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For additional resources for #eventprofs visit www.productionvaluematters.comWhat if your event tech worked like a personal concierge? Akshar Patel of eShow joins Matthew to reveal how smarter tools are streamlining planning, slashing stress, and leveling up the attendee experience.What you'll learn:Strategies for integrating systems and breaking down data silosCommon blind spots in operational planningThe balance between AI innovation and personal touchPost-event technology strategiesAkshar Patel brings more than 20 years of experience spanning event management, hospitality, and strategic planning. Prior to joining eShow, he held key leadership roles at AAHOA, the Obesity Society, and Meeting Advice, where he consistently delivered results through operational excellence and innovation.If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Instructions on how to do this are here.Host LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/matthewbyrnecsepGuest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshar-patel-360887116Production Value Matters: The Business Event Podcast is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Nick Borelli of Zenus Inc, Jonathan Kazarian of Accelevents, Mahoganey Jones of Event Specialists Inc, Sarah James of Live Nation, Kim Washington of NBA, Jacob Zucker of Morgan Stanley, Carrie Davenport of Altria and Catherine Chaulet of Global DMC PartnersCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Measuring Value in Your Events: Insights from Jodi Collen, Director of Meetings and Events at Great ClipsEducating Clients and Managing Expectations in Event Production with Fransiska WeckesserThe Intersection of Event Planning and Psychology with Victoria Matey of Matey EventsFor additional resources for #eventprofs visit www.productionvaluematters.comCheck out our 3 most downloaded episodes:Measuring Value in Your Events: Insights from Jodi CollenEducating Clients and Managing Expectations in Event Production with Fransiska WeckesserThe Intersection of Event Planning and Psychology with Victoria Matey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mastering Lead Generation: Essential Strategies for Defining Your Ideal Customer Profile and Boosting Sales Success In the latest episode of "The Thoughtful Entrepreneur," host Josh delves into the intricacies of lead generation and sales development with John Karsant, the founder and CEO of LevelUp Leads. This episode is a treasure trove of actionable advice and expert insights, particularly valuable for business owners and professionals aiming to refine their sales strategies. Let's break down the key takeaways and tips from this enlightening conversation. Josh kicks off the episode by addressing the importance of building connections with partners, investors, influencers, and clients. He shares his experience of engaging in private conversations with over 2,000 leaders to understand the sources of their best business. Josh offers a free video resource on achieving 100% inbound marketing in one's industry within six to eight months, emphasizing a spam-free, ad-free, and sales-free approach. Listeners are invited to visit his website, Up My Influence, to access this valuable content. John Karsant introduces LevelUp Leads, a sales development agency dedicated to helping small to midsize companies enhance their prospecting and appointment-setting efforts. The agency's primary goal is to create more sales opportunities for their clients by leveraging effective lead generation strategies. John and Josh discuss the dynamic nature of lead generation strategies over the past five years, highlighting the resurgence of cold calling and the importance of human-to-human conversations. John emphasizes the need for a clearly defined Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and the significance of understanding a client's current strategies, successes, and challenges for effective outreach and engagement. About John Karsant: John Karsant is the Founder and CEO of LevelUp Leads, an outbound lead generation agency that typically works with small companies. John is also a Member of RevGenius, a group of revenue generating sales and marketing professionals. Previously, John served as the Head of Sales and Business Development at Brightest Minds, Sales and Account Manager at DaoCloud, and in business development roles at Accelevents and Solar Lead Factory. Prior to their career in sales and business development, John was a Tennis Professional at Claremont Country Club and Teaching Professional at Peter Burwash International. John holds a Bachelor's degree in Marketing Communications from California Lutheran University. About LevelUp Leads: LevelUp Leads is a B2B sales development agency that offers a comprehensive, done-for-you service. Acting as an extension of clients' teams, they provide both fractional and full-service Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) supported by a robust technology stack. The LevelUp Leads team spearheads outbound strategies, sourcing relevant data, implementing advanced technology solutions, crafting compelling copy, and managing campaigns to generate meetings and drive revenue. This approach allows clients' teams to focus on closing more deals while LevelUp Leads handles the intricacies of lead generation. Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur: https://go.upmyinfluence.com/podcast-guest Links Mentioned in this Episode: Want to learn more? Check out LevelUp Leads website at https://levelupleads.io/ Check out LevelUp Leads on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/levelup-leads/ Check out John Karsant on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkarsant Don't...

In this episode of Production Value Matters, host Matthew Byrne is joined by Jonathan Kazarian, founder and CEO of Accelevents. Join them as they explore the challenges of event technology, the shift towards virtual events, and the importance of high production value. Jonathan shares his thoughts on the future of business events, the evolving role of event marketers, and the challenges of attracting young professionals to the industry.

Virtual events have many, many perks that can help spark your B2B marketing efforts. We welcomed on Jon Kazarian, Founder and CEO of Accelevents. They're an event technology platform to facilitate every type of event – including virtual events, webinars, large conferences, field marketing events, and more. There are several key ways to maximize the success of your virtual event – before, during, and after the event. Make sure to catch the full episode here.

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailJon Kazarian is the Founder and CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual & hybrid events platform recently recognized as a top 200 fastest-growing private company in America by Inc. 5000.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

How's your event game? Are you getting quality info that helps you sell?  On this episode of the If You Market podcast we talk with Jonathan Kazarian about the importance of 1st party data from events. This is actual direct interaction with your clients and prospects.  We talk virtual events, in person events, the role of technology, and of course everything to do with collecting that event first party data.  Jonathan Kazarian is the Founder & CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual and hybrid event management platform recently recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the top 200 fastest-growing private companies in the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Kazarian knows how beneficial events can be for businesses to reach their audience and improve brand awareness, but he also knows how stressful and time-consuming hosting these events can be. He saw a gap in the market for user-friendly and cost-effective event technology. That's why Jonathan founded Accelevents, which has become a leading event technology platform with a user-friendly, customizable experience for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.Jonathan gives his advice on catering to customer feedback, navigating fundraising, and building a strong and loyal customer base. He also shares what it was like to pivot into virtual events during the 2020 pandemic, and how that space in the market is still booming today. 3 Key TakeawaysThe Customer Is The Catalyst: Make your company as accessible as possible to customers who want to give feedback. Be focused on listening to that feedback and let them know action is being taken to actively improve your service for them. Supporting your customers means they're supporting you. Push Your Team: Top performers want to be challenged. The best people in the company aren't looking for an easy job, they're looking to continue building the company, and by extension, their career. Keep them in a position where there is something to be gained New To Events? De-Risk!: The safest way to dive into hosting events for your business is to go virtual. It's less expensive, less time consuming, and it will set your audience up to expect great things so that when you start doing in-person events, you've got a built-in audience that will make them a success. ResourcesAccelevents WebsiteJonathan's LinkedInAbout Jonathan Kazarian is the Founder & CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual and hybrid event management platform recently recognized by Inc. 5000 as a top 100 fastest-growing private company in America.As CEO, Jonathan is focused on leading the company's vision of helping event organizers and marketing professionals transform their events through innovative technology solutions. As an industry thought leader, Jonathan actively publishes insights on the events landscape and frequently speaks at industry events such as EventMB's Event Tech Innovation Summit, BizBash Live, and INBOUND. Jon also chairs the board for the Fall Formal fundraiser benefiting the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Outside of work, Jon has a passion for anything on water — sailing, boating, scuba diving, and kiteboarding. If you love what you are getting out of our show please SUBSCRIBE.For more information on how we dig into the dirt check out our other episodes here: https://www.orchid.black/podcastAll contents of this show are rights of Orchid Black©️ and are not to be used unless authorized by written consent.

2023 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year for the event industry, as strategies and technologies are evolving rapidly to meet the ever-changing needs of event marketers and attendees. We're now seeing limitless possibilities emerge—innovating the way people engage and experience. But this constant shift can be overwhelming for those who are striving to keep up, so wouldn't it be helpful to have a better understanding of the current state of events? Or a closer look into some of the biggest trends we should be aware of?That's why we're bringing on Jonathan Kazarian, Founder and CEO of Accelevents, to shed light on where we stand and what to expect. Both passionate about events, Jonathan joins Matt to talk about:- How events are regaining a priority with the C-Suite (hint: the fall of paid search and paid social)- Why the rise of AI-generated content will only drive people to seek out events- Influencers becoming the #1 channel for event promotion - The new norm of mobile event apps- And much more!This year is sure to bring an exciting wave of event trends, so we must be prepared to meet these demands. It's an episode of “Event Marketing: Redefined” brimming with knowledge and information you absolutely don't want to miss!Connect with Jonathan: On his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkazarian/ Connect with Me:On my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-kleinrock-9613b22b/   On my Company: https://rockwayexhibits.com/ 

Learn how to transform your events through innovative technologies Today, no matter what business you are in, online and hybrid events are becoming increasingly important to your business. You can host an online event, a hybrid event, or a combination of both. This is a big move away from traditional, physical events where you would need to travel to an event venue. Online events are where you invite all your prospects and customers to a virtual space where they can view presentations, attend webinars, and discuss topics with you, your team, and your other prospects and customers. In this episode of Beyond 7 Figures, we will discuss redefining the way brands connect with their audiences through a user-friendly yet robust set of customizable features through online and hybrid events. I interviewed Jonathan Kazarian, CEO, who is on a mission to help event organizers and marketing professionals transform their events through innovative technology solutions. In this episode you will: Listen to Jonathan Kazarian Founder and CEO of Accelevents, the everything platform for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events that drives growth Learn about the use of technology and how it can assist event organizers Learn how Jonathan found ways to pivot and how he got back up again after failing Hear us interview him as we ask about his company, Accelevents, an online event platform Hear useful tips and tricks on how to capture viewers' attention for your event Learn the importance of gamifying an event and creating multiple challenges in which the audience can participate in Learn some of the best strategies to maximize the audience or registrants participating in your event Learn how to effectively force people to watch replays of recorded events Learn why using an event platform to host big events is better than using a meeting platform Learn the importance of faster response times to your customers' needs Understand the meaning of what being human is when interacting with customers All this and more on this week's episode of Beyond 7 Figures. Stay tuned next week when we are going to cover Single Success After Countless Failure Attempts feat. Mason Bendewaldff. So, don't forget to subscribe to the show to get that episode as soon as it gets released. Until then, be profitable. Links & resources mentioned in the episode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkazarian/ https://www.accelevents.com/

Happy New Year! We look back at our 2022 predictions and measure how we did against the reality that 2022 brought. We'll dig into how 2022 faired for Web3, NFTs, quantum computing, SPACs, IPOs, and more in this special new years episode of Rocketship.fm. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, ChatGPT, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to manage events without stress. My guest is Jonathan Kazarian, CEO of Accelevents. Leave a comment or a question for Jonathan or Ton. Johnathan is a true tech-entrepreneur‍ on a mission. His journey started in 2014 when his cousin, at the age of 17, got diagnosed with cancer, and he wanted to do something for her. Then, in preparation for an 850-person charity event with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, he recognized the many limitations of existing event technology and fundraising platforms. And this sparked the idea to create a solution so fundraisers would never have to go through that experience again.  As such, he founded Accelevents in early 2015 and has been on a journey since to build a virtual & hybrid events platform. Its mission: help event organizers get some sleep the night before their event. And this inspired me, and hence I invited Jonathan to my podcast. We explore what's broken in the world of event automation and what can be if it's fixed. Jonathan shares what his business went through as their revenue 10Xed during the pandemic. He elaborates why he'd bootstrap his business again if he had to start again - and why he believes he should have taken bigger risks upfront on both product and positioning. Lastly, we talk about the critical choices he made during the Pandemic - and why without it, we wouldn't have had this conversation. Here's a quote from him:  I built it nights and weekends for five years before actually going full-time with it. And as 2020 approached, we were much more focused on b2b events and for-profit events, starting to get into the world of conferences and starting to realize that technology was going to play a bigger role going forward. So we were starting to build toward this hybrid future. But it wasn't until March of 2020, when events evaporated overnight, that we knew we had to go all in on virtual. And we took our revenue from 375k in 2019 to over 3.4 million in 2020. During this interview, you will learn four things: How you can create meaningful differentiation by deeply understanding the critical moments in your customers' business Why your customers often aren't buying the right features but the right feeling What traction can you spark if you figure out how to leverage the customers of your customers  Why he decided to stick to his core principles even though that meant growing at a slower rate For more information about the guest from this week: Jonathan Kazarian Website Accelevents Leave a comment or a question for Jonathan or Ton. Subscribe to the Daily Value Inspiration Get my free, 2 min daily reflection on shaping a B2B SaaS business no one can ignore. Subscribe here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time Amazon executives―with lessons and techniques you can apply to your own company, and career, right now. Today we chat with the authors' Bill Carr & Colin Bryar about their time working directly with Jeff Bezos on some of Amazon's biggest product innovations. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we're going to bring you an episode on the incredible product journey of Madden Football - in part, to honor the recent passing of American football legendary coach, broadcaster, and, in a way, product person - today, in this special bonus episode of Rocketship.FM. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat are some of the most popular social media platforms today, with millions of users around the world. Despite their different approaches to social media, these platforms have one thing in common: they are constantly copying each other's features. From Instagram's adoption of Tiktoks video format to Tiktoks inclusion of Instagram's social features, these platforms are always looking to stay ahead of the game by copying their competitors. In this article, we explore the reasons why these platforms can't stop copying each other, and how it ultimately benefits their users. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CEO and founder of Accelevents, Jonathan Kazarian, joins Ryan in this episode. They talk about the almost 7 years Jonathan managed to bootstrap the company for, as well as why he finally decided to gain some funding and the impact that has had on growth. Jonathan also reveals to Ryan his strategy that created the 95% inbound sales, his leveraging of Upwork and what he is continuing to do to grow the company. KEY TAKEAWAYS Word of mouth has been Accelevents primary growth strategy. 95% of their growth has been based on inbound sales driven by their product-led platform. After 6 years of being bootstrapped, Accelevents wanted to add more governance and additional cash flow throughout seasons so this year, they took on VC-backed funding. After creating his own event, Jonathan concluded that technology should be there to make running events easier for organisers. This was the beginning of the creation of Accelevents. Although Covid hit them hard it was also the pivotal moment where Accelevents decided to completely go all in on their virtual concept of events, something they had been wanting to do for a long time. They then went from $375k in revenue in 2019 to $3.4 million in 2020! One of the main things Jonathan attributes to their 95% inbound growth at Accelevents is that they invest heavily in supporting their customers. Building this stellar consumer confidence has led to the growth they have seen. Hire people that are better than you at what they do. You can go only scale yourself so far, you need others to build a successful business. BEST MOMENTS  “There's an inherent product-led motion that our platform provides and that's been number 1 for us” “Technology should be there to make life easier, not harder for event organisers” “It's not about that little bit of code, it's about building a business” “We want all of them to recognise they can create a great experience using our platform” “Hire people that are better than you at what they do” Do You Want The Closing Secrets That Helped Close Over $125 Million in New Business for Free?"  Grab them HERE: https://www.whalesellingsystem.com/closingsecrets Ryan Staley Founder and CEO Whale Boss 312-848-7443 ryan@whalesellingsystem.com www.ryanstaley.io  EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkazarian/ ABOUT THE SHOW How do you grow like a VC-backed company without taking on investors? Do you want to create a lifestyle business, a performance business or an empire? How do you scale to an exit without losing your freedom?Join the host Ryan Staley every Monday and Wednesday for conversations with the brightest and best Founders, CEO and Entrepreneurs to crack the code on repeatable revenue growth, leadership, lifestyle freedom and mindset.This show has featured Startup and Billion Dollar Founders, Best Selling Authors, and the World's Top Sales and Marketing Experts like Terry Jones (Founder of Travelocity and Chairman of Kayak), Andrew Gazdecki (Founder of Micro Acquire), Harpal Sambhi (Founder of Magical with a previous exit to Linkedin) and many more. This is where Scaling and Sales are made simple in 25 minutes or less.Saas, Saas growth, Scale, Business Growth, B2b Saas, Saas Sales, Enterprise Saas, Business growth strategy, founder, ceo: https://www.whalesellingsystem.com/closingsecretsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chat GPT is a new language processing technology that's set to revolutionize the way we interact with computers and machines. It's the latest development in the field of artificial intelligence, and it's got a lot of people talking. It's a product of OpenAI and was opened up in a public beta on November 30th – and it's already surpassed 1 million users. Today we interview ChatGPT itself in what is a first for us here on Rocketship.fm - our first interview with an AI.  This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ticketing. Where just these past couple of weeks, we've heard about major stories like the Taylor Swift on-sale fiasco and major issues at the at the biggest sporting event in the world. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going to explore the history of black friday and try to figure out why Cyber Week is quickly turning into Cyber Month.  This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Kazarian is the Founder and CEO of Accelevents, an all-in-one virtual and hybrid events platform that empowers event organizers and marketing professionals to create authentic human connections and memorable experiences. As many organizations are pivoting from live events to virtual or hybrid events, Jon is the expert you need to listen to if you want to make that transition as seamless as possible. Most small businesses don't throw events… but they're missing out on huge growth opportunities! Jon works with many small businesses that have seen tremendous success with virtual events by using the Accelevents software. Listen in as Jon teaches you how to leverage virtual events in order to connect your customers, optimize your partnerships, and grow your small business. Plus, you'll learn the many benefits of attending and hosting virtual live events. During this interview, we discuss: 1:51 – Why Jon started Accelevents 5:28 – The impact of hosting events 6:35 – How Accelevents differs from other virtual event experiences 8:18 – How to use virtual events to connect with customers, optimize partnerships, and grow your business 15:21 – What to expect when creating a virtual event 17:55 – Engagement on the platform: Audio, video, text chat, etc. 19:16 – The access to data you get from hosting a virtual event 21:03 – Jon's favorite growth tool 21:40 – His most recommended book 22:08 – How to connect with Jon Plus, a whole lot more! Resources: Accelevents Connect with Accelevents on Facebook Intercom The Great CEO Within by Matt Mochary ————————- If you enjoyed this episode, please RATE / REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE to ensure you never miss an episode. Connect with Dennis Brown  AskDennisBrown.com LinkedIn Twitter Instagram [Free Giveaways]  

Sam Bankman-Fried met with 100-some investment firms successfully raising $2 billion in venture capital funding, but he didn't do it alone. Today we explore the continuing saga of the FTX collapse and learn more about Ramnik Arora, the fixer behind the scenes.  This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fantasy sports has become a big business, and today, we're diving into the industry's origins, its implications on big tech, and the criticism it's faced as a potential form of gambling. To get the full scoop, we also hear from Eric Balkman, who runs the Fantasy Football Players Championship, and Matt Kalish, who co-founded DraftKings. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tech layoffs continue as Stripe slashed 1,000 jobs, or 14% of its workforce, and Lyft and Affirm joined the fray. Twitter recently made big cuts as Elon Musk cut the Twitter workforce in half, and now Meta is getting ready to announce significant cuts later this week.  Leaders dramatically overestimated tech's pandemic-fueled boom. Or, they thought they had more to do with the boom than they actually did. Even as Covid-19 shut down much of the economy, the digital realm continued to thrive as everyone was stuck at home using their devices. This meant more time absorbing ads and buying things online. But as we know, that trend didn't last as the physical world has opened up for people in the last year or so. We'll discuss the Binance & FTX fire sale in what might be the savviest business move of the year by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Elizabeth Holmes heads to sentencing and possibly jail time for her role in defrauding investors at Theranos, and Tiger Global Management loses 54% on the year. Finally, we'll talk with Julia Boorstin, the CNBC Senior Media & Tech Reporter, on her new book "When Women Lead," who's here to tell us stories of women who've defied the odds and transformed business and the data revealing how they did it. Links: Buy When Women Lead by Julia Boorstin on Amazon. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are you liking the modern world of virtual and hybrid events compared to the traditional world of solely in-person events? There are certainly pros and cons of each format. Virtual events have many, many perks that can help spark your B2B marketing efforts. For starters, virtual events allow you to grow your credibility as a thought leader, create a comfortable space to build relationships, can be more economical, easier to facilitate, and frequent, and reduce the barriers to commitment. There are also several key ways to maximize the success of your virtual event - before, during, and after the event. We wanted you to learn from the best of the best in the event space, so we welcomed on Jon Kazarian. He's the Founder and CEO of Accelevents, an event technology platform here to facilitate every type of event - including virtual events, webinars, large conferences, field marketing events, and more. And as always, if you need help in building your Marketing Smarts, don't hesitate to reach out to us at: ForthRight-People.com. FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/forthrightpeople.marketingagency INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/forthrightpeople/ LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/company/forthright-people/ WORKSHEETS https://www.forthright-people.com/worksheets VIRTUAL CONSULTANCY https://www.forthright-people.com/shop

In our final installment of Product Therapy, Christian talks to Amnon, who is coming into a product leadership position where he is tasked with changing the entire mindset for how product is approached. He asks Christian about how to change the mindset of people outside of the product team, how to know if his voice is suitable for the role of evangelizing, and Christian gives advice on how to build a strong relationship with organizational leadership. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's Product Therapy episode, Christian talks to Rotam about being a first time product leader, how to interview potential team members, and how to manage a remote team. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we're starting a new mini-series with Christian Idiodi called Product Therapy. In these episodes, we'll listen into conversations with Christian as he coaches clients on their product journeys. On this episode, Christian talks to Adir, a first-time VP of product, about managing his team, communicating with his boss, and how to delegate and advocate for his team. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every SaaS product aims to solve one specific problem its founder encountered. But some products become all-round solutions to multiple problems in their category or niche. In the world of events, that is Accelevents. Today, its Founder and CEO, Jonathan Kazarian, shares his SaaS journey.In this episode, we discuss:How events impact your B2B marketing strategyGrowing numbers during an economic crisisHow to set up your SaaS product for endless growthInvesting more in customer experience rather than marketingHow Can Events Impact Your B2B Marketing Strategy?Delivering a better customer experience starts by gathering and analyzing data. Traditional marketing techniques for capturing that first-party data limit marketers in the level of information they can get. But events offer you the possibility of getting multiple touchpoints with your customers. People are more likely to share their data and help marketers leverage their efforts.Technology needs to be there to make life easier for event organizers - Jonathan KazarianFrom Zero to Hero and BeyondThough managing events is stressful, it can help companies bring in more data, customers, and revenue. However, during the pandemic crisis, many layoffs occurred, and companies were firing people responsible for organizing events. For Accelevents, the pandemic meant both the moment the business hit bottom rock, as it went down to zero in revenue and the beginning of constant growth. Jonathan and his team have been focusing on helping their clients and making them realize why events are significant for their businesses.In the world of events, you spend three months building this experience that culminates in three hours. You don't have even ten minutes to wait for a response - Jonathan KazarianA Golden SaaS StrategyIn terms of sales, for some brands, the final step is selling their products. For Accelevents, this is only an intermediate process. The company invests heavily in customer experience and focuses on helping their customers learn their platform and constantly engage to get their feedback and improve. So we made the decision that we want to invest in customer experience, and we won't invest in any mechanism of growth that will lead to a decrease in customer experience - Jonathan KazarianFor more interviews from the SaaS Origin Stories podcast, check us out on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player!

Events are one of the most underutilized tools B2B marketers have at their disposal. One event can propel your marketing efforts further than all the traditional methods combined. Events are so powerful because people willingly engage with your content, spend their valuable time, and give you their information. However, as an event organizer, you shouldn't be focusing on connecting a bunch of unrelated tools and trying to build your own tech stack. The event platform should be there to facilitate everything you need and have a single contact record that flows through all of the events throughout your annual event program. Is there any platform that can facilitate this? To help us with that topic today, we have Jonathan Kazarian, the Founder, and CEO of Accelevents. More specifically, Jonathan shares how events can impact your marketing game, what mistakes should B2B marketers avoid when hosting their events, how to engage with your audience both in virtual and in-person events, and how to measure their success. Join us as we discuss: -Two event mistakes B2B marketers must avoid -In-person versus virtual events -Your event attendees crave engagement

Elon Musk has reversed course and is now looking to buy Twitter again, at his original price. He also drops hints about what he's looking to do with his re-acquired domain, X.com, making it the all-in-one app to do everything for everyone. There's also trouble in the Metaverse as Zuckerburg struggles to find a vision and Coinbase produces its own documentary, Coin. So dust off your Amazon Prime video account to watch this hour and a half infomercial on Brian Armstrong and the Coinbase team as they make their way from a fledgling startup to a publicly traded company - all before the Crypto markets record crash.  This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside the wild and tumultuous history of Toys R Us, the beloved children's brand once again attempting a comeback with in-store shops at Macy's just in time for the holidays. What was once one of the first “category killers,” has faced troubled times. Now, the beloved toy store is reopening its doors once more, this time from inside select Macy's department stores across the US. The in-store shops are currently operating in Georgia, New Jersey, Illinois, Nevada, Louisiana, New York, Maryland, and Missouri, with more expected by October 15.  The return of Toys R Us comes after the store closed its last two remaining stores in January 2021, after the coronavirus pandemic hit in-store sales. The brand previously struggled to make a comeback the year prior, including teaming with Amazon to fulfill its orders.  The beleaguered toy company first tried to make a brick-and-mortar return in 2019, after it was purchased by Tru Kids Brands, which went on to open holiday pop-up shops and relaunch a website in the retailer's name. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Kazarian, Founder & CEO of Accelevents, joins Amanda Ma to discuss all things event management and why event data is so important. Listen Now on EventUp!

Today, we all know Samsung as a behemoth in the tech world. But the company actually started from humble beginnings, shapeshifting through wars and different governments to the conglomerate it is today. In this episode, we'll journey through all of Samsung's history. This podcast is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In-person events may be back but virtual is no longer the poor cousin of events. Still, how do you get the most out of the dynamic and interplay between in-person and virtual? What are future-thinking entrepreneurs and companies doing to generate leads today? And what or who is the missing opportunity for the majority of events? Jonathan Kazarian is the Founder and CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual and hybrid event management platform recently recognised by Inc. 5000 as one of America's top 100 fastest-growing private companies. Under Jonathan's leadership, the company grew from US$300k to $9m in under 8 months by leveraging the virtual space.  Quotes from this episode:"You can't get away with bad content today, and that's a good thing for the industry.""Events make up (at least) 25% of B2B marketing budget.. and it's at a time where everything is so data-centric right now (that) for organisers to be putting on these events and not have the data to show what action they drove, they're doing themselves a disservice"."Companies are moving towards this model of essentially being a publisher, being a media agency themselves, because that's how they're building their brand."-Jonathan KazarianConnect with Jonathan:Website: www.accelevents.comLinkedIn: jkazarianEmail: jkazarian@accelevents.comJonathan's book recommendation:Extreme ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win by Jocko Wilink & Leif BabinConnect with Adelaine:Email: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.comRecord interviews remotely with Riverside:bit.ly/RecordWithRiversideGet 15% off your subscription with code: AdelaineHost your podcast on Buzzsprout:bit.ly/BuzzsproutGet20AmazonGet $20 Amazon gift card.Edit interviews like a word document with Descript:bit.ly/EditWithDescriptAdelaine's game-changing podcast production AI tool

In the early 2000's eBay was in direct competition with Amazon but they had very different methodologies when approaching the market. Today we dive into some of the mistakes eBay made in this time where they caught themselves focusing on the wrong metrics and ultimately the wrong side of the market. These mistakes ultimately led to the huge differences in the trajectory of where these companies are today. We talk with Ben Foster, the CPO at GoCanvas, about his time at eBay from 2001-2005 where he lead the "findings" team internally. This podcast is brought to you by: This episode is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship Rocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since its founding in 2005, YCombinator has helped startups like Airbnb, Coinbase, DoorDash, and many others find success. Today, we'll trace the accelerator's history from its humble beginnings in Cambridge, Massachusetts all the way to where they are currently under new leader Garry Tan. *** This episode is brought to you by: Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today. Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/Rocketship Shopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now. Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/Rocketship Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That's a $200 savings! Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketship *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID changed how marketers approach including events in their strategies. Tune in to this episode of the Integrate & Ignite Marketing Podcast with guest Jonathan Kazarian of Accelevents to learn more.

In this episode we're joined by Jon Kazarian, CEO of Accelevents. Jon joins us to talk through recent developments in the industry and how to choose between hosting virtual, hybrid and in-person events. In the episode we discuss:How Jon built his first technology product in the events industryHow event technology needs changed because of the pandemicHow businesses are gamifying events to encouraging attendee engagementHow Accelevents priortise product feature rolloutsChanging skills needs for event organisersHow success metrics differ for virtual and in-person events CONNECT WITH JON/ACCELEVENTShttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jkazarian/https://www.accelevents.com/ CONNECT WITH SCOTT:scott.colenutt@sitevisibility.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/scottcolenutt CONNECT WITH SITEVISIBILITY:https://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/user/SiteVisibilityhttps://twitter.com/sitevisibilityhttps://www.facebook.com/SiteVisibilityhttp://instagram.com/sitevisibility If you have feedback, you'd like to be a guest, you'd like to recommend a guest or there are topics you'd us to cover, please send this to marketing@sitevisibility.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Not Another Marketing Podcast where I'm talking to Jonathan Kazarian the Founder & CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual and hybrid event management platform so we're talking virtual trade shows and lots of event strategy.

Virtual events are still here. In real life events are back. One change seems to be the popularity of hybrid events where we can mix the two together.In this episode I'm talking to Jonathan Kazarian the Founder & CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual and hybrid event management platform. Stand by for a huge amount of strategy tips, insight and ideas for your next virtual eventYou can find Jonathan on the Accelevents website and also Twitter and LinkedIn.Can I quickly mention is that Not Another Marketing Podcast is totally ad free and I'd love it if you could give the pod a quick shout on social media and subscribe via your podcast app.Check out more episodes at  https://www.jtid.co.uk/podcasts

Jonathan Kazarian (Founder & CEO, Accelevents) talks about how B2B marketers can fix the event attribution gap, the importance of using personalization in your event follow-up, why first-party data is so crucial, as well as which key metrics and major trends to focus on.

In this episode, Benji talks to Jonathan Kazarian , the Founder and CEO of Accelevents.  Discussed in this episode:  how to best collect and leverage event data how to leverage events as a core of your B2B marketing strategy Utilizing the data to create forums for targeted groups

  Today, we have the great pleasure of speaking with Jon Kazarian, the Founder, and CEO of Accelevents! In this episode, we talk about data, entrepreneurship, marketing, the role of events in marketing, and opportunities for the future of our industry.  We hope you enjoy listening to our conversation with Jon Kazarian today! Bio: Jonathan Kazarian is the Founder & CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual and hybrid event management platform recently recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the top 200 fastest-growing private companies in America.  As CEO, Jon focuses on leading the company's vision of helping event organizers and marketing professionals transform their events through innovative technology solutions.  As an industry thought leader, Jon actively publishes insights on the events landscape and frequently speaks at industry events such as EventMB's Event Tech Innovation Summit, BizBash Live, and INBOUND.  Jon also chairs the board for the Fall Formal fundraiser benefiting the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Outside of work, Jon has a passion for anything on-water — sailing, boating, scuba diving, and kiteboarding. Jonathan's journey Jonathan started hosting events while in college. After finding out that his seventeen-year-old cousin had been diagnosed with cancer, he decided to host an event at the Boston Aquarium to raise some money to help her. He needed to sell 185 tickets to break even, and he sold 840! Going into that event, Jonathan knew that to raise the most money he could from running an auction and a raffle, he needed to do it digitally. However, he struggled to find an affordable and easy-to-use technical solution. After realizing that there was nothing available to make life easier, he and his team decided to build their own. It worked well! They got great feedback and raised about $65,000. Launching a business  They realized that they could offer their technology to other similar organizations, so they decided to launch a business around it. Initially, they focused on fundraising.  Everything under one roof Later, they learned that the organizers wanted to have everything, including ticketing and payment processing, in one place. So they began to focus more on for-profit events like festivals, conferences, and trade shows. They kept on growing and doubling, year after year, but they were still small, and Jonathan was still working full-time at another job.  2020 Approaching 2020, Jonathan intended to go into the business full-time, but, unfortunately, the world shut down. They were a bootstrapped business, so when all the events got canceled, they ran out of money. Virtual events  Jonathan's father invested $75,000 in the business. That allowed them to pivot and focus on virtual events. Things started to accelerate, and they closed out 2020 at 3.3-million dollars in revenue. That was ten times more than they had done in 2019! Conferences At that point, they began to focus solely on conferences. Their events ranged from hundreds of people to tens of thousands.  Value They ensured that everyone, including the organizers, exhibitors, and sponsors, was getting value. As a result of them focusing on the other stakeholders as part of the experience, those stakeholders naturally approached Jonathan's company when it was time to host their events. User experience The mission of Accelevents is to make life easier for event organizers. Over the past year or so, they doubled down on their main product and focused mainly on the user experience. The various elements They provide all the technology needed for an organizer to host an online, hybrid, or in-person experience. They provide everything from badge printing to check-in to lead capture for exhibitors in the in-person world to the entire venue for the virtual experience. Fundraising They also have fundraising technology focused on auctions, raffles, fund-to-need, and text-to-give. A feedback loop They built a powerful feedback loop to help them understand the needs of their customers and ensure that they focus on the right developments.  Marketing strategy It is vital to understand the customer when it comes to marketing.  First-party data The reduction in third-party cookie tracking has led to first-party data becoming much more important. All first-party information does, however, is to tell you about singular actions taken by someone. With an event experience, a lot of information gets gathered about each attendee that can be used in your ads, in your targeting and building your audience, and in the way in which you communicate and personalize your messaging with your audience. Competition To build a brand and establish your presence, you need more than ads. You need to be there, build experiences, and bring opportunities for people to connect within the industry. Events- either digital or in person, are the best way to do that.  Virtual events Events are expensive, so virtual events are a good way for people to ease their way into hosting in-person events. Hosting virtual events can help people to build their connections with speakers and sponsors. Then, when they are ready to host an in-person event, those people will already be part of their ecosystem. Data Even though there are many opportunities for how event data can get used after an event, there is still a gap in how the data gets used during the event to improve the experience. The people who got that right have been creating some very successful experiences!  An opportunity to re-market to your attendees If your platform has real-time tracking in place, you can quickly adjust the experience, either in-person or virtually. For example, if you have a speaker who gets a lot of engagement, ask them to host a workshop later that day to re-engage your audience. Getting increased engagement at virtual events It is easy to get distracted in the world of virtual. If, as an organizer, you can come up with different ways to re-activate and re-engage your audience and bring them back to the platform, or you create campaigns to bring people back into the virtual experience, you will get increased engagement. That will also keep your sponsors and exhibitors happy and ensure that they get value out of the experience. Exhibitors Notice the exhibitors who have the most success generating leads throughout the experience. Identify what they are doing differently, and then go to the bottom-performing exhibitors and coach them. Trade Shows Big trade shows are hard to navigate as a virtual experience. If, for example, you have a software company with many different partners (integration partners, cold-marketing partners, re-sellers, etc.) who can do some type of digital activation in your event experience and drive people to engage and interact, you could be more successful. You also need to be there in video and on chat, and you need to have a platform that will tell you about the person to whom you are talking, and what they care about. Cross-referencing Take all the information you have gathered and make sure that it passes into your CRM or marketing automation system so that you can cross-reference it and figure out how to segment it and market it to the different audiences in the best way. Marketing operations Marketing operations people are becoming more involved in the procurement process, especially in the mid and enterprise segments. If you are an event planner in that area, set up a conversation with the marketing ops person to understand how that data will flow into their existing systems and how they intend to use it. Then you will be able to offer guidance in terms of other ways to use that information. You can also show them how you can make their lives easier and get better results.  The metaverse Jonathan feels that the metaverse will create opportunities for events. It is unlikely to happen very soon, however.  Ease of use Virtual events create a level of accessibility that tends to be unreached with in-person experiences. So, event organizers should avoid anything that could get in the way of that accessibility.    Jonathan's quotes: “For somebody hosting their first large-scale event, there are so many stressors on you already. Technology doesn't need to be another one.” “By focusing on that other stakeholder that is part of the experience, they naturally turned to us when it was time to host their own events.” “As you approach the days leading up to an event, you are basically giving up another hour of sleep every day until you get to event day. So anything we can do to regain a couple of extra minutes for organizers goes a long way!” “What we are providing is pretty much the entirety of the technology needed for an organizer to host an event experience, be it online, hybrid, or in person.”  “When buying a tech business, the second you take your foot off the gas, you fall behind.”  “There has to be very a high degree of rigor and QA for the assurance associated with any sort of development.” Connect with Eric On LinkedIn On Facebook On Instagram On Website Connect with Jonathan Kazarian On Accelevents website On LinkedIn On Twitter

Events have long been an important part of a well-rounded marketing strategy, especially in the B2B space. But as technology has evolved, and the global trend of remote working has emerged, B2B events have changed a great deal over the last few years. So with this change and the emergence of hybrid events, how should you tackle event attribution?In this week's podcast episode, Jon Kazarian shares valuable guidance on how to tackle event attribution to help you achieve your marketing and sales goals, and grow your business.We cover;Why events are still a great play for B2B companies looking to grow and win more businessWhat the problem has been with event attribution in the pastFor anyone about to run an event - what sort of data should they be collecting and why?How Jon recommends marketers focus on attributing leads and revenue to eventsThe biggest mistakes people make when trying to attribute revenue to eventsThe types of events that are seeing the most success right now Tools or tech that you'd recommend to event marketers to help with attribution?The skills and attributes Jon would look for if he was hiring for an events marketer in the B2B Tech spaceAnd so much more...Market Mentors is brought to you by Matt Dodgson, Co-Founder of Market Recruitment. Market Recruitment is a recruitment agency that connects B2B Tech & SaaS businesses with top class marketers to help them grow.If you'd like to be a future guest on the Market Mentors podcast you can apply here.

This episode features Jonathan Kazarian, CEO of Accelevents. This episode, Winning on Support, focuses on taking the stress out of working with event technology. Here are a few of the topics covered.  Decided to win on support - understanding the stress of event professionals The importance of referrals from all sides of the industry Don't neglect the people who never went to in-person events in the first place Too many events take place without any sort of purpose - that is an iss

Jon Kazarian is the Founder and CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual & hybrid events platform recently recognized by Inc. 5000 as the top 200 fastest-growing private companies in America. As CEO, Jon is focused on leading the company's vision of helping event planners and marketing professionals transform their events through innovative technology solutions. Jon actively publishes insights on the events landscape and frequently speaks at industry events such as EventMB's, Bizbashlive and INBOUND. Jon chairs the board for the Fall Formal fundraiser benefiting the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Website: www.accelevents.com LinkedIn: jkazarian

I got to interview Jonathan Kazarian. Jon is Accelevents' CEO and Co-Founder, responsible for setting and executing the vision for the company. Jon's time is often spent designing the system to maximize your experience working with Accelevents. We spoke about: His journey to now. What motivates him. Weaknesses he turned into strengths. Advice for the audience. And much more. This episode is sponsored by Nova Zora Digital experts in digital marketing. *Disclaimer: The views and opinions on Roman Prokopchuk's Digital Savage Experience are those of the guest's alone as their own, and the host's alone as his own. Information provided by the guest is fact checked to the best of our abilities. By providing background information to the show, the guest acknowledges that it is as accurate as possible. The show does not endorse, promote, or is in association with the guest's business interests.* --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roman-prokopchuk/support

More data is available to exhibitors, sponsors and show planners than ever before. Today we discuss how to use real time data to maximize exhibitor ROI. Jon Kazarian is the Founder and CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual & hybrid events platform recently recognized as a top 200 fastest-growing private company in America by Inc. 5000. As CEO, Jon is focused on leading the company's vision and helping event organizers and marketing professionals transform their events through innovative technology solutions. Jon actively publishes insights on the events landscape and frequently speaks at industry events. Find out why Jon believes Organizers who coach their exhibitors on how to make the most of their event tech see a 2.5x increase in repeart sponsorship. Get in Contact with Jon Kazarian: info@accelevents.com @accelevents https://www.accelevents.com *** Get 52 Top Trade Show Tips! *** Visit tradeshowu.biz and sign up for the weekly newsletter right on the home page!

What better way to learn more about the exciting world of event technology than listening to an awesome product spotlight episode of the Event Tech Podcast? Today, Will and Brandt bring two guests in to hear an unbiased review of Accelevents, an all-in-one hybrid and virtual event management platform. After all, in a world where there are more than 100 virtual event platforms, it's sometimes hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Please welcome Jonathan Kazarian, the CEO and founder of Accelevents, and Stephanie Baiocchi, the director of membership & events at IMPACT. Not only do they talk about this particular event platform's solutions, but they also nerd out about data analytics, virtual audience engagement strategies, and the ROI of virtual events. Press play and join them!

Jon Kazarian is the CEO and Founder of Accelevents, a leading virtual & hybrid events platform. He started in the fundraising space, expanding into the ticketing business before finally moving into the virtual events industry when the pandemic hit. Since then, Accelevents has grown exponentially. In this interview, we talk to Jon about the secret sauce behind growing his virtual events business and his future plans for Accelevents How Accelevents competes with the established players in the virtual events field Renaissance for the physical events industry and the future of virtual events A successful marketing campaign launched by Accelevents The rise and fall of social audio platforms An impending backlash against digital events? Live events vs pre-produced events

Bre Donofrio is the founder of V.E.E. by Bre, Virtual Event Experiences. She is a renowned global event curator who has created 1,000+ unique events at worldwide venues, from intimate private dinners to fundraisers to music festivals with audiences surpassing 40,000. Bre is also known as one of the most highly sought after and influential content creators and show producers on the audio-only app Clubhouse, amassing over 14,000 followers (and growing), and co-founding the largest events industry club on the platform.  She's often described as a ninja-like networker, and has been featured in multiple publications and podcasts; most recently named one of: “Top 10 Events Pros You Should be Following on Clubhouse” by AccelEvents, and one of “21 Most Influential Women in Events” and “59 Most Influential People in Virtual Events” by Glisser. In this episode, Bre talks about the power of organizing quality events on Clubhouse to create memorable experiences for their participants and evoke emotions and feelings that last a lifetime.  Things you will learn in this episode: [00:01 - 05:23] Opening Segment I introduce today's guest, Bre Donofrio Building a platform on Clubhouse  Bre talks about her path into the events industry . Her early dream of becoming a movie star Growing up with family in the creatives space  Artistic endeavors for fun and as a passion  [05:24- 15:12] Something Out of the Ordinary  Her first taste of producing content  Her school catered to the students' creative talents  Bre talks about her very first job  Slowly taking more responsibilities  Stumbling into different things  Ended up loving all that she did  What's for you will find its way to you  Being a creatives person Being a storyteller  What makes a good story? Out of the ordinary Nostalgic Creates an experience [15:13 - 30:38] Why Join Clubhouse Today  Bre's unique approach to helping her clients in organizing their events Purpose Feeling  Intimacy  Why join Clubhouse  You can join regardless of where you are in the creatives space Relationship-building  Not always about businesses Diversity of rooms or interests  Build a following quickly on Clubhouse  Call to actions are important  [30:39 - 39:32] Creating Content on Clubhouse Bre's outlook for Clubhouse  New wave of content creators in the audio space Ever-changing unspoken rules, culture, and etiquette  The app will brink back radio shows  The live component or unpredictability of the app is its distinct advantage  Adjusting your content creation on Clubhouse You have to show up real time  Bringing the best out of the people you interview  Clubhouse vs. other apps like Instagram and TikTok  Serve vs. Sell  A platform to plan live events  Creating an opportunity to connect in real life  [39:33 - 41:07] Closing Segment How to find more of Bre Links below  Final words Tweetable Quotes:  “I always found the most impactful events were when you can incorporate something that's unexpected. That was out of the norm.” - Bre Donofrio  “Clubhouse is where you start building relationships and you have really valuable conversations. It doesn't mean everything has to be all business all the time.” - Bre Donofrio  “You have to provide value for someone to have a reason to follow you.” - Bre Donofrio  You can connect and engage with Bre on https://www.instagram.com/bredonofrio/ (Instagram), https://www.fb.com/bredonofrio (Facebook), https://twitter.com/BreDonofrio (Twitter) or email her at bre@bredonofrio.com. Go to https://www.bredonofrio.com/ (https://www.bredonofrio.com/) and unlock the secrets for Clubhouse rooms that convert! You can connect with me, Jesse Paul, on https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessepaulsmith/ (LinkedIn),...

In this live show, CEO and Co-founder of Directive, Garrett Mehrguth, and a marketing leader work together to build a strategy for a recognizable SaaS brand - as quickly as possible. The company will be randomly selected by spinning a wheel at the beginning of the show, and together, the two will craft a strategy for SaaS marketing leaders everywhere. Guest: Head of Marketing & Growth at Accelevents, Allen Yesilevich

What is the best marketing strategy for your business? In this episode of the Coaches Corner podcast, Lucas interviews Jonathan Kazarian, the founder, and CEO of Accelevents, a one-stop-shop for event organizers who want to create a unique and engaging virtual event experience. In the current environment, many companies are choosing to transition their live events to a virtual format and Jon is the expert when it comes to helping companies make this process as seamless as possible.Jon comes from a mixed investing, technology, and entrepreneurial background with over six years of experience building and growing the company. He has established himself as an innovative leader who is excited to solve customers' big problems. His product development expertise and customer success mindset have not only helped to resourcefully scale Accelevents, but also define the event technology category.Don't miss out on this episode where Jon and Lucas discuss the ingredients needed to create a successful virtual event, and how the best marketing strategy for your business comes from genuinely listening, serving, and over-delivering for your clients. If you want more information on Jonathan's business and virtual events check out Accelevents here!Enjoy The Podcast! MAKING LESS THAN $10K / MONTH IN YOUR COACHING BUSINESS?We want to chat with you this week. Click HERE to find a time to strategize with our team! Thanks For Listening!Join the Online Coaching Community and join over 7,000 committed coaches to build their perfect, passionate, and profitable online coaching business, one client at a time! Get access to free training, value-slammed resources, and other incredible perks when you join the community! Lucas Rubix is the intense-looking bearded dude (don't worry… he's actually harmless) behind the Coaches Corner, a corner of the internet completely committed to helping passionate coaches like YOU build, launch and grow a passion-fuelled, freedom-filled, money-making online coaching businesses (as long as you're not afraid of some work).Having built multiple coaching businesses (both offline and online) in a wide variety of niches, his primary focus these days (when he's not interviewing top coaches, influencers, and celebrities on the Coaches Corner Podcast) is helping coaches create a business that predictably generates leads, attracts new clients and, most importantly, creates true freedom (for both COACH and CLIENT)Visit www.LucasRubix.com and get full access to the Online Coaching Business Crash Course, listen to a few episodes of the Coaches corner podcast while you're at it and feel free to connect with him on Instagram @LucasRubixAnd if you're a passionate coach who's looking for a helping hand in building, launching and growing your coaching business (and attracting all the perfect clients you've ever imagined) learn about the three ways you can work together HERE and see how Lucas can help you build the coaching business of your dreams!

Welcome to another episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast! This week, Caleb Talley, Jeff Amerine, and Matthew Ward have a virtual chat with Jonathan Kazarian, founder and CEO of AccelEvents. AccelEvents is a virtual event platform that creates high-quality broadcasts and on-demand videos at scale. With over 12,500 companies, organizations, and events who have utilized the platform, AccelEvents has been proven to be an effective solution. In this episode, you will get to hear about the birth and development of AccelEvents, advice to be successful with organizing and running virtual events, and emerging trends in the virtual event space. Check out this great episode! Shownotes (1:16) Introducing Accelevents (7:03) The benefits of transitioning to virtual events (12:44) Setting up a virtual event through Accelevents (14:11) How virtual events favor tech employees (16:26) Scaling quickly with a global virtual team (18:02) Price structure and how sponsors benefit from virtual events (22:56) The future of virtual events post-pandemic (24:25) Jonathan gives advice to his younger self   Links Caleb Talley Jeff Amerine Matthew Ward Jonathan Kazarian  Accelevents    Quotes “One big trend that we're seeing...is that these events that used to take three, six, nine months to plan in person and were crazy expensive, now through our platform, these event organizers can take that event and they can repurpose and reuse a lot of the content and bring that community back and re-engage that community every month or every quarter and build those deeper relationships.” (7:20)   “You learn best by taking the hit in the face with a two-by-four, because you know the kinds of things you won't do again.  And some of those, I think some of those life lessons are the things that define good leaders.  If you could do everything right and you've kind of lived an enchanted life, when the first big obstacle comes up you have no idea how to deal with it.” (25:40)