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Mitch Joel

Founder, ThinkersOne

When brands like Google, Starbucks, Shopify and GE want to leverage technology to better connect with their consumers, they call Mitch Joel. He has been called “one of North America’s leading visionaries” by Strategy Magazine. Mitch is Co-Founder of ThinkersOne. Previously, Mitch spent close to two decades building, running and selling his marketing agency to WPP. In that role, he was President of a global marketing agency operating in 25 countries with close to 3000 employees.

Mitch's first book, Six Pixels of Separation, named after his successful podcast is a business bestseller. His second book, CTRL ALT Delete, was named one of the best business books of 2013 by Amazon. He is a columnist and journalist for I Heart Radio, Harvard Business Review, and Inc. Magazine. Mitch was awarded the highly prestigious Top 40 Under 40. In 2019, Mitch was named to Dr. Marshall Goldsmith's "100 Coaches" list celebrating the world's top business thinkers and best leaders. Thinkers50 named Mitch to their exclusive Radar class for 2021. "The Radar class features an eclectic mix of people who have crossed our personal radars and who, we believe, will make an impact with their campaigning, their ideas, their research and their passion in the year ahead."

Since 2005, he has given thousands of keynote presentations to small, medium and large organizations in both the B2B and B2C space all over the world. Since Covid-19 kicked in, Mitch has delivered over 500 virtual presentations for brands like Google, Walmart, SAP, Sanofi, Canadian Franchise Association, National Retail Federation, European Startup Festival, and countless others.

Mitch is also the host of Groove – The No Treble Podcast, where he is slowly trying to build the largest oral history of electric bass players in the world.

Sessions

Mentor Office Hours

B2B enterprise sales

From finding your first referenceable proof-of-concept users, to scaling an enterprise sales team, B2B sales is a unique beast, so we're devoting an entire Office Hours session to it. See More.
Mentor Office Hours

B2C customer acquisition

B2C marketing is weird, and constantly evolving every time a new trend or platform hits. Let's talk about customer acquisition and consumer marketing in the modern age. See More.
Mentor Office Hours

AI & automation

What are the implications of AI on how much startups raise, what competitive moats they build, and the return on investment they deliver? See More.
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Founder skills & development

We'll discuss the transformations needed to turn an evangelist who promises the future into an operator who delivers it. See More.