About this episode
Justin Rezvani is a first generation American entrepreneur, explorer, and 2017 Forbes' 30 Under 30. He began his professional career at the Walt Disney Company. In 2013, at 25 years of age, he founded theAmplify a platform that creates large-scale native advertising campaigns for brands on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube. Creating one of the worlds first influencer platforms, with no outside investment or funding, Rezvani bootstrapped theAmplify and the company was cash flow positive within six weeks. The impressive executive team that Rezvani assembled allowed the company to successfully expand to become a profitable 8 figure business in 2 years with clientele across all business verticals. Rezvani was an internal marketing advisor to Ford, Lions Gate, Pepsi, Unilever, COTY and Campbell's during his time as CEO. Crafting some of the most iconic influencer campaigns in the world. In April 2016, theAmplify was acquired by The Brandtech Group. In early 2018, Rezvani left his role at theAmplify and in 2020 began developed on Zion. Zion is the social network built on bitcoin. Founded in 2020, Zion is the next generation of social media that facilitates the free and open flow of content and payments between creative people and their audiences. Free of censorship, Zion is a network for creative people to pursue what they love, and share their passion with the world. Zion makes a better world with trusted social media Rezvani has been a notable keynote speaker at global marketing events such as Cannes Lions festival, The Bitcoin Conference, CES, The CMO Club, StreamCon, Playlist Live, the AAF and has been featured in articles in the Wall Street Journal, INC, AdWeek, AdAge, Business Insider, LA Times and The Los Angeles Business Journal. Rezvani received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing Management and Advertising from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona where he was named student of the year in both 2010 and 2011. His new book, Unapologetic Freedom, is available at https://www.unapologeticfreedombook.com/. REFERRAL LINKS: Coin Stories is powered by BITCOIN 2023, which will be the BIGGEST BITCOIN EVENT IN HISTORY held in April 2023. If you missed Bitcoin 2022, make sure to head to @Bitcoin Magazine 's page to find videos and highlights of all the biggest events and panels. You can get an early bird pass for Bitcoin 2023 at a steep discount if you head to: https://b.tc/conference/2023 *** Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin is a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https//www.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up. *** With iTrustCapital, you can actually invest in crypto without worrying about taxes, or fees. iTrustCapital allows their clients to invest in crypto through an individual retirement account, or an IRA. IRAs are tax sheltered accounts, which means all your crypto trading is tax-free and can even grow tax-free over time. The best part is that it's totally free to open an account, and there are no hidden fees.You don't need to pay any monthly subscription or membership fees either. If you open and fund an account, you will get a $100 funding bonus added to your account. To learn more, click the link below and open a free account to learn more. https://itrust.capital/nataliebrunell