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.
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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…
