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With Matthew Brimer (Co-Founder, General Assembly & Daybreaker) & Jonathan Swerdlin (Co-Founder, Portal).
Thu, Oct 12, 2017 @ 06:30 PM   FREE   General Assembly East, 902 Broadway, 4th Fl
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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Matthew O. Brimer Photo







Co-Founder, General Assembly,
Co-Founder, Daybreaker





Jonathan Swerdlin Photo







Co-Founder,
Portal






About This Event

Overview: Join us for an intimate fireside chat, exploring how corporate advertising in user generated content ecosystem has fundamentally changed culture & traditional fields like politics, journalism, & music & what to expect to see over the next five years. We will reevaluate the role of advertising, & unpack what opportunities exist for content creators & people to monetize beyond ads with peer-to-peer payments.



What Youll Take Away: Get insider insights into how the user generated content ecosystem will explore over the next five years, & what opportunities are being created right now.



Why It Matters: User generated content drives culture - from politics to purchasing decisions. The ability to not only embrace changes in the ecosystem, but to leverage it to create or boost your product or service, is crucial. This exclusive look into how real world experts view innovation around video & monetization offers practical, relatable guidance on what opportunities are out there for your professional journey.




About the Speakers


Matthew O. Brimer Photo





Co-Founder, General Assembly,
Co-Founder, Daybreaker



Matthew Brimer is an entrepreneur, community builder, & general instigator of mischief. He is Co-Founder of General Assembly, where he supports GA's global efforts around social impact, alumni community engagement, & partnership development. He has worn many hats at GA, cultivating the organizations early community of startups & entrepreneurs, establishing critical global partnerships to expand the brand, & starting GAs enterprise corporate training business. Most recently, Brimer launched GA's philanthropic arm, Opportunity Fund, so that anyone willing to work hard & follow their passions can have a meaningful career pursuing work they love.



Brimer is also Co-Founder of Daybreaker, a global community & lifestyle brand producing conscious morning experiences around the world. Prior to all these shenanigans, Brimer consulted on digital education strategy for Yale, freelanced in web design, worked for Apple as a campus rep, & served frozen custard. In college he founded two startups, one building team-based games powered by rivalries (PickTeams), & another curating & selling antique furniture (Aloysius Properties), both of which proved to be more educational than profitable. Brimer holds a BA in Sociology from Yale, loves a proper dance party, & lives with his beautiful girlfriend Whitney in Brooklyn.






Jonathan Swerdlin Photo





Co-Founder,
Portal



Jonathan Swerdlin is a serial entrepreneur & venture capitalist. He is most recently Co-Founder of Portal - a social platform launching soon that brings together peer-to-peer payments & video sharing. Prior to this, Swerdlin was Chairman of fast-growing underwear company Thinx, helping grow it from inception to over $40M in sales. He also founded & exited from his first e-commerce company in 2010.



Swerdlin is currently General Partner of Wisdom VC - a stage-agnostic venture capital firm focused on developing a more human model of venture capital. Wisdom VC's goal is to deliver outsized returns by investing with intelligence & heart in grounded visionaries solving real problems in interesting domains. He has made ten investments over the last twelve months. Swerdlin loves dogs, bicycles, dance parties, & living in Brooklyn.




 
 
 
 
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