Megashift - New Trends in Business

We had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Developer Relations pioneer and Author Caroline Lewko of DevRel.Agency about her journey in the tech field and how Developer Relations remains central to the rapidly evolving field of AI. Caroline shared fascinating reflections from navigating the early mobile days and lessons learned that can be applied to the wild west of AI. Specifically, we discussed how AI is impacting DevRel strategies and what skills needed to succeed in the realm of supporting developer ecosystems and hashtag#devtools. Caroline emphasized the importance of curiosity to stay current as technologies rapidly change. If you're interested in DevRel strategies, community building or lessons from a true pioneer in the field, check out our discussion on Megashift - New Trends in Business! Resourceshttps://www.devrel.agency/post/meet-c...https://www.devrel.agency/book

Ben Loeb and I met at American University during undergrad. Since then, he spent 7 years cutting his teeth at Microsoft as a marketer. Now he is the FIRST MARKETING RESEARCH HIRE at Compass. And he’s sure to be doing some big things there. In this interview, we chat about his background in marketing research, product marketing, business consulting, and corporate strategy. We focus on some of the ways he’s collaborating with designers, engineers, and other marketers to bring make sure the customer's voice is front and center.

TREND ALERT: Tapuya Brands acquires native Amazon private label products and turns them into consumer-valued brands on and beyond Amazon. Iaasc Linson is leading the charge and building a business to seize the market opportunity. He has great enthusiasm for this new model and we chat about it here. Using proprietary technology, the company discovers and buys high revenue, above-average margin, and category moat businesses that are native to Amazon with low or zero off Amazon brand presence.Upon acquisition, the company onboards, optimizes, and helps to enliven the brand story. As seasoned brand creators, storytellers and managers, they know consumers value brands over products.What drives valuations high for brands is customer loyalty and the data collected around this. The firm plan to leverage the increased value of these brand on and beyond Amazon through social marketing, search, product development, and supply chain management, leading to substantial financial and operating growth.

Together we learn about Enas Hassan's background as a multimedia artist. Her current role is Coordinator of the International ANDY Awards. In this series of videos we look at how her roots as an artist inform the work she does to curate and coordinate the global awards show.

HBCU.vc is an organization connecting and equipping the next generation of students, innovators, and investors at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's) with knowledge, exposure, coaching and hands-on experience learning about Venture Capital. Bie Aweh is a member of the founding team and focuses on talent and curriculum development.

Rob Kleiman sits down with Jonathan Kriner of Tvision Insights to discuss how the company measures "eyes on screen" (the amount of attention paid to advertising and content on TV). The company is introducing market changing technology that allows advertisers to ask: if you run a TV ad, how do you know if people are actually in the room when the ad ran? And are they looking at the screen? This adds sharp qualitative insight to buyers and sellers.

Rob Kleiman sits down with John Lynn of the Studio Project to discuss how Startup accelerator programs are the future of work and the future of education in the New Economy. John is a connector, innovator, and leader in the NYC tech community. Prior to co-founding the Studio Project, which builds accelerators inside the world’s largest public and private institutions, John established the Startup Institute and Techstars programs in NYC.

Micah Kotch, Managing Director of Urban-X, a New York-based Smart Cities Accelerator, discusses the model for accelerating the growth of civic tech startups focused on “Engineering the City as a Service” and making cities more livable, smarter, safer and efficient.