The Prior Transformation

Today Brian Smith gives us a sneak peek into what its like to work with a business/leadership coach. This episode is packed to the brim with amazing ideas and insights, check it out. 

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I once had an interesting conversation with an Uber driver about self-driving cars. It triggered a quite a bit of thinking. Let's explore.

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Digital privacy has become quite a hot topic. What does this mean for the future? Let's explore.

Scale by Geoffrey West

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Today in the hotseat is the one and only Justin Rezvani. Justin started, ran, and sold one of the leading influencer marketing companies "theAmplify". What made him successful?

Listen and find out.

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Justin Rezvani is a first generation American entrepreneur, investor and Forbes’ 30 Under 30.

Rezvani began his professional career at the Walt Disney Company where his passion for technology that powers and enables mobile experiences matured, leading him to develop a proprietary and patent-pending algorithm, SharedRank™ and the reach!™ Influencer Marketing Platform.

Rezvani founded theAmplify in 2013, at 25 years old, to create large-scale native advertising campaigns for brands on platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter Tumblr, YouTube and Periscope. With no investment or funding, Rezvani bootstrapped theAmplify and was cash flow positive within six weeks. The small, but impressive executive team that Rezvani has assembled has allowed the company to successfully expand to become a multi-million dollar company which works with clients within various different verticals including Ford, Lions Gate, Pepsi and Campbell’s to name a few. In April 2016, theAmplify was acquired by You & Mr. Jones a brand tech group.

Rezvani is a notable keynote speaker for global marketing events that include Cannes Lions festival, CES, The CMO Club, StreamCon, Playlist Live, the AAF and has been featured in articles in the Wall Street Journal, AdWeek, AdAge, Business Insider and The Los Angeles Business Journal.

Rezvani received his Bachelor of Science in business administration, marketing management and advertising from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona where he was named student of the year in both 2010 and 2011. You can find him at: @justinrezvani

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If you think your business doesn't do any marketing you are wrong. Let me explain why in this quick segment.

Read about the "P's of marketing" that I mention here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_mix

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Robert Kiraz is CEO of StudioBinder, a leading entertainment project management solution that helps production companies and brands better plan and execute on their productions in the cloud. Recently, StudioBinder acquired ProductionBeast a popular entertainment job board for media professionals.

Previously, Robert was the CEO and cofounder of VOKLE, a video streaming Q&A platform used by high-profile entertainers, content creators and publications like Huffington Post, LA Times, ESPN, CBS and Time Warner Cable.

With a track record for founding companies at the nexus of technology and entertainment, Robert is driven to create solutions that redefine media production workflows for the 21st century. He received his degree in Cinematic Arts from University of Southern California, and currently resides in Santa Monica, California. Find him on Twitter @robertkiraz and @StudioBinder.

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A $150 keyboard!! Sounds crazy right? Maybe not.

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On this episode of The Prior Transformation let's discuss ridesharing.

It seems awesome but there is a big issue.

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Founder Friday with Marching Penguin founder Jordi Matsumoto!

Jordi has spent a decade working with Fortune 500 companies from HP to Burger King to Ford. His work has predominantly been with marketers and has increasingly centered around digital content production and distribution.

He's deeply passionate about the digital space and believes that the right mix of technology and process can yield outstanding work for marketers. His current favorite tool for making work easy is MyProducer.io, a production management tool. You can sign up for a free account at try.myproducer.io.

On a more cinematic front, his favorite camera to shoot on is the Red. His favorite film is "Lost in Translation". 

In his spare time, Jordi plays Tennis and practices Yoga. Yes, the latter makes him "so LA", but he's OK with that. When in Rome...

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