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As a brand marketer, venture investor, and startup advisor, Dave Knox bridges the worlds of the Fortune 500 and entrepreneurship. The intersection of these two worlds is the subject of his book, Predicting The Turn: The High Stakes Game of Business Between Startups and Blue Chips, which was named the Grand Prix winner of the Atticus Award. Dave is the former Chief Marketing Officer for Rockfish, a widely recognized digital innovation agency that was acquired by WPP, where he also served as the Managing Director for WPP Ventures. Prior to Rockfish, Knox was a seven-year veteran of Procter & Gamble, where he was instrumental in the digital turnaround that led to P&G being named to AdAge’s Digital A-List.
Dave is widely recognized as an industry thought leader. He was named a Cincinnati Marketing Legend by the American Marketing Association, to the iMedia 25 of Digital Innovators, by Cincinnati Business Courier as the CMO of the Year in the inaugural C-Suite Awards, and as a 40 Under 40 by both AdAge and the P&G Alumni Network. Dave is a frequent keynote on digital innovation and disruption, including appearances at SXSW, TEDx, Back End of Innovation, NRFtech, Brand Innovators, AdTech NYC, and the iMedia Summit.
He is the co-founder of The Brandery – one of the top 10 startup accelerators in the country. Dave is also a Managing Partner in the seed fund Vine St Ventures, and an advisor to Bullpen Capital, Glasswing Ventures, and Hyde Park Venture Partners.
Topics
Predicting The Turn
As a brand marketer, venture investor, and startup advisor, Knox provides a one-of-a-kind worldview into the changing relationship between disruptive startups and Fortune 500 companies. In his Predicting The Turn talk, Knox teaches the world’s largest companies how to foresee the future of their industry and respond to these new competitive challenges.
Digital Transformation
Disruption and innovation are at the top of every executive agenda for the world ’s largest companies. The rise of digital creates tremendous opportunities for companies to embrace innovative new business models. In this workshop or keynote style talk, Knox guides companies through the digital landscape and how the innovation matrix can spark new ideas for their business.
Digital Partnerships
After leading Procter & Gamble’s partnerships with digital innovators like Facebook and Google, Dave has helped companies such as Ford Motor Company and Nestle to navigate the landscape of Venture Capital and Silicon Valley. In this talk, Knox outlines the best practices for building partnerships between companies big and small.
Don't Call Us Flyover Country
Recognized as one of the top 10 Startup Accelerators in the world, The Brandery has been a key catalyst in the entrepreneurial renaissance of Cincinnati. In this talk, Dave tells the history of The Brandery and #StartupCincy and how entrepreneurial ecosystem builders can use a city’s history as the foundation of their future.
Videos
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Digital Transformation & Corporate Innovation Expert - Demo Reel
Articles
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AdWeek: Why Brands Need to Remember That Tech Advancements Have Unexepected Consequences
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AdWeek: How the Constant Threat From Upstarts Can Inspire Big Companies to Disrupt Their Own Disrupters
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AdWeek: Startups Are the New Canary in the Coal Mine for Big Brands and Marketers
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Forbes: How CMOs Can Prepare For The Future: A Q&A With ‘Predicting The Turn’ Author Dave Knox
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AdWeek: The New Ways Established Brands Do Battle With Startups
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AdAge: Is Facebook Building A P&G-Style House of Brands?
Books
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Predicting The Turn
