Hard-won takes.
No borrowed frameworks.
I was inside the creator economy when it was still called something else. From early streaming to social commerce to AI-driven content protection — I talk about what I've actually built, what it cost, and what the patterns mean for what's next.
Pick a talk. I'll bring the rest.
Each of these is a complete talk — ready to adapt to your format, audience, and time slot. Built from things I've actually done, not slides I'd need to write from scratch.
Your AI Strategy Is Probably Theater
Most organizations have an AI strategy that's really a press release.
- A practical test for separating real AI leverage from costly performance
- Where AI creates defensible advantage today, and where it's still noise
- How to build a point of view that survives the next hype cycle
The Media Cycle No One Believes Is a Cycle
Every wave looks like a revolution from the inside — until you've lived through three of them.
- A long-arc model for how media waves actually repeat
- How to tell where the current cycle really sits
- What twenty years inside three waves says about the next one
Why Some Creators Break Through and Most Don't
After 100+ conversations with creators on Building Value, the same handful of patterns keep showing up.
- The handful of patterns that actually separate creators who break through from those who don't
- Why most creator-economy advice misses these patterns entirely
- A practical lens for platforms and brands evaluating creator potential
Fandoms Are Infrastructure, Not Marketing
Audiences don't become fans by accident — they become fans through infrastructure most companies never think to build. How creator-platform relationships are being rebuilt from the ground up, and what comes after the influencer era.
What It's Actually Like to Sell What You Built
An operator's view of building a product org from zero, navigating an acquisition from the acquired side, and the strange experience of handing your work to someone else — and what that teaches you about building the next thing.
Leading From a Different Time Zone
Operating at an executive level from Europe, building for global teams and US-based companies. What remote-first leadership actually demands once the time-zone gap stops being a logistics problem and starts being a strategic one.
From the archive.
Excerpts from the Building Value podcast and other appearances — conversations about strategy, building, and what the media and tech industries are becoming.
The TikTok Magic of a Former McDonald's Chef! [Chef Mike Haracz]
A former McDonald's corporate chef on building a following on TikTok from scratch — what brands get wrong about authenticity, and how a personal voice can outperform a marketing budget.
Hulu's First PM [Betina Chan-Martin]
Hulu's first product manager on what it took to build a streaming product from zero — and the lessons from an early-stage team that don't survive the transition to scale.
100K Subs Can't Be Wrong [Ken Bolido]
Ken Bolido on the long climb to 100,000 YouTube subscribers — the strategy behind consistent growth, and why most creators quit right before it compounds.
The Value of Hard Work [Jacklyn Dallas]
Jacklyn Dallas on what "hard work" actually means when you're building a career and a brand at the same time — and why grit alone isn't the whole story.
How I show up.
Tell me about your event.
I'm based near Cannes, France and available for events worldwide. Tell me about the audience, the moment, and what you want people to leave understanding — I'll tell you quickly whether I'm the right fit.
- Conferences and industry summits in media and technology
- Executive off-sites and leadership team sessions
- Podcasts and long-form interview formats
- Advisory conversations with founders building in this space
- University and professional development programs
- Remote appearances welcome — based near Cannes, France