HarperCollins Publishers

Author

Lockchain.ai

Co-Founder

RSE Ventures

CEO and Co-Founder

Harvard Business School

Executive Fellow

Momofuku Milk Bar

Board Member

VaynerMedia

Business Partner

Relevent Sports

Autism Speaks

SkOUT Secure Intelligence

Co-Owner

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Founder. Operator. Investor. Educator. No matter the role, I’ve always believed in trusting your instincts and never outsourcing your judgment.
 
That mindset has led me down an unconventional path from poverty to investor. I grew up in Queens, hawking flowers on street corners and working at McDonald’s to help put food on the table. On a mission to transcend poverty as fast as possible, I dropped out of high school at 16 to work full-time and enroll in college early.
 
Over the next decade, I earned a law degree from Fordham at night and began a career as the youngest press secretary in NYC history, where I helped manage the global press response to 9/11.
 
I went on to be an executive for two NFL teams, found/invest in some of the most dynamic brands through RSE Ventures, and become a guest shark on ABC’s Shark Tank (seasons 10-11) as well as an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where I co-teach "Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer." 
 
Always looking to meet great founders and the people who invest in them.

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Matt Higgins

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CEO and Cofounder at RSE Ventures | WSJ Bestselling Author: Burn the Boats, Harper Collins, 2023 | Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School

Digital Miles Group(Mologix, Inc.)

Digital | Integrated Multi-Channel  Marketing  | Web | Social | Mobile | eCLM ) , Digital/Social Strategy, Marketing Automation, Social Media Strategy,Integrated offlilne/online/Contact Center Business Development,Marketing Automation, eCommerce Strategy, Digital Transformation.Managing a team of 250 plus professionals. 


Here are  some of my few achievements : 

▪  Increased 43% annual compound growth rate in number of Visitors for a leading online branded software downloads company, 57% annual compound growth rate in number of Page views. 25% annual compound growth rate in number of Downloads.1.8 Million total visitors with 10.8 Million Page Views.

▪   Conceptualized and designed "Strategic Reverence Enhancement Execution Plan" using over 26 tested proven social commerce  revenue enhancement  concepts, over 63 conversion optimization concepts , that influence opportunity creation and close business at various level for a leading B2C eCommerce company. Measured conversion and velocity to see which programs move prospects through the revenue funnel faster.The project has yielded in net revenue enhancement of over US!12 Million for the client.

▪   Attracted 800,000 new customers in less 30 days, resulting $4.6 million annual revenue. Improved retention, for a leading US  B2B surgical equipment selling company with over 1800 distributors worldwide and their partners using the platform to differentiate, communicate and share value content using our ecommerce CMS tool and SEM  marketing platform.

▪   Decreased  Shopping Cart Abandonment for a leading UK based  customized merchandise company unique print-on-demand and ecommerce services. Partnered with client  to help them improve their shopping cart abandonment and find a web analytics vendor. We helped them reduce their shopping cart  abandonment rate from an already low 35% to just 15% thus saved $10 million annually in operating costs through common customer systems across global operation

Director - Digital | Social Selling Marketing, eCom Strategy,Marketing Automation,SMM

Who Stole Your Customer

🚀 Revolutionizing Customer Retention with AI & Predictive Analytics " An Award-Winning Globally Recognized Program By Several Professional Bodies"

🔹 Designed, engineered, and launched an elite 8-week enterprise-grade consulting framework—a game-changer in AI-driven churn prevention! This proprietary, award-winning system tackled algorithmic customer attrition with cutting-edge ML/AI retention strategies, captivating 5,000+ CXOs & Business Owners across 14 cities. 🌎🏆 

💡 Inside the AI-Powered Customer Retention Program: 

🔍 AI-Driven Customer Journey Mapping – Predictive analytics reveal key touchpoints & emotional triggers 

 ⚡ Automated Churn Prediction Systems – Machine learning identifies early warning signals 

 🎯 Hyper-Personalization at Scale – AI tailors 1:1 experiences without extra workload 

 🏗 Intelligent CRM Architecture – Proactive systems anticipate customer needs before they arise 

 💬 Conversational AI & Chatbot Mastery – Automated interactions that feel authentic & deepen relationships 

 📊 Predictive Customer Lifetime Value Optimization – AI pinpoints & nurtures high-value relationships 

 🔄 Automated Re-engagement Campaigns – AI reactivates lost customers with zero manual effort 

 🎟 AI-Powered Loyalty Programs – Data-driven retention engines built for long-term success 

🎯 Game-Changing Wins: 

✅ Tackled the $1.6 TRILLION annual churn problem with an AI-first approach. 

 ✅ Armed leaders with predictive analytics that slashed acquisition costs by 5-7X 

 ✅ Deployed ML-driven retention strategies to uncover hidden churn risks & prevent revenue loss 

 ✅ Empowered businesses with next-gen CRM, automation & AI tools for seamless growth 

🔗 Ready to future-proof your customer retention strategy? Let’s talk! 🚀

Program Director -  "Who Stole Your Customer?" – Leverage AI to Master Customer Retention!

MyStartupCMO

🚀 Transforming LinkedIn into a Startup Growth Engine 

I’ve helped 250+ venture-backed startups (Series A-C) turn LinkedIn from an underutilized platform into their #1 source for qualified leads, strategic partnerships, and investor attention. Through tailored, high-impact LinkedIn strategies, I consistently drive real, measurable business growth—not just vanity metrics. 

🔥 How Startups Are Winning With LinkedIn, With My Proven Framework :- 

💰 Faster Sales Cycles – Slashed B2B sales cycles by 37%, helping startups scale revenue faster through laser-focused thought leadership. 

🎯 Cost-Effective Lead Generation – Delivered 68% lower CAC than paid ads, generating 3,850+ high-intent SaaS leads in 2024 alone. 

📈 Investor Magnet – Positioned 25+ startups for $78M in funding by amplifying founder visibility & deepening investor engagement. 

🤝 Enterprise Partnerships – Secured 35+ high-value deals worth $42M ARR, leveraging LinkedIn for strategic networking & precision outreach. 

⚡ The Growth Formula: Proven Strategies, Real Results 

📊 Precision Targeting System – Engineered a proprietary audience architecture, delivering 5.2x higher engagement & 3.8x more qualified leads. 

📝 Scalable Content Ecosystem – Designed a modular content framework that cut production time by 64% & doubled engagement (215%). 

🔹 Social Selling Mastery – Trained 400+ startup sales pros, boosting LinkedIn-generated pipeline by 72% & increasing close rates by 45%. 

🏆 Executive Thought Leadership – Elevated 85+ founders & execs, skyrocketing their industry influence with a 980% follower surge in 12 months. 

💡 Let’s Turn LinkedIn Into Your Competitive Advantage 

If you're ready to unlock LinkedIn’s full potential, drive real pipeline growth, and attract top-tier investors & partners, let’s connect. 🚀

🚀 B2B LinkedIn Marketing Leader | AI & Martech Strategist | Fractional CMO | Angel Investor

LinkedIn Pulse

🚀 Linkedin SMFluencer -  Become a Subject Matter Influencer on LinkedIn 

🔹 Position Yourself as an Industry Authority & Build Influence That Drives Business Growth 

As Program Director of the LinkedIn SMfluencer Workshop, I’ve empowered 25,000+ professionals to establish thought leadership, attract high-value opportunities, and dominate their niche on LinkedIn. 

📢 What Makes This Program Unique? 

✅ Built exclusively for LinkedIn’s ecosystem – No generic strategies, only platform-specific authority-building tactics. 

 ✅ Addresses the biggest visibility challenges – Master LinkedIn’s algorithm, content strategy, and high-impact networking. 

 ✅ Backed by data – 82% of B2B buyers trust LinkedIn experts over brands—become the expert they follow. 

🔥 The 12-Module LinkedIn Influence Blueprint 

🔹 Module 1 – Master LinkedIn’s Algorithm & dominate the attention economy 

 🏆 Module 2 – Build authority stacking to establish instant credibility 

 🤖 Module 3 – Leverage AI-powered content creation for effortless impact 

 🎤 Module 4 – Optimize your profile, posts, articles, and videos for visibility 

 🧠 Module 5 – Use influence psychology to drive engagement & conversions 

 📊 Module 6 – Decode LinkedIn Analytics to refine your strategy 

 📖 Module 7 – Craft compelling storytelling that builds trust & authority 

 🎯 Module 8 – Dominate your industry niche with a strategic content plan 

 🔗 Module 9 – Build social proof with recommendations & endorsements 

 🌍 Module 10 – Expand your network at scale to unlock new opportunities 

 💰 Module 11 – Monetize your influence with speaking, consulting & deals 

 🔄 Module 12 – Integrate LinkedIn with career & business goals for long-term success 

📌 Why This Matters 

👉 “The next 12 months on LinkedIn will shape the next 12 years of your career.” 

LinkedIn doesn’t need more professionals—it needs more trusted voices. If you’re ready to become the go-to expert in your field, let’s connect. 🚀

Program Director - LinkedIn SMfluencer Workshop -  "Become Subject Matter Influencer on Linkedin"

Social.ONE - Sales Navigator Made Simple

🚀 Struggling to Book More Sales Meetings & Close More Deals? 

Most B2B sales teams waste 70% of their time chasing the wrong leads. But with LinkedIn Sales Navigator + CRM automation, you can cut prospecting time in half and double your conversion rates! 

✅ I’ve executed 120+ LinkedIn CRM workshops across SAP CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, LeadSource, Zoho, and more—helping senior sales professionals turn LinkedIn into their #1 revenue engine. 

🔥 Introducing the 12-Module LinkedIn Sales Navigator & CRM Workshop 

A hands-on, step-by-step system designed to master high-value prospecting, outreach automation, and deal tracking—so you can fill your pipeline with qualified leads and close more high-value deals. 

📊 What You’ll Learn: 

🔹 Module 1 – Unlock LinkedIn’s power for B2B networking & sales 

 👤 Module 2 – Build a compelling personal brand for instant credibility 

 🎯 Module 3 – Use advanced search to target decision-makers 

 🔗 Module 4 – Seamlessly integrate LinkedIn with your CRM 

 💼 Module 5 – Master LinkedIn Sales Navigator for precision prospecting 

 📌 Module 6 – Apply lead qualification strategies that save time 

 ✉️ Module 7 – Craft high-converting outreach that gets responses 

 🤖 Module 8 – Automate lead nurturing without losing authenticity 

 📈 Module 9 – Optimize your sales pipeline using data-driven insights 

 📝 Module 10 – Use content marketing to attract & engage top prospects 

 📊 Module 11 – Implement advanced analytics for tracking & reporting 

 🚀 Module 12 – Scale your sales operations for exponential growth 

🔥 Dominate Your Market with LinkedIn + CRM Mastery 

This high-impact workshop delivers real, actionable strategies to fill your pipeline, accelerate deals, and crush your revenue goals. 

Ready to transform LinkedIn into your ultimate sales machine? Let’s talk. 💼📈

Program Director - B2B LinkedIn Sales Navigator & CRM Mastery - An Implementation Workshop !

 Edtech Unicorn I Master Franchises I eLearning  Companies  I GOI Advisor (Various Startups)

Edtech Unicorn Advisor I Education Digital Transformation Consultant I eLearning Program Consultant 

BlouinArtinfo Corp

LBM Media - NY - Global Digital Strategy - Campaigns running across 40 Countries/ 150 Platforms

Reliance-Nis Sparta Limited.(Ada Group Comp.)

 Reliance NIS - Consulting Director -  Corporate Trainings - Jobs Skills Training - (140 Courses)

Ogilvy

Digital Programmatic Advertising & Digital Experience Consulting

Deloitte Digital

 Client Consulting - Deloitte Digital

AI-Martech & GTM Expert | 🚀 120K+ Followers | 📈 700 Million Annual Impressions | 💼 Ad Value: $23.75M+ | LinkedIn Top Voice: Marketing Strategy | 🚀 Top 1% of LinkedIn’s SSI Rank | 📊 Digital CMO | 🎯 StartupCMO

🏆 Driving Global B2B Growth – Demand Generation with AI, CRM, MarTech & Digital B2B Commerce | GTM Engineer Delivering Predictable Revenue & Measurable ROI

AI GTM Engineer (RevOps, Revenue Automation & Data Activation) | 📌 Award-Winning B2B Digital Commerce Leader | 💼 $1.4B+ Revenue Architect | 🌍 Executed Campaigns Across 35+ Global Markets | 👥 123K+ Followers on LinkedIn | 📊 700M+ Impressions per Annum | 🌐 30K+ Global CXO Network | 💬 1.6M+ Annual LinkedIn Engagements | 🏆 Top 1% LinkedIn SSI Score | 🧠 Evaluated 600+ Martech SaaS Products | ⚙️ 250+ LinkedIn CRM Implementations Completed | 📣 Trained 25,000+ Marketing Professionals.

I don’t just build marketing systems — I engineer predictable revenue machines. With 21+ years in B2B demand generation, Revenue Operations & GTM Automation, I connect marketing, sales, and success into unified growth engines that deliver measurable ROI.

I specialize in CRM automation (💼 Salesforce, HubSpot), data activation (🧩 Segment, Hightouch), and workflow orchestration (⚙️ Make, Zapier, n8n, Clay) — reducing manual sales effort by 40%, improving MQL-to-SQL conversion by 25%, and accelerating revenue velocity by 30%.

Recently, I’ve advanced my stack with AI/LLM-driven GTM workflows (🤖 OpenAI, Gemini) — automating lead enrichment, pipeline insights, and personalized outreach. Partnering with CROs and GTM leaders, I design composable RevOps architectures that drive scalable ARR growth, churn reduction, and expansion revenue.

Currently leading GTM digital transformation blueprints across SaaS, EdTech, and Industrial sectors — deploying multi-layered MarTech ecosystems that turn buyer intent signals into predictable sales outcomes.

📈 ROI Highlights: 

🧠 Predictive Lead & Deal Scoring | 🔁 Algorithmic GTM Automation | 🌍 Global Revenue Ops Architecture | 🚀 CRM-Led Campaign Systems

🔬 Built ML/NLP retention protocols, reducing churn by 32% across 400+ clients.

💼 Executed 250+ LinkedIn Demand Gen frameworks, integrating CRM + API + attribution models.

📣 Created the “SMfluencer” System, empowering 25,000+ experts to dominate LinkedIn visibility through engagement algorithms and in-platform demand assets.

🥇 Whether scaling a startup or optimizing an enterprise engine, I merge strategy, AI, and automation to transform GTM complexity into predictable, data-activated growth.

📩 Let’s connect to scale your next $100M GTM system with AI + MarTech precision.

 #Marketing #CRM #B2BDemandGen #AIinMarketing #MarTechLeadership #CRMIntegration #DigitalGrowth #RevenueExcellence #LinkedInB2B  #Marketing Automation

Srinivas Mahesh

🎯 Can AI Now Recreate Reality So Accurately That Your Brain Can’t Tell the Difference Anymore? 🤖🎥🌈 

🚨 Titanic Backstage: Recreated with AI 🚨

📊 Stanford’s 2024 Perception Study found that viewers misidentified AI-generated videos as “real” 68% of the time — even when slowed down and replayed frame-by-frame. 

🧠 A NeurIPS research paper reported that next-gen generative models can simulate cinematic lighting, actor micro-expressions, and fluid motion with 94% fidelity, matching human visual patterns almost perfectly. 

🎬 Meanwhile, a UCLA Media Lab survey revealed that 72% of filmmakers believe AI will replicate full studio environments within the next 3 years, drastically reducing production timelines. 

💡 This isn’t just tech advancement — it’s neurological trickery. 

Your visual cortex relies on patterns, not truth. 
And modern AI has learned those patterns better than ever before. 

✨ What this means for the future: 
🎞️ Ultra-realistic scenes generated in minutes 
🎭 Actors recreated for roles they never performed 
📰 Newsrooms potentially replaced by synthetic anchors 
🌐 Entire worlds built without cameras, studios, or physical crews 
🔬 The science behind this is fueled by breakthroughs in: 
🧩 Diffusion models 
⚡ Neural rendering engines 
📡 Motion field reconstruction 
🎨 Photorealistic texture synthesis 

These systems analyze billions of visual data points — then generate hyper-real scenes that even trained experts struggle to distinguish. 

🌈 The line between recording reality and generating reality is fading faster than anyone anticipated. 

And sooner or later, the question won’t be “Is this AI?” 

It will be: 
👉 “Does it even matter anymore?” 
🌟 The next decade of media will be defined by leaders who understand this shift — not fear it, but shape it. 

Credits: 🌟 All write-up is done by me (P.S. Mahesh) after in-depth research. All rights for visuals belong to respective owners. 📚

🎯 Can Science Prove Whether Knowledge or Money Creates More Long-Term Success? 🤔📚💰🌈 

📊 A Harvard longitudinal study (84 years) found that individuals who consistently invested in learning improved their lifetime earning potential by up to 48%—far exceeding those who focused only on income growth. 

🧠 A World Economic Forum skill-impact report shows that knowledge-driven decision makers outperform purely wealth-driven decision makers by 63% in long-term stability, resilience, and opportunity creation. 

💡 And according to a Cambridge meta-analysis, cognitively enriched individuals are 5.2x more likely to recover from financial setbacks because their brain develops stronger problem-solving neural pathways. 

🌟 Science is loud and clear: 

Money creates access. 
But knowledge creates multiplication. 
One is a resource. The other is a force. 🌈🔥 

💼 Here’s what modern behavioural economics reveals: 
📚 Knowledge fuels better judgement 
💰 Better judgement fuels smarter financial decisions 
🔄 Smarter decisions create compounding wealth 
🌟 And compounding wealth unlocks freedom and meaningful choices 

🔬 Neurological studies also show that learning new skills triggers neuroplasticity — increasing cognitive flexibility, improving emotional regulation, and strengthening analytical thinking. These benefits last a lifetime, long after money comes and goes. 

🌈 So the real question isn’t “Which is more important?” 
It’s this: 

Which one continues to grow even when everything else shrinks? 
Knowledge evolves. 
Knowledge compounds. 
Knowledge creates opportunities even in crisis. 

And knowledge empowers you to build a future where money becomes the by-product—not the goal. 

✨ Choose learning today. 
✨ Choose growth tomorrow. 
✨ Let knowledge become the engine that builds everything else. 

Credits: 🌟 All write-up is done by me (P.S. Mahesh) after in-depth research. All rights for visuals belong to respective owners. 📚

🎯 Can Autonomous Robots Actually Restore Polluted Waterways Faster Than Humans? New Research Says YES 🤖💧🌈 

📊 A 2024 Environmental Robotics Study found that autonomous surface-cleaning robots remove floating waste up to 63% faster than manual cleanup crews. 

🧠 According to a Hydrological Systems Review, AI-guided navigation improves debris detection accuracy by 41%, especially in narrow canals and murky water conditions. 

🌍 A Southeast Asian Smart Infrastructure Survey reported that deploying robotic cleanup fleets reduced municipal water-pollution hotspots by 28% within the first year of operation. 

💡 What’s driving this shift? 

Next-generation robots are now equipped with: 

🌈 High-resolution computer vision 
⚡ Real-time environmental mapping 
🔋 Energy-efficient propulsion systems 
🧠 Predictive AI for debris clustering 
💎 Precision mechanical collectors 

These systems allow them to operate continuously — day or night — without fatigue, risk, or inconsistency. 

🔬 Scientists call this the rise of “autonomous ecological maintenance” — where machines don’t just support the environment… they actively repair it. 

And for densely populated regions with heavy industrial waterways, this isn’t just innovation — it’s necessity. 

🌟 The most powerful part? 

Every piece of trash removed by an autonomous robot is one less pollutant entering oceans, food chains, and ecosystems. 

Technology isn’t replacing human responsibility — it’s scaling our ability to protect the planet. 

🤔 So here’s the question we should all be asking: 

If robots can clean what we can’t reach… 

…how far could this technology go in restoring the world’s waterways? 

🌈 The future of environmental protection may not wear gloves — it may run on code. 


Credits: 🌟 All write-up is done by me (P.S. Mahesh) after in-depth research. All rights for visuals belong to respective owners. 📚

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