Categories: SBizHour

What is Social Influence? w/ @iVidar CEO of @Meddleit #SbizHour (w/Storify)

Social Business Hour (@SbizHour) welcomes CEO of Meddleit Vidar Brekke back to the show for influencer month as we talk: What is Social Influence?

Vidar was the 16th guest to appear on #SShour in 2014 and SbizHour community is excited to have him back.

As always join the conversation on Twitter using #SbizHour and watch the interview live at Rachel Miller & Brian Fanzo host the weekly show at 4pmET/1pmPT on G+ and YouTube.

More about our special guest Vidar:

Vidar has 15 years of industry experience and a founder of 3 tech startups, including Social Graphiti, acquired by Converseon in 2011.

As Chief Product Officer at Converseon, he brought to market ConveyAPI, an industry leading sentiment analysis API.

Previously he also build Built Open Audience Manager, a Facebook analytics platform and a DigiDay “Best Social Media Innovation of 2010” finalist. As the CEO of Social Intent, he built Facebook and MySpace applications (yes, this goes back a few years…) for companies such as Coca-Cola, Estee-Lauder and Equifax.

Vidar also  served as a VP Marketing for JPMorgan and Consumer Strategist for Ogilvy.

Vidar has a MA in Communications and served as an officer in the Norwegian Navy.

Other than that:
Vidar is a co-organizer of TEDxNavesink,  a Jazz aficionado, audiophile, home-brewer and purveyor of hobbies too obscure to mention. In his free time he does his best to mold his wife and 7-year old daughter into entrepreneurs as well. One of them is showing great promise…

 

Brian Fanzo

Recent Posts

Google Faces Renewed Net Neutrality Battle in Europe

In this guest contribution from Steve Vonder Haar, Senior Analyst with Wainhouse, a Futurum Group…

3 years ago

Poly Announces Poly API Marketplace Utilizing RapidAPI Designed to Provide an Assist to its Developer Community

In this guest contribution from Craig Durr, Senior Analyst with Wainhouse, a Futurum Group Company,…

3 years ago

Micron to Build $100 Billion Chip Factory in New York

Futurum's Daniel Newman dives into the recent announcement coming out of Micron, that they will…

3 years ago

The Amazon Devices and Services Event Did Not Disappoint: It’s Clear Amazon’s Focus is on Making Consumers’ Lives Better With its New Smart Home Devices

Futurum analyst Michael Diamond recaps the Amazon Devices and Services event and reviews some of…

3 years ago

Red Hat Announces Latest Version of OpenStack — Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17 — at MWC Las Vegas

Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of…

3 years ago

Micron Shows Resilience Across Q4 2022 and Full Year Fiscal 2022 Results

Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman examine Micron’s financial results for the fourth quarter 2022…

3 years ago