Episode 172 Steve Kahan, High-Velocity Digital Marketing, Texas, USA

Steve Kahan is a marketing strategist, TEDx speaker, start-up guru, and author of Be a Start-Up Superstar and High-Velocity Digital Marketing. He has used his unique marketing skills to help grow 7 start-ups from the early stages of development to going public or being sold, resulting in a total value of over $5 billion. We caught up with Steve to talk about his book High-Velocity Digital Marketing. In our conversation, Steve explains: Insights into how companies can increase their revenue in brutally competitive markets online by building relevant content and writing with SEO in mind. How buyers today rely nearly 100% on digital marketing and a brand's digital presence for decision-making and so the content must be developed to capture the imagination of the buyer at all stages of the experience.  How his passion about economic development coming from the startup community has led him to work with the American University of Kiev to mentor entrepreneurs intent on rebuilding Ukraine. Steve currently provides marketing advisory services to startup businesses including several Insight Partners portfolio companies. In his previous position as Thycotic’s CMO and Chief of Staff, he has helped guide the company through incredible growth and a successful exit at $1.4B. It’s been a similar story with the other companies where he’s brought his talents over the past three decades, including KnowledgeWare, PentaSafe, Postini, Quest Software, and The Planet. A previous board member of Target Hunger in Houston, Steve is passionate about making the world a better place by helping those who need it most. Be sure to check out Steven’s links listed below. Enjoy the show! Connect with Steven: Website: www.stevenmarkkahan.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekahan/ TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/n0FRyqF7e0w Connect with Allison: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonsummerschicago/ Website: DisruptiveCEONation.com Twitter: @DisruptiveCEO    #CEO #startup #startupstory #founder #founderstory #business #tech #AI #businesspodcast #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices