Ben Parr

Ben Parr is an award-winning journalist, author, entrepreneur, investor, keynote speaker, and expert on growth and attention. He is the author of the best-selling book Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention, named the top marketing book of 2015 by Strategy+Business Magazine.

In addition to Captivology, Parr is a General Partner at DominateFund, an early-stage venture capital fund. Through DominateFund he has invested in wireless electricity startup Ubeam, teen social network Shots, digital signage startup Enplug, and other rising companies. He is the curator of The Tech Caucus, a weekly newsletter that anonymously polls the leaders of the tech industry. He is also a growth, media, and marketing advisor to Lufthansa Airlines, Ustream (acquired by IBM), Rebelmouse, AngelHack and other top brands. He is a columnist for Inc. Magazine and he co-hosts Oversubscribed with Jason L. Baptiste and Ben Parr, a weekly podcast on tech and media.

Previously, Parr was Co-Editor and Editor-at-Large of Mashable, where he wrote more than 2,400 articles on social media and technology, managed Mashable’s editorial team, and interviewed everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Mark Zuckerberg. He also served as Columnist and Commentator for CNET. Parr’s work has been featured in a variety of media, including ABC News, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, NPR, Fox News, USA Today, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The New York Times.

For his work, Parr was named one of the top ten tech journalists in the world by Say Media, one of the top 10 Internet of Things experts by Inc. Magazine, a TriBeCa Film Festival Disruption Fellow, and named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, majoring in Science in Human Culture and Political Science, and minoring in Business Institutions. He is based in San Francisco, in the heart of Silicon Valley.