Lori H. Schwartz

Eric Thompson is Founder and Lead Consultant at b2a advisors where he works with partners and clients focused on everything from creative product and platform development, to original programming and content distribution, what doesn’t this guy do! Eric has a keen understanding of how all the players and pieces come together in this exciting age where content rules and brands have great stories to tell. Eric worked at some small companies like Intel Corporation and Microsoft's MSN and Xbox Divisions. While at Xbox Eric did alot of cool stuff that you’ll hear about and yes, he’s a great gamer. Let’s take a moment to chat with the Branded Content Fellow.

This week we chat again Mark Kapczynski, CEO and CO-Founder of Location X, a consultant and strategic business development advisor who works with corporations, start-ups and venture capital / private equity firms. Today we chat about tech fever as it relates to VC's and how easy and hard it is to get funded. We'll talk about what tech trends are real and what aren't and how you can navigate it all. Come join us for another insightful chat with the Venture Capitalist Dude.

This week I’m going to dig hard into the sexy trends around content and commerce and how they are deeply intertwined. After all, I am a professional shopper. We’ll be chatting with the fabulous Erik Huberman, CEO of Hawke Media, who has been involved with the execution and delivery of consumer facing ecommerce companies for the last 7 years. Erik’s company offers custom tailored media and marketing solutions for their client without them needing to commit to long term contracts or crazy budgets. It’s a new model in the agency services world. And boy do they deliver! Erik has worked with Verizon, Bally’s, Redbull and Evite to name a few. It’s literally annoying how smart this guy is…For the inside scoop, you’ll love hearing from the ‘outsourced CMO’