Episode Description
Andrew Yeung is the founder of Fibe, an events and media company running around 100 gatherings a year in New York. The vetted founder dinners and tech-week flagships earned him Business Insider's "Gatsby of Silicon Alley" tag after stints as a product lead at Google and Facebook.
In this episode he breaks down the business behind the parties: how sponsors end up paying six figures a year without a single outbound email, why he rejects the overwhelming majority of people who apply, and what actually happens in the room before a single guest arrives.
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Andrew Yeung
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Andrew Yeung
00:37 Building an exclusive events company
08:59 Accessing top level CEOs and execs
14:47 Building a media and events flywheel
19:24 Creating the best event possible
30:42 The tech and data behind an events business
34:09 How to sign big clients and sponsors
40:16 Care more about the product than the money
43:51 The power of delegation
47:05 Using AI in an events business