Founder
Ben Parr
President/Co-Founder of 🔥@octane-ai / Author of Captivology / Board member @samasource / Formerly Editor @mashable @cnet-networks / Forbes 30 Under 30
President/Co-Founder of 🔥@octane-ai / Author of Captivology / Board member @samasource / Formerly Editor @mashable @cnet-networks / Forbes 30 Under 30
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Experience
Board Member
Mashable
Co-Editor & Editor-at-Large
Opened Mashable's Silicon Valley office, co-managed Mashable's editorial team, and helped grow the company from 5 million to 50 million page views and from <10 to 50+ employees.
Wrote... more more than 2,400 articles, interviewed everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Mark Zuckerberg, and built extensive networks in technology, entertainment, and media.
Wrote... more more than 2,400 articles, interviewed everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Mark Zuckerberg, and built extensive networks in technology, entertainment, and media.
Founder, Managing Partner
An early-stage venture capital firm that coaches entrepreneurs on marketing, media & customer acquisition. We mentor our portfolio companies and help them develop their... more marketing plans, build relationships with journalists, and navigate the challenges of building successful multi-million dollar organizations. Investors in uBeam, Shots, Enplug, Mingyian, Graft Concepts (acquired by Novatel Wireless), and more.
Rostrum Capital
Founder
Columnist & Commentator
Started a column at CNET called The Social Analyst. Analyzed the key companies, trends and players powering the tech and social media universe, from the smallest startups... more to tech giants.
Advisor
Exit
Ustream
Advisor
Founder
Dogfish Accelerator
Mentor
Mentor
Fast Company and Inc. Magazines
Columnist
I write about business, technology, media, and entrepreneurship. Check out my column at http://inc.com/author/ben-parr.
Lufthansa
Advisor
Advisor
Lufthansa
Employee
RebelMouse
Advisor
DropInInc
Advisor
Mentor
Mentor
Founder
Employee
Advisor
Board Member
Mentor
Projects
Are you building a next generation platform company?
Platforms are amazing because they scale interactions between millions of consumers and producers, resulting in transformational companies. It’s the… · More difference between the inconsistency of a taxi company and the convenience of Uber; the expense of a hotel and the personal touch of Airbnb; the sameness of a restaurant chain and the variety of GrubHub. Platforms make it possible for millions of people to buy, connect, create and share in ways traditional products, services and companies can never match.
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Education
About
Achievements
Wrote a book. Started a venture capital fund. Was promoted to Co-Editor of Mashable at age 24. Wrote more than 2,400 articles on technology, media, and startups. Joined Lufthansa Airlines' advisory board. Invested in uBeam and other great companies.
Was named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30. Named a Top 10 Tech Journalist by Say Media. Named one of the Top 10 Internet of Things expert by Inc. Magazine. Named one of TriBeCa Film Festival's Disruption fellows. My book was named the best marketing book of 2015 by Strategy+Business Magazine. Became an Eagle Scout.
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