â Speaker</p> 411 412 413 414<p class="wp-block-paragraph">DCN Next Summit offers a mix of high-level views on the issues that help advance the future of the media business, coupled with a closed-door setting that guarantees candid, open discussion.</p> 415 416 417 418<h2 class="wp-block-heading">CES Tentpole Dinner</h2> 419 420 421 422<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jan 8, 2025 â Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV â Host</p> 423 424 425 426<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Invitation-only C-level industry discussion and networking session at Bardot Brasserie.</p> 427 428 429 430<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://event.foundryco.com/cio100-symposium-and-awards/agenda/#session-track-14">Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2024</a></h2> 431 432 433 434<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Crafting Enchanting Customer Journeys with AI and Data”<br>September 10, 2024 â Orlando, FL â Panelist</p> 435 436 437 438<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tim Hossain, VP of Marketing for WordPress VIP, hosted a panel discussion that included News Corp’s VP of Data Science & Analytics Manu Singh and 10up’s SVP of Business Development Billy Fischer.</p> 439 440 441 442<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 443<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Imagine a world where businesses effortlessly conjure the perfect customer journey, with precise personalization in every single interaction. In this panel discussion, we’ll reveal the secrets behind using AI and analytics to captivate customers at every marketing touchpoint.</p> 444 445 446 447<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Our panel of data-driven wizards will unveil the real-world potential of generative AI and advanced analytics in transforming the customer journey. By ta
447pping into the hidden charms of data, you’ll weave unified, seamless and enchanting customer experiences.</p> 448</blockquote> 449 450 451 452<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://event.foundryco.com/cio100-symposium-and-awards/agenda/#session-track-14">CIO 100 Symposium & Awards 2024</a></h2> 453 454 455 456<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Delivering Next Generation Content and Digital Media Experiences that Scale with Ease”<br>August 6, 2024 â Colorado Springs, CO â Speaker</p> 457 458 459 460<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 461<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What will it take to deliver the next generation of content and digital media? As legacy technology struggles to deliver on the promise of composability and AI, enterprises look to open source solutions to help them build best in breed solutions. Join WordPress VIP as we share what weâve learned from helping Salesforce, Meta, and the White House create content experiences that scale with ease in the face of increasing IT complexities.</p> 462</blockquote> 463 464 465 466<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xy2rfmgwgMnT4ex3q4w8h">The Rebooting Show with Brian Morrissey</a></h2> 467 468 469 470<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“How AI will impact publishing”<br>July 29, 2024 â Guest</p> 471 472 473 474<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 475<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brian Alvey, CTO of WordPress VIP, discussed with me how AIâs impact on publishersâ day-to-day operations will be felt first and foremost on mundane tasks that end up eating up a lot of resources. The early efforts to embed AI within the publishing process were predictably ham-handed. Using ChatGPT to create AI slop is hardly innovative â and unlikely to be very effective. Iâm very skeptical of creating much value out of using AI to churn out tons of aggregation newsletters, for instance.</p> 476</blockquote> 477 478 479 480<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Run with VIP: Neal Fraser Celebrity Chef Experience</h2> 481 482 483 484<p class="wp-block-paragraph">July 23, 2024 â Los Angeles, CA â Host</p> 485 486 487 488<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 489<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Join WordPress VIP and Iron Chef America winner, Neal Fraser, at Redbird for an exclusive culinary experience.</p> 490</blockquote> 491 492 493 494<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Media Product Forum</h2> 495 496 497 498<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“WordPress VIP Explores New AI Capabilities”<br>July 11, 2024 â New York, NY â Guest</p> 499 500 501 502<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 503<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brian Alvey, Chief Technology Officer at WordPress VIP, sits down for an interactive fireside chat.</p> 504</blockquote> 505 506 507 508<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Meet the Boss Virtual Roundtable</h2> 509 510 511 512<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Sweating the Basics: Streamlining CMSes for a Better Website”<br>April 23, 2024 â Speaker</p> 513 514 515 516<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Colin Cosell moderated a private online discussion with several enterprise companies whose IT teams were looking for advice on optimizing customer experiences and increasing revenue.</p> 517 518 519 520<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.idgevents.com/event/0cbaf706-08e1-4282-95d8-810c2b31ee0a/summary">Foundry CIO Executive Roundtable Dinner</a></h2> 521 522 523 524<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Enterprise Content Management Performance Strategies for 2024”<br>April 11, 2024 â Costa Mesa, CA â Host</p> 525 526 527 528<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 529<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Join senior technology executives from the LA metropolitan area for a dinner roundtable discussion that will explore how leading organizations optimize enterprise-wide content management strategies across increasingly complex organizational environments and technology infrastructures.</p> 530</blockquote> 531 532 533 534<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://events.digitalcontentnext.org/2024-next-summit/agenda">2024 DCN Next: Summit</a></h2> 535 536 537 538<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Differentiating After Great Equalizing Tech Advancements”<br>February 9, 2024 â Charleston, SC â Speaker</p> 539 540 541 542<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Penske Media Corporation’s SVP of Product Delivery Nicola Catton and I talked to senior media and tech execs about the challenges of differentiating against the competition when they’re all using the same cloud, the same gen AI and the same open source CMS.</p> 543 544 545 546<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://hello.humanmade.com/wordpress-for-enterprise">WordPress for Enterprise</a></h2> 547 548 549 550<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The Future of Enterprise Content Management is Open Source”<br>January 18, 2024 â Speaker</p> 551 552 553 554<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 555<p class="wp-block-paragraph">WordPress VIP is a high-end hosting, support, and consulting service specifically tailored for large-scale, high-traffic WordPress websites, offering premium features, robust security, and expert technical guidance. Hear from Brian Alvey, the company’s CTO, in this session.</p> 556</blockquote> 557 558 559 560<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://poweredbycoffee.co.uk/podcasts/scale/the-art-of-building-startups-with-wordpress-vips-cto-brian-alvey/">Scale: The Modern Media Podcast</a></h2> 561 562 563 564<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The Art of Building Startups with WordPress VIPâs CTO, Brian Alvey”<br>August 17, 2023 â Guest</p> 565 566 567 568<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 569<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We take an extraordinary trek through Brianâs illustrious career, unpacking his groundbreaking work with heavyweights such as TMZ, Business Week, and TV Guide. Youâll get an insiderâs look at WordPress VIP, understanding its design for large, high-traffic businesses, and how it provides an unsurpassed platform for companies reaching millions of customers.</p> 570</blockquote> 571 572 573 574<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.osomtoknow.com/episodes/building-the-perfect-cms-with-w
574p-vip-cto-interview-with-brian-alvey">Osom to Know – a WordPress podcast</a></h2> 575 576 577 578<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Building the Perfect CMS with WP VIP CTO – Interview with Brian Alvey”<br>June 26, 2023 â Guest</p> 579 580 581 582<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 583<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brian sheds light on how WordPress VIP builds tools for improvement in search, security, analytics, and digital asset management for enterprise-level clients. He also talks about how hiring psychologically-driven people who are responsible and communicate well is important when building remote teams. Brian shares different experiences, including working with well-known brands, famous investors, and his friend Jason, and also gives insights on the role and responsibilities of a CTO.</p> 584</blockquote> 585 586 587 588<h2 class="wp-block-heading">WPVIP Executive Roundtable</h2> 589 590 591 592<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“AI Experimentation”<br>May 30, 2023 â Speaker</p> 593 594 595 596<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dan Walmsley, a lead engineer on Automattic’s Applied AI team, and I discussed our AI product work and led a private roundtable discussion with tech leaders from dozens of enterprise companies who shared their challenges with integrating new AI products into their workflows.</p> 597 598 599 600<h2 class="wp-block-heading">VIP Live! With 10up</h2> 601 602 603 604<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Lessons Learned From Going Headless”<br>July 13, 2022 â San Francisco, CA â Speaker</p> 605 606 607 608<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 609<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hear from Phil Crumm, SVP Marketing & Growth at 10up, and Brian Alvey, CTO of WordPress VIP as they discuss lessons learned from going headless and their predictions for this technology going forward.</p> 610</blockquote> 611 612 613 614<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/69xJCJIMbIcNZhMEyleKJt">StreamYard Connect Ep43</a></h2> 615 616 617 618<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Create Video Clips for Your Live Streams with Brian Alvey”<br>September 9, 2020 â Guest</p> 619 620 621 622<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 623<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On StreamYardConnect with Ross Brand, Answers RN founder and Clipisode CEO Brian Alvey talks about how Answers RN helps you easily create snackable video clips for social media and your live streaming broadcasts. You can use AnswersRN to make short video clips to play in your StreamYard live streams.</p> 624</blockquote> 625 626 627 628<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqcsP_Kf4C8">Zoomin Customer Experience Series</a></h2> 629 630 631 632<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The Power of Video Stories from Real People”<br>July 22, 2020 â Guest</p> 633 634 635 636<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 637<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Join Megan Gilhooly and Scott Abel for a chat with serial entrepreneur Brian Alvey, the founder of Weblogs, a web publishing platform he and his co-founder sold to AOL for $25 million. We’ll discuss why Alvey says he was born with publishing in his DNA and we’ll learn about his latest adventure building a product he believes can that help people leverage video content in powerful ways.</p> 638</blockquote> 639 640 641 642<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://jeffisfunny.com/2020/05/episode-2-podcast/"><strong>The Jeff Dwoskin Show</strong></a></h2> 643 644 645 646<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“All the Answers Right Now”<br>May 25, 2020 â Guest</p> 647 648 649 650<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 651<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Looking to make fast, amazing Q&A videos? Youâll love my interview with Brian Alvey, CEO of Answers RN, an app that has revolutionized Q&A sessions.</p> 652</blockquote> 653 654 655 656<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://thisweekinstartups.com/e1000-1000th-episode-retrospective-jason-twist-lifers-lon-harris-brian-alvey-tyler-crowley-re-live-favorite-moments-guests-highlighting-innovations-in-podcasting-tech-over-the-last-decade/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 657 658 659 660<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 1000”<br>November 12, 2019 â San Francisco, CA â Guest</p> 661 662 663 664<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 665<p class="wp-block-paragraph">1000th Episode Retrospective! Jason & TWiST lifers Lon Harris, Brian Alvey, & Tyler Crowley re-live favorite moments & guests, highlighting innovations in podcasting & tech over the last decade, hitting global trends & whatâs in store for the next 1000.</p> 666</blockquote> 667 668 669 670<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://vidcon.com/agenda/13615/rapid-fire-6-minute-case-studies/">VidCon</a></h2> 671 672 673 674<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Rapid-Fire 6 Minute Case-Studies”<br>July 11, 2019 â Anaheim, CA â Speaker</p> 675 676 677 678<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 679<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tired of long boring case studies? Come see the top 7 case studies for 2018/2019 as curated by the Vidcon Advisory board. Hosted by Gabe Gordon of Reach Agency, this is your chance to see the newest, best-in-class case studies from influencers to Instagram and KPIs to ROI. No nonsense, just the facts â delivered directly from top brands and agencies in 6 minutes. Brands represented include Microsoft, Express, EA, Nationwide, Tinder, Chipotle and Netflix.</p> 680</blockquote> 681 682 683 684<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://medium.com/the-business-of-content/he-sold-his-blog-network-to-aol-for-25-million-and-that-was-just-the-beginning-b0233a261987"><strong>The Business of Content</strong></a></h2> 685 686 687 688<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“He sold his blog network to AOL for $25 million. And that was just the beginning”<br>November 18, 2018 â Guest</p> 689 690 691 692<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 693<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I interviewed Alvey about what it was like to run a blog network in Web 2.0âs early days, how he ended up in a 45 minute meeting with Jeff Bezos, and why the iPad failed to save the media industry.</p> 694</blockquote> 695 696 697 698<h2 class="wp-block-heading">
698<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-use-video-to-drive-business-results-tickets-50374496475">SF Video Marketers Meetup</a></h2> 699 700 701 702<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“How to Use Video to Drive Business Results”<br>October 4, 2018 â San Francisco, CA â Speaker</p> 703 704 705 706<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Renee Teeley from the animated video platform <a href="https://www.powtoon.com/">Powtoon</a> hosted a panel with video marketing experts, including Scott Frost from <a href="https://www.adobe.com/">Adobe</a> and Harrison Westwater from <a href="https://www.cnet.com/">CNET</a>.</p> 707 708 709 710<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://vidconaustralia.com/agenda/11173/hands-on-with-the-top-tools-revolutionizing-online-video/">VidCon Australia</a></h2> 711 712 713 714<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Hands-On with the Top Tools Revolutionizing Online Video”<br>September 1, 2018 â Melbourne, Victoria, Australia â Speaker</p> 715 716 717 718<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted a hands-on session at <a href="http://vidconaustralia.com/">VidCon Australia</a> bringing together “some of the top new products, apps, and programs in a demo format with audience Q&A. These tools can help you optimize your content, maximize your total reach, identify and work with influencers, embrace and identify user-generated content, and make creating online content easier.” Presenting companies included <a href="https://vidiq.com/">VidIQ</a>, <a href="https://www.adobe.com/">Adobe</a>, <a href="https://storyful.com/">Storyful</a>, <a href="https://clipisode.co/">Clipisode</a>, and <a href="https://peg.co/">Peg</a>. During our presentation we announced Clipisode’s new <a href="https://brianalvey.com/2018/09/12/automatic-captions-on-every-clip/">automatic captions</a> feature â and we demonstrated it live with an audience member. It was amazing.</p> 719 720 721 722<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://vidconaustralia.com/agenda/11173/hands-on-with-the-top-tools-revolutionizing-online-video/">PayPal Innovation Lab</a></h2> 723 724 725 726<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The Titans of Viral Marketing”<br>August 2, 2018 â San Jose, CA â Speaker</p> 727 728 729 730<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I gave a private talk and Q&A at PayPal’s Silicon Valley HQ, examining legendary products like PayPal, Hotmail, Dropbox that had viral marketing power built into their core loops.</p> 731 732 733 734<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://entrefest.com/">Entrefest</a></h2> 735 736 737 738<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Human Creativity vs. The Inevitable Domination of AI”<br>May 17, 2018 â Cedar Rapids, IA â Speaker</p> 739 740 741 742<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 743<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What does it mean to be creative? What chance do you have at being remarkable when everyone on the planet has a supercomputer in their hand and new equalizing technologies appear every few years? Brian Alvey explores the challenges that creators face in our technology-dominated world â challenges that also show up in movies like <em>Sound City</em>, <em>Timâs Vermeer</em> and <em>The Incredibles</em>.</p> 744</blockquote> 745 746 747 748<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/news-roundtable-iain-thomson-brian-alve/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 749 750 751 752<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 811”<br>April 13, 2018 â San Francisco, CA â Guest</p> 753 754 755 756<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a news roundtable episode, <a href="https://twitter.com/iainthomson">Iain Thomson</a> of The Register and I talked about Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress, Facebookâs data dilemma, Trump ordering a USPS review, YouTube’s demonetization fallout, self-driving car accidents and the dangers of human distraction.</p> 757 758 759 760<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://rossandnez.com/2018/01/28/new-app-makes-video-creation-simpler-with-clipisode-founder-brian-alvey-ross-nez-015/">Ross & Nez</a></h2> 761 762 763 764<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“How To Make Videos Easily and Inclusive”<br>January 27, 2018 â Guest</p> 765 766 767 768<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 769<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brain Alvey builds software that makes creative people more powerful. The founder of Clipisode, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaH2yAZ804E">Brian joins Ross & Nez</a>
769 to discuss how the app simplifies the process of creating videos for social media. Clipisode makes you the host of your own 5-minute daily talk show, featuring your friends and fans. Itâs a great fit for Instagram with square video and for âstoriesâ content on such platforms as Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram.</p> 770</blockquote> 771 772 773 774<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/video/social-marketing-secrets-going-from-nobody-to-noticed/">ZDNet Radio’s Tonya Hall Show</a></h2> 775 776 777 778<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Social Marketing Secrets: Going From Nobody To Noticed”<br>December 11, 2017 â Guest</p> 779 780 781 782<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tonya and I explored how artists can break through the noise to promote their music, the rise of Instagram Stories, music video budgets, Patreon, Grammy nominations and ways to create direct relationships with your fans.</p> 783 784 785 786<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r96W9l_cn8w">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 787 788 789 790<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 782”<br>December 4, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Cohost</p> 791 792 793 794<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 795<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Filmed at LAUNCH Founder.University. Startup Tuneup: Jason Calacanis and Brian Alvey dissect and then perfect pitches in seven verticals: stain-free clothes, outdoor marketplace, political engagement, account data, podcast sharing, healthcare and electric scooters.</p> 796</blockquote> 797 798 799 800<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tq4Yh4d0gM">Helix Academy</a></h2> 801 802 803 804<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Starting Startups and Lessons from a Lifetime of Business”<br>December 3, 2017 â Guest</p> 805 806 807 808<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trevor Carlson and I talked about lessons from a lifetime of entrepreneurship, including how to tell startup winners from the losers, how investments weed people out, resiliency and why you should never go 50-50 in a partnership. I also took audience questions using Clipisode about my biggest failure, podcasts’ impact on marketing, when to monetize your users and advice for adopting new media within traditional marketing teams.</p> 809 810 811 812<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/e9-angel-podcast-ask-an-angel/">Angel Podcast</a></h2> 813 814 815 816<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 9”<br>November 14, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Co-host</p> 817 818 819 820<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 821<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Ask An Angel! Jason Calacanis and Brian Alvey answer investor questions on picking startups, evaluating founders, due diligence, how syndicates work, deal terms and more.”</p> 822</blockquote> 823 824 825 826<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.launchscale.net/">LAUNCH Scale</a></h2> 827 828 829 830<p class="wp-block-paragraph">October 17-18, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Co-host</p> 831 832 833 834<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I ran the SeedInvest Stage at the 4th annual LAUNCH Scale conference, introducing and interviewing an impressive roster of growth experts: <a href="https://twitter.com/rebeccak46">Rebecca Kaden</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/chudson?lang=en">Charles Hudson</a>, <a href="http://www.launchscale.net/agenda">Beth Scheer</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/christian1johan?lang=en">Christian Smith</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/homebrewbeth?lang=en">Andy Artz</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/amandarich">Amanda Richardson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/bobbymercato?lang=en">Bobby Brannigan</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/alignedpartners">Susan Mason</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jasoncosta?lang=en">Jason Costa</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/clara_brenner">Clara Brenner</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/homebrewbeth?lang=en">Sonny Mayugba</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MartijnSch">Martijn Scheijbeler</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/homebrewbeth?lang=en">Mick Liubinskas</a>,
834<a href="https://twitter.com/jennylefcourt">Jenny Lefcourt</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ryancarson">Ryan Carson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/staceycurry?lang=en">Stacey Bishop</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ebencuya">Eitan Bencuya</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hudaman?lang=en">Adam Huda</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/dhassell">David Hassell</a>.</p> 835 836 837 838<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Content-Strategy-Content-Marketing-Pros-Meetup/events/242780088/">Content Marketing Pros Meetup</a></h2> 839 840 841 842<p class="wp-block-paragraph">October 11, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Speaker</p> 843 844 845 846<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted a lunch-and-learn session with fantastic group of technology experts. We created a collaborative video show in just a few minutes using Clipisode and explored all of the ways to easily integrate the app into content marketing workflows.</p> 847 848 849 850<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/9273/274989/creating-social-video-for-brands-and-influencers-in-minutes">Content Wrangler Webinar</a></h2> 851 852 853 854<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Creating Social Video for Brands and Influencers in Minutes”<br>October 10, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Speaker</p> 855 856 857 858<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 859<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Who doesnât want more fame, more influence, more respect and a legion of superfans? But blogging and podcasting are a time suck and building up that legion of superfans will take you years. Great news: thereâs an app for creating quick video shows with your friends and followers that gives them the three things superfans crave: access, attention and acknowledgement.”</p> 860</blockquote> 861 862 863 864<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 865<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“But hasnât this collaborative video thing been tried before? Yes. Dozens of times. But no one else has followed the wisdom of Jerry Springer like the Clipisode team has. Jerry Springer? The talk show guy? Do we have to fight on camera and take paternity tests? Of course not. Not if you donât want to.”</p> 866</blockquote> 867 868 869 870<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I joined Scott Abel for a one-hour webinar that took a deep dive into the collaborative video app Clipisode and showed our new online studio brands and agencies are using to build branded animations for video shows.</p> 871 872 873 874<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/619">This Week In Tech</a></h2> 875 876 877 878<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 619: Honey, I Shrunk the Panel”<br>June 18, 2017 â Petaluma, CA â Guest</p> 879 880 881 882<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 883<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amazon buys Whole Foods, and has its eyes on Slack. Is Apple’s HomePod a Sonos killer? Facebook’s Safety Check causes stress. Twitter’s redesign. Voter fraud conspiracies. E3 announcements. <a href="https://twitter.com/jason">Jason Calacanis</a> guest hosts This Week In Tech with <a href="http://roj.as/">Peter Rojas</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ggdm">Dave Mathews</a> and Brian Alvey.</p> 884</blockquote> 885 886 887 888<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://informationdevelopmentworld.com/sessions/calculated-disruption/">Information Development World</a></h2> 889 890 891 892<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Calculated Disruption”<br>May 15, 2017 â Menlo Park, CA â Speaker</p> 893 894 895 896<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 897<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“They say no business plan survives first contact with customers. Itâs true! When we took our initial product to market, we ran into seven common objections. The customers we thought would be perfect for our product were never going to use it. Using that list of objections as a blueprint for our follow-up product, we not only found market validation â we also ended up inventing a novel <a href="https://clipisode.co/">collaborative video</a> content format.”</p> 898</blockquote> 899 900 901 902<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/bennahum-grueter-lakes-simchowitz/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 903 904 905 906<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 731”<br>May 9, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Co-host</p> 907 908 909 910<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Part 2 of Inside LAUNCH Incubator includes four more startups that have gone through the program. We watch their pitches, give candid feedback and go behind the scenes of the highly competitive Incubator. Featuring David Bennahum from <a href="https://www.getready.io/">Ready</a>, Jennifer Simchowitz from <a href="https://www.keepster.co/">Keepster</a>, Jesse Lakes from <a href="https://www.geni.us/">Genius Link</a> and Dan Grueter from <a href="http://trypoppins.com/">Poppins</a>.</p> 911 912 913 914<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/tyson-woeste-transported-allen-chen-fitbod/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 915 916 917 918<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 730”<br>May 5, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Co-host</p> 919 920 921 922<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jason Calacanis and I talk with LAUNCH Incubator founders about their products, give and receive candid feedback about the highly competitive Incubator, key takeaways, struggles, the funding process, and more. Featuring Tyson Woeste from <a href="http://www.transported.co/">Transported</a> and Allen Chen from <a href="http://fitbod.me/">FitBod</a>.</p> 923 924 925 926<h2 class="wp-block-heading">
926<a href="http://www.launchincubator.co/">LAUNCH Incubator</a></h2> 927 928 929 930<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The Only Superpower A Founder Needs Is Storytelling”<br>April 13, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Host, Featured Speaker</p> 931 932 933 934<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted the LAUNCH Incubator’s fifth class and was the featured speaker, giving a talk on the importance of storytelling for founders.</p> 935 936 937 938<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.launchfestival.com/summits/">LAUNCH Festival Startup Summits</a></h2> 939 940 941 942<p class="wp-block-paragraph">April 6-7, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Host</p> 943 944 945 946<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted the LAUNCH Startup Summits at the Innovation Hangar in the historic <a href="http://www.lovethepalace.org/">Palace of Fine Arts</a> in San Francisco’s Marina District. Expert investors gave feedback to more than 100 startups pitching on stage in a dozen categories â AI & Machine Learning, Health & Biotech, Smart Home, Consumer & Media, Food & Water, Education, VR & AR, Hardware, Cannabis, Drones & Robotics, Enterprise and Fintech.</p> 947 948 949 950<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.launchfestival.com/angel-summit/">Angel Summit</a></h2> 951 952 953 954<p class="wp-block-paragraph">April 5, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Host</p> 955 956 957 958<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted the Sequoia Stage at the LAUNCH Festival’s Angel Summit at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. My guests included <a href="https://twitter.com/ktmboyle">Katherine Boyle</a> (<a href="http://generalcatalyst.com/">General Catalyst</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/robmay">Rob May</a> (<a href="https://talla.com/">Talla</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/stonlyb">Stonly Baptiste</a>(<a href="http://urban.us/">Urban.Us</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/saraannet">Sara Deshpande</a> (<a href="http://www.mavenventures.com/">Maven Ventures</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/tomwilliams">Tom Williams</a> (<a href="https://www.bettercompany.com/interview/">Better Company</a>) and several other successful early-stage investors.</p> 959 960 961 962<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.founder.university/">Founder University</a></h2> 963 964 965 966<p class="wp-block-paragraph">April 3-4, 2017 â San Francisco, CA â Guest Host</p> 967 968 969 970<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted day one of LAUNCH’s first-ever Founder University, “a two-day educational experience for founders who have launched their product but haven’t raised a Series A.” I gave a talk on the importance of storytelling and vetted pitches from ten startups.</p> 971 972 973 974<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.launchscale.net/">LAUNCH Scale</a></h2> 975 976 977 978<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Out of Office, On the Clock: Scaling with Remote Talent”<br>November 15, 2016 â San Francisco, CA â Speaker</p> 979 980 981 982<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 983<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“There are many great reasons to staff your startup with a distributed, remote team. But there are just as many solid reasons to avoid it. Having run eight companies with fully remote teams, Brian will tell you what works, what doesn’t work and what you need to watch out for if you’ve taken VC money.”</p> 984</blockquote> 985 986 987 988<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.launchscale.net/">LAUNCH Scale</a></h2> 989 990 991 992<p class="wp-block-paragraph">November 14-15, 2016 â San Francisco, CA â Co-host</p> 993 994 995 996<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The 3rd annual LAUNCH Scale conference was held on two stages at Bespoke Coworking’s private event venue in Westfield San Francisco Centre.</p> 997 998 999 1000<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I ran the Cisco Stage and had the pleasure of introducing and interviewing some incredible speakers including <a href="https://twitter.com/amandarich01">Amanda Richardson</a> (<a href="https://www.hoteltonight.com/">Hotel Tonight</a>), <a href="http://twitter.com/marhershenson">Mar Hershenson</a> (<a href="http://www.pear.vc/">Pear.vc</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonDemant">Jason Demant</a> (<a href="http://www.bentonow.com/">Bento</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/satyap">Satya Patel</a> (<a href="http://homebrew.co/">Homebrew</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunabe">Shaun Abrahamson</a> (<a href="http://urban.us/">Urban Us</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/jheltzel">John Heltzel</a> (<a href="http://www.losaltosadvisors.com/">Los Altos Advisors</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/SonnyMayugba">Sonny Mayugba</a> (<a href="http://waitrapp.com/">Waitr</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/ktmboyle">Katherine Boyle</a> (<a href="http://generalcatalyst.com/">General Catalyst</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/jtriest">Jonathon Triest</a> (<a href="http://ludlowventures.com/">Ludlow Ventures</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/MelodyMcC">Melody McCloskey</a> (<a href="https://www.styleseat.com/">StyleSeat</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/dhassell">David Hassell</a> (<a href="https://www.15five.com/">15Five</a>) and <a href="https://twitter.com/adelynzhou">Adelyn Zhou</a> (<a href="http://www.topbots.com/">TopBots</a>).</p> 1001 1002 1003 1004<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/581">This Week In Tech</a></h2> 1005 1006 1007 1008<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 581: You Can Pay to See It All”<br>September 25, 2016 â Petaluma, CA â Guest</p> 1009 1010 1011 1012<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1013<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Is Apple late to the VR/AR game? Has Palmer Luckey’s support of Trump trolls hurt Oculus? Who will buy Twitter? Snapchat announces $130 camera Spectacles. And Yahoo has possibly the largest data breach ever. <a href="https://twitter.com/jason">Jason Calacanis</a> guest hosts This Week In Tech with <a href="https://twitter.com/benparr">Ben Parr</a>, <a href="http://scobleizer.com/">Robert Scoble</a> and Brian Alvey.</p> 1014</blockquote> 1015 1016 1017 1018<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxealUcepxQ">Threat Surface</a></h2> 1019 1020 1021 1022<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 12”<br>July 22, 2016 â Los Angeles, CA â Featured Guest</p> 1023 1024 1025 1026<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1027<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Every startup is its story. In this episode, Julie and Brian explore the fascinating relationship between startups and narrative.”</p> 1028</blockquote> 1029 1030 1031 1032<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://vidcon.com/sessions/new-business-models-online-video/">VidCon</a></h2> 1033 1034 1035 1036<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“New Business Models for Online Video”<br>June 24, 2016 â Anaheim, CA â Moderator</p> 1037 1038 1039 1040<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The panel I hosted featured <a href="https://twitter.com/Strawburry17">Meghan Camarena</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/kennhenman">Kenn Henman</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryonschafer">Bryon Schafer</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mojism">Moj Mahdara</a>.</p> 1041 1042 1043 1044<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1045<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“From tip jars to subscription services, sponsored videos, fan tours, branded merchandise and more, this session explores new ways to monetize the powerful direct connection between a successful online video property and its passionate and loyal community.”</p> 1046</blockquote> 1047 1048 1049 1050<h2 class="wp-block-heading">
1050<a href="http://www.launchfestival.com/scalestage/">LAUNCH Festival Scale Stage</a></h2> 1051 1052 1053 1054<p class="wp-block-paragraph">March 3-4, 2016 â San Francisco, CA â Host</p> 1055 1056 1057 1058<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted the LAUNCH Scale stage in the gorgeous <a href="http://fortmason.org/venue/cowell-theater/">Cowell Theater</a> at Fort Mason. My speakers included <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilio">Sahil Jain</a> from AdStage, <a href="https://twitter.com/marshallk">Marshall Kirkpatrick</a> from Little Bird, <a href="https://twitter.com/annekejong">Anneke Jong</a> from Reserve, <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffreyPfeffer">Jeffrey Pfeffer</a>from Stanford Business, <a href="https://twitter.com/JedKatz">Jed Katz</a> from Javelin Venture Partners, <a href="https://twitter.com/adelynzhou">Adelyn Zhou</a> from Alight Labs and many more experts on growth hacking. One of our guests was unable to speak, so I did a 20-minute Ask Me Anything session taking questions from the audience.</p> 1059 1060 1061 1062<h2 class="wp-block-heading">LAUNCH Festival</h2> 1063 1064 1065 1066<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Introducing Clipisode”<br>March 2, 2016 â San Francisco, CA â Presenter</p> 1067 1068 1069 1070<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Max and I gave a preview of Clipisode at the 15,000-attendee LAUNCH Festival startup competition in San Francisco.</p> 1071 1072 1073 1074<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.launchfestival.com/angelsummit/">Angel Summit</a></h2> 1075 1076 1077 1078<p class="wp-block-paragraph">March 1, 2016 â San Francisco, CA â Host</p> 1079 1080 1081 1082<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted the LAUNCH Festival’s Angel Summit at Fort Mason in San Francisco. My guests included <a href="https://twitter.com/gilpenchina">Gil Penchina</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/cyantist">Cyan Banister</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/peterpham">Peter Pham</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/pauljudge">Paul Judge</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/stephpalmeri">Steph Palmeri</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jtriest">Jonathon Triest</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dsamuel">David Samuel</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/fabricegrinda">Fabrice Grinda</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/tomwilliams">Tom Williams</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielleMORRILL">Danielle Morrill</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonlk">Jason Lemkin</a> and several other successful early-stage investors.</p> 1083 1084 1085 1086<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://launchhackathon.com/">LAUNCH Hackathon</a></h2> 1087 1088 1089 1090<p class="wp-block-paragraph">February 28, 2016 â San Francisco, CA â Judge</p> 1091 1092 1093 1094<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1095<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“1,000 confirmed developers and designers will join us the weekend before LAUNCH Festival, competing for up to $1M in investment. 250 teams of four will spend 48 hours creating a company, with the top five making it to the main stage of the LAUNCH Festival on Friday where they will be given two minutes to show their creations before a grilling from our judges! The Grand Jury will select the top projects and invite up to four of them to the LAUNCH Incubator â which comes with a $250,000 investment.”</p> 1096</blockquote> 1097 1098 1099 1100<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.launchincubator.co/">LAUNCH Incubator</a></h2> 1101 1102 1103 1104<p class="wp-block-paragraph">May 14, 2015 â San Francisco, CA â Guest Host</p> 1105 1106 1107 1108<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hosted the LAUNCH Incubator’s second class. My special guest was <a href="https://twitter.com/shellen">Jason Shellen</a> from Pinterest.</p> 1109 1110 1111 1112<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://digitaltechdiary.com/the-influencers-brian-alvey-entrepreneur-wcm-guru-recurrency-ceo/1941/">The Influencer Podcast</a></h2> 1113 1114 1115 1116<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Influencer Podcast”<br>April 29, 2015 â Guest</p> 1117 1118 1119 1120<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1121<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Brian is a great person to talk to, he has a great story and it’s not all wonderful things. What you learn from Brian is that being an entrepreneur has its ups and downs. Although I comment in the beginning that everyone should know him, he’s honest in saying that many people donât and that’s not a problem for him. He’s doing what he loves.”</p> 1122</blockquote> 1123 1124 1125 1126<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/blogs/cloud-computing/2015/04/09/brian-alvey-the-real-creative-cloud-is-made-of-people/">IBM “Thoughts on Cloud” interview with Marc Perton</a></h2> 1127 1128 1129 1130<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Brian Alvey: The real creative cloud is made of people”<br>April 9, 2015 â Guest</p> 1131 1132 1133 1134<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1135<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“In this interview with Thoughts On Cloud, Alvey reflects on his experience creating new platforms â and how some of the same concepts that make cloud computing an efficie
1135nt way to operate a business apply equally well to managing other resources, including human resources.”</p> 1136</blockquote> 1137 1138 1139 1140<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwVqvNYZAxI">LAUNCH Festival</a></h2> 1141 1142 1143 1144<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Introducing Recurrency”<br>March 2, 2015 â San Francisco, CA â Presenter</p> 1145 1146 1147 1148<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We introduced Recurrency on stage at the 11,700-attendee LAUNCH Festival startup competition in San Francisco and won the “Best Incubator Company” prize.</p> 1149 1150 1151 1152<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/no-holds-barred-part-2/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1153 1154 1155 1156<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 501”<br>December 18, 2014 â San Francisco, CA â Host</p> 1157 1158 1159 1160<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1161<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It’s the Jason ‘no holds barred’ interview, Part 2! Our celebration of Episode #500 continues into Episode #501 as Brian Alvey, Jason’s lifelong friend (and very first TWIST guest) commandeers the host’s seat and puts Jason in the hot seat.”</p> 1162</blockquote> 1163 1164 1165 1166<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/episode500-part1/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1167 1168 1169 1170<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 500”<br>December 18, 2014 â San Francisco, CA â Host</p> 1171 1172 1173 1174<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1175<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Brian Alvey, Jason’s lifelong friend (and very first TWIST guest!) commandeers the host’s seat and puts Jason in the hot seat for a riveting ‘no holds barred’ interview. Tune in to hear Jason’s unfiltered answers to Brian’s and fans’ questions about his legacy, triumphs with LAUNCH, troubles with Mahalo, the Uber controversy, the plummeting quality of journalism, his favorite TWIST episodes, essential qualities in a founder, what he’s got to prove, why he’s going supernova in 2015 â and much, much more.”</p> 1176</blockquote> 1177 1178 1179 1180<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140811194730-24171-startups-are-about-scale">LAUNCH Scale</a></h2> 1181 1182 1183 1184<p class="wp-block-paragraph">October 23-24, 2014 â San Francisco, CA â Co-host</p> 1185 1186 1187 1188<p class="wp-block-paragraph">LAUNCH Scale is a two-day conference featuring stellar, highly tactical speakers. Unlike the LAUNCH Festival, which is for startups who have raised little or no money and are debuting for the first time on stage, LAUNCH Scale is for companies that have raised at least an A round and now need to scale their business on every front: technology, design, talent, money raising, marketing and sales.</p> 1189 1190 1191 1192<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2014/06/30/brett-terpstras-systematic-podcast/">Systematic Podcast</a></h2> 1193 1194 1195 1196<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Startup Religions with Brian Alvey”<br>June 24, 2014 â Featured Guest</p> 1197 1198 1199 1200<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1201<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Brett chats with Brian Alvey, chief scientist of Ceros and an entrepreneur, investor and advisor. The conversation covers meeting the creators of the most popular technologies, startup ‘religions,’ meditation and more.”</p> 1202</blockquote> 1203 1204 1205 1206<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://contently.com/strategist/2014/03/10/the-contently-show-brian-alvey-on-how-nimble-publishers-survive/">The Contently Show</a></h2> 1207 1208 1209 1210<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“How Nimble Publishers Survive”<br>March 10, 2014 â New York, NY â Featured Guest</p> 1211 1212 1213 1214<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1215<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“On this week’s Contently show, Brian Alvey, the Chief Scientist and Chairman at Ceros, talks with Contently CCO Shane Snow about how the nimble survive, and those fighting a publishing war from 10 years ago inevitably fail. Also debated: the mobile opportunity for brands, dogs vs. kids, and the coolest startup in New York.”</p> 1216</blockquote> 1217 1218 1219 1220<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://festival.launch.co/">LAUNCH Festival</a></h2> 1221 1222 1223 1224<p class="wp-block-paragraph">February 24-26, 2014 â San Francisco, CA â Grand Jury Judge</p> 1225 1226 1227 1228<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hundreds of competing companies. More than 9,000 attendees registered. A ridiculous amount of prize money. The largest startup conference on earth â again.</p> 1229 1230 1231 1232<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The LAB Miami</h2> 1233 1234 1235 1236<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“A Religion of One”<br>July 26, 2013 â Miami, FL â Speaker</p> 1237 1238 1239 1240<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In <a href="http://thelabmiami.com/">The LAB Miami</a>‘
1240s first ever fireside chat I told the story of how I found my own personal startup religion.</p> 1241 1242 1243 1244<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://istrategyconference.com/events/miami-13/">iStrategy Conference</a></h2> 1245 1246 1247 1248<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Brand Publishing’s Secret Weapon”<br>April 23-24, 2013 â Miami, FL â Speaker</p> 1249 1250 1251 1252<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1253<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Retail brands and marketing teams have figured out that they need to become publishers because quality content drives SEO and, more importantly, social media conversations. Effective content marketing is increasingly becoming the difference between winning and losing customers. The two biggest challenges for brands taking on publishing are strategy and tools. In this case study, Brian will share his content strategy rules and give the first public demo of Ceros, brand publishing’s secret weapon.”</p> 1254</blockquote> 1255 1256 1257 1258<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://festival.launch.co/">LAUNCH Festival</a></h2> 1259 1260 1261 1262<p class="wp-block-paragraph">March 4-6, 2013 â San Francisco, CA â Grand Jury Judge</p> 1263 1264 1265 1266<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hundreds of competing companies. More than 6,000 attendees registered. The largest startup conference on earth.</p> 1267 1268 1269 1270<h2 class="wp-block-heading">American Express</h2> 1271 1272 1273 1274<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The 3 Rules of Online Storytelling”<br>July 24, 2012 â New York, NY â Speaker</p> 1275 1276 1277 1278<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Private talk on the brand publishing revolution for the American Express Global Marketing Team.</p> 1279 1280 1281 1282<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://bit.ly/16wr2Ao">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1283 1284 1285 1286<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 266”<br>June 15, 2012 â Los Angeles, CA â Featured Guest</p> 1287 1288 1289 1290<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was on a news roundtable episode with <a href="https://twitter.com/simonberg">Simon Berg</a> of <a href="https://www.ceros.com/">Ceros</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ggdm">Dave Mathews</a> of <a href="https://www.newaer.com/">NewAer</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mixergy">Andrew Warner</a> of <a href="http://mixergy.com/">Mixergy</a>.</p> 1291 1292 1293 1294<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJi1Riz1vcE">SIIA Strategic & Investment Conference</a></h2> 1295 1296 1297 1298<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“A Seat at the Table: Crowd Fusion”<br>May 10, 2012 â San Francisco, CA â Speaker</p> 1299 1300 1301 1302<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1303<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Working with the major platforms can be a big challenge. In this session, Crowd Fusion CEO Brian Alvey shares experiences and war stories gained working on behalf of major publishers interacting with Apple, Facebook, Android and other platforms. Learn what drives each of their strategy and what you might expect going forward.</p> 1304</blockquote> 1305 1306 1307 1308<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Showtime</h2> 1309 1310 1311 1312<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It’s Showtime! 10 Ways to Create Value Now”<br>December 7, 2011 â New York, NY â Speaker</p> 1313 1314 1315 1316<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Private talk on creating value.</p> 1317 1318 1319 1320<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/thisweekin-startups/news-panel-with-brian-alvey-and-dave-mathews-on-this-week-in-startups-171/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1321 1322 1323 1324<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 171”<br>July 29, 2011 â New York, NY â Featured Guest</p> 1325 1326 1327 1328<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was on a news roundtable episode with <a href="https://twitter.com/ggdm">Dave Mathews</a> of <a href="https://www.newaer.com/">NewAer</a>.</p> 1329 1330 1331 1332<h2 class="wp-block-heading">RightScale CloudExpo</h2> 1333 1334 1335 1336<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Embracing Failure”<br>June 8, 2011 â New York, NY â Speaker</p> 1337 1338 1339 1340<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1341<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Integrating content management systems for global media companies with multiple properties is nothing new to Crowd Fusion CEO Brian Alvey. But when faced with a tight window of time to get TMZ migrated off its old platform plus ensure its compatibility with the then-new iPad, Brian knew he needed the cloud but didn’t have time for the learning curve. He relates how he was able to launch on time, impress his customers, and get a comprehensive view into his entire cloud infrastru
1341cture thanks to RightScale.”</p> 1342</blockquote> 1343 1344 1345 1346<h2 class="wp-block-heading">paidContent Mobile</h2> 1347 1348 1349 1350<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Too Many Choices?”<br>May 18, 2011 â New York, NY â Panelist</p> 1351 1352 1353 1354<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://twitter.com/tomkrazit">Tom Krazit</a> grilled <a href="https://twitter.com/fran_hauser">Fran Hauser</a> of <a href="http://www.timeinc.com/">Time Inc</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/philosophygeek">Mark Johnson</a> of <a href="http://zite.com/">Zite</a> and me on the mobile app landscape.</p> 1355 1356 1357 1358<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1359<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Content publishers large and small face difficult choices about how to use often limited resources with a growing number of platforms and business models in mind. Is an iOS app a must? Is Android’s open marketplace the best place to launch? When should Windows Phone 7, webOS or BlackBerry OS be in the mix? Does a rich browser option make the most sense? And which option offers the most profit potential?”</p> 1360</blockquote> 1361 1362 1363 1364<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Streaming Media East CDN Summit</h2> 1365 1366 1367 1368<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“CDN and Cloud Convergence”<br>May 9, 2011 â New York, NY â Panelist</p> 1369 1370 1371 1372<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was on a panel moderated by <a href="https://twitter.com/jrosenberg">Jacob Rosenberg</a>, Senior Technical Director of Web Operations at <a href="https://www.aol.com/">AOL</a>, which included <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/">Amazon CloudFront</a> GM <a href="https://twitter.com/tsaraf">Tal Saraf</a> and <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/">AccuWeather</a> CIO <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenRSmith">Steve Smith</a>.</p> 1373 1374 1375 1376<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1377<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“As the capabilities of cloud-based infrastructure services expand, they begin to encroach upon that of content delivery networks. Major providers such as Amazon have built their own CDNs, while SoftLayer and Rackspace have partnered into this space. In the traditional CDN business, more sophisticated content can be delivered in ways that begin to approach Platform as a Service offerings. Is the CDN concept becoming just a specialized application hosted on the Cloud? What are the distinctions between them, and should infrastructure providers and major consumers consider consolidating?”</p> 1378</blockquote> 1379 1380 1381 1382<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://bdconf.com/2011/dallas/">Breaking Development</a></h2> 1383 1384 1385 1386<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“A Perfect Storm: When Mobile Met The Cloud”<br>April 11-12, 2011 â Dallas, TX â Speaker</p> 1387 1388 1389 1390<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1391<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“When Brian Alvey and his team set out to build another enterprise-grade content management platform, they expected the focus would be on traditional websites like Crowd Fusion’s first customer, TMZ. However, breakthroughs in both mobile technology and cloud computing have resulted in Crowd Fusion powering mobile apps like Best Buy’s Tecca and News Corp’s ground-breaking tablet-only news publication, The Daily.”</p> 1392</blockquote> 1393 1394 1395 1396<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1397<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Brian will share behind-the-scenes stories about publishing for mobile apps in the cloud and show how you can capitalize on convergence.”</p> 1398</blockquote> 1399 1400 1401 1402<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://bit.ly/13tbLgL">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1403 1404 1405 1406<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 129”<br>April 1, 2011 â Featured Guest</p> 1407 1408 1409 1410<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was on TWiSt’s first ever news roundtable with <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/">DocStoc</a> CEO <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonnazar">Jason Nazar</a> and author <a href="https://twitter.com/jaltucher">James Altucher</a>.</p> 1411 1412 1413 1414<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://schedule.sxsw.com/2011/events/event_IAP000644">SxSW Interactive</a></h2> 1415 1416 1417 1418<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Sites, Servers, Action! Cloud Computing Goes Hollywood”<br>March 14, 2011 â Austin, TX â Speaker</p> 1419 1420 1421 1422<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With <a href="http://www.warnerbros.com/">Warner Bros</a> SVP <a href="https://twitter.com/bobmohler">Bob Mohler</a>, I gave a behind the scenes look at large media brands that have embraced the cloud.</p> 1423 1424 1425 1426<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1427<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Popular brands like celebrity gossip site TMZ and News Corp’
1427s iPad news app The Daily run on Crowd Fusion â entirely in Amazon’s cloud. Join Crowd Fusion CEO Brian Alvey and Warner Bros/Telepictures SVP of Digital Media Bob Mohler and learn how cloud computing has graduated from geek hobby to mainstream business use. You’ll hear real stories of successes and failures from the trenches, plus find the answers to all of your cloud questions in our Q&A.”</p> 1428</blockquote> 1429 1430 1431 1432<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://blog.launch.co/blog/l009-launch-conference-winners-why-they-won.html">LAUNCH Conference</a></h2> 1433 1434 1435 1436<p class="wp-block-paragraph">February 23-24, 2011 â San Francisco, CA â Grand Jury Judge</p> 1437 1438 1439 1440<p class="wp-block-paragraph">LAUNCH is “the best place to launch your startup, raise money and learn about starting a company.” I spent 3 days watching hot new companies compete for prizes and funding â and helped choose the winners.</p> 1441 1442 1443 1444<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/39">The Big Web Show</a></h2> 1445 1446 1447 1448<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 39”<br>February 17, 2011 â Featured Guest</p> 1449 1450 1451 1452<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1453<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“<a href="https://twitter.com/zeldman">Jeffrey Zeldman</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/danbenjamin">Dan Benjamin</a> are joined by Brian Alvey to discuss the early days of the web, balancing products and services, taking big meetings, what’s coming next for Content Management Systems, being a small publisher, and moving toward bigger platforms.”</p> 1454</blockquote> 1455 1456 1457 1458<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://myventurepad.com/virtual-summit-2010">MyVenturePad Virtual Summit</a></h2> 1459 1460 1461 1462<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Check, Please: Maximizing Your IT Savings”<br>September 28, 2010 â Panelist</p> 1463 1464 1465 1466<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Moderated by William McNee of Saugatech Research, I was on a cloud economics panel with Deborah Farrington of Starvest Partners and Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures.</p> 1467 1468 1469 1470<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1471<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“One great advantage of On-Demand is that it allows SMEs to focus their budgets on competitive advantage rather than infrastructure. What are the downsides, if any? Followed by a Q&A.”</p> 1472</blockquote> 1473 1474 1475 1476<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Audience Conference</h2> 1477 1478 1479 1480<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“An Abundance of Tools, An Absence of Craft”<br>August 14, 2010 â New York, NY â Speaker</p> 1481 1482 1483 1484<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On stage at the famous comedy club <a href="http://www.carolines.com/">Caroline’s on Broadway</a>, I talked about the talent side of attracting, engaging and monetizing audiences.</p> 1485 1486 1487 1488<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/thisweekin-startups/this-week-in-startups-70-with-brian-alvey/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1489 1490 1491 1492<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 70”<br>August 13, 2010 â Los Angeles, CA â Featured Guest</p> 1493 1494 1495 1496<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://twitter.com/jason">Jason Calacanis</a> and I gave advice to entrepreneurs who called into his show. Then we discussed that week’s technology news.</p> 1497 1498 1499 1500<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Amazon AWS Cloud Computing</h2> 1501 1502 1503 1504<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Cloud Changes Everything”<br>June 25, 2010 â New York, NY â Speaker</p> 1505 1506 1507 1508<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Crowd Fusion was one of four startups featured at Amazon’s half-day event, on stage with Amazon.com CTO Dr. Werner Vogels. I gave a behind-the-scenes look at how popular brands like TMZ manage their AWS cloud infrastructure directly from within our CMS.</p> 1509 1510 1511 1512<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/thisweekin-startups/twist-45-with-tony-hsieh/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1513 1514 1515 1516<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 45”<br>March 13, 2010 â Austin, TX â Featured Guest</p> 1517 1518 1519 1520<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was a special guest along with Don Dodge, Matt Coffin and Loren Feldman’s Shel Israel puppet. The main guest was Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.</p> 1521 1522 1523 1524<h2 class="wp-block-heading">NY Tech Meetup</h2> 1525 1526 1527 1528<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Crowd Fusion for Everyone”<br>March 2, 2010 â New York, NY â Speaker</p> 1529 1530 1531 1532<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I’ve built more than a dozen CMSes for use in private companies. Have I finally created one for the public? Will we see an O’Reilly or For Dummies book on Crowd Fusion?</p> 1533 1534 1535 1536<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.building43.com/videos/2009/09/15/crowd-fusion-a-new-blog-approach/">building43</a></h2> 1537 1538 1539 1540<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Crowd Fusion: a new blog approach”<br>September 16, 2009 â Featured Guest</p> 1541 1542 1543 1544<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 1545<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Brian Alvey, who built the content management system behind Engadget and is co-founder of Weblogs, Inc., today helps close out the two-day TechCrunch50 technology conference in San Francisco, Calif., by announcing Crowd Fusion, which provides companies with a new approach to product blogging. In this video recorded before the conference, Alvey discusses the philosophy behind the system which, among other things, allows teams of people to work together on a topic-based site combining concepts of such things as blogs, wikis, news feeds and social networking.”</p> 1546</blockquote> 1547 1548 1549 1550<h2 class="wp-block-heading">TechCrunch50</h2> 1551 1552 1553 1554<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Introducing Crowd Fusion”<br>September 14-15, 2009 â San Francisco, CA â Speaker</p> 1555 1556 1557 1558<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On stage, in front of more than 2,000 TechCrunch50 attendees and thousands more on the live stream, I gave the first ever tour of the Crowd Fusion CMS. Plus I announced our open source program.</p> 1559 1560 1561 1562<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://thisweekinstartups.com/thisweekin-startups/twist-episode-01/">This Week In Startups</a></h2> 1563 1564 1565 1566<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Episode 1”<br>May 1, 2009 â Los Angeles, CA â Featured Guest</p> 1567 1568 1569 1570<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was the first guest ever on Jason Calacanis’s This Week In Startups show.</p> 1571 1572 1573 1574<h2 class="wp-block-heading">SxSW Interactive</h2> 1575 1576 1577 1578<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“CSS: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”<br>March 15, 2004 â Austin, TX â Speaker</p> 1579 1580 1581 1582<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was on the big CSS panel with Tantek Celik, Doug Bowman, Kimberly Blessing and Eric Meyer. I showed how I was making WYSIWYG (rich text) editors generate standards-valid markup in production web sites and content management systems.</p> 1583 1584 1585 1586<h2 class="wp-block-heading">SxSW Interactive</h2> 1587 1588 1589 1590<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Monetizing the Blogosphere”<br>March 14, 2004 â Austin, TX â Speaker</p> 1591 1592 1593 1594<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jason Calacanis and I told a skeptical crowd about our plans to build a blogging business, plus gave an overview of all the online and offline revenue streams, marketing concepts and exit strategies available to bloggers in 2004.</p> 1595 1596 1597 1598<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Meet The Makers</h2> 1599 1600 1601 1602<p class="wp-block-paragraph">November 6, 2002 â New York, NY â Host</p> 1603 1604 1605 1606<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My third Meet The Makers conference featured interviews with Matt Unger, Executive Producer of <a href="http://www.zagat.com/">Zagat.com</a>, Flash legend Joshua Davis of <a href="http://www.praystation.com/">Praystation</a> and Web design hero <a href="http://www.hillmancurtis.com/">Hillman Curtis</a>. Our Web Standards panel included <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/">Jeffrey Zeldman</a> from <a href="http://www.webstandards.org/">The Web Standards Project</a> and <a href="http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/">Eric Meyer</a> from <a href="http://www.netscape.com/">Netscape</a>.</p> 1607 1608 1609 1610<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Meet The Makers</h2> 1611 1612 1613 1614<p class="wp-block-paragraph">October 21, 2002 â San Francisco, CA â Host</p> 1615 1616 1617 1618<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My second Meet The Makers event featured interviews with the talent behind <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.mapblast.com/">MapBlast</a>, <a href="http://www.etrade.com/">E*TRADE Financial</a> and <a href="http://www.veen.com/jeff/">Jeffrey Veen</a>. Our “Web Standards and the Future of the Web” panel included <a href="http://www.tantek.com/">Tantek Ãelik</a> from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a>, Arun Ranganathan from <a href="http://www.netscape.com/">Netscape</a> and <a href="http://www.stopdesign.com/">Doug Bowman</a> of <a href="http://www.wired.com/">Wired</a>.</p> 1619 1620 1621 1622<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Meet The Makers</h2> 1623 1624 1625 1626<p class="wp-block-paragraph">April 23, 2002 â New York, NY â Host</p> 1627 1628 1629 1630<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My first Meet The Makers event featured “behind-the-screens” interviews with Dwight Merriman, CTO, creator and co-founder of <a href="http://www.doubleclick.com/">DoubleClick</a>, Enzo Micali, CTO of <a href="http://www.1-800-flowers.com/">1-800-Flowers.com</a>, Dave Bovenschulte, VP of Product Development, <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/">TV Guide Online</a>, Tom Romer of <a href="http://www.choppingblock.com/">The Chopping Block</a> and Mark Conway and Jon Lynch, the VP’s of Engineering and Architecture from <a href="http://www.monster.com/">Monster</a>.</p>
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