Julius Solaris

Boldpush

Boldpush is a vertical agency helping corporate teams and associations with their event strategy.

Go-to-market, content, registration and sponsorship strategy.  

Past clients include: SAS, Swoogo, Kaltura, InEvent, Smartsource, BW Events Tech, IMEX, Bizzabo, Tourisme Montreal, Visit Newport Beach.

Founder

Hopin

I looked after Hopin's go-to-market strategy for the meetings and events industry. I learned a lot about tech, they learned a lot about events.

VP of Marketing Strategy, Events

Swapcard

My first tech role after 15 years in media. We figured out a complex content machine in a few weeks. I loved the team and had a lot of fun.

Head of Engagement

EventMB

EventMB (now SkiftMeetings) was the point of reference for the event industry. Bootstrapped and sold in 2019 to Skift. We revolutionized the way to do content in the event industry, influenced trends, and had fun while doing it. Millions of readers and numbers never seen before in our industry.

Editor In Chief - EventMB, a Skift brand

Showthemes

I thought the market needed WordPress themes specifically made for events. Turns out I was right. 6,000 customers later I sold the business.

RS Components

The first proper job I had in the UK. Set up a social media strategy when it was just a buzzword. Loved the boss and the team.

e-Commerce Marketing Executive - Social Media

blur Marketing

Crazy first work experience in London. Creating a crowdsourced marketplace from nothing and turning in a revenue. Unbelievable.

Head

amiando

Evangelised and developed business for amiando in the UK as well as online.

UK and online evangelist

ecoCamp

A user-generated conference covering ecology, the environment, sustainability, and green consumption (http://barcamp.org/ecoCamp).

Organizer

Natuzzi

I was checking the compliance of advertising across the world with branding guidelines. Plus: seeing the founder, who is a genius, stopping by the office, the team, the scope of the company. Minus: a boring task.

Worldwide Retail Advertising Supervisor

My free weekly newsletter read by 20k event professionals -> insights.Boldpush.com

I am obsessed with media, content, and events. I sold two businesses, a tech company and a media business, worked in fast-paced environments, keynoted worldwide, planned iconic virtual events during the pandemic, and wrote reports downloaded 300k times. 

Longer story:

I founded EventMB (exited to Skift in 2019) and Showthemes, exited in 2018, and worked for technology companies and tech events. 

I have been in senior marketing positions in hypergrowth tech companies. Recently, I founded Boldpush, a management consulting agency for the event industry. 

In 2023, 8 million LinkedIn users read my content and I became a Top Voice, an invite only program for top content creators on LinkedIn.

The government of the United States granted me an EB1 visa as an alien of extraordinary ability for my contribution to the event industry and research on event technology.

Many publications have nominated me as the most influential individual in the event industry for several years.

300,000 event professionals downloaded my books.

Boldpush is a vertical agency helping eventtech, corporate teams and agencies grow.
Go-to-market, content, registration and sponsorship strategy.  


Every trade show I go to, I ask 2 exhibitors how it was. Every time one says it is awesome, the other says it is horrible.

We’ve seen it all.

Those on their laptops.
Those giving away pens.
Those (94%) not downloading leads from the app.

It’s with them, right?
Is it?

I mean, you can’t educate every brand on how to do events.  
But their success is your success.

If you think about it.
Their ability to close business means repeat business for you.

Should we provide an exhibitor coach at every trade show?

Forget about those resources that nobody has the time to read. 
What about an actual human who spends the time sharing best practices?

Someone who actually explains how the hell that hosted buyer program works. Or why you need to get on those leads within 24 hours.

A stretch? Feasible?

P.S. If you spend $$$ exhibiting at events, let me send you the best strategies and tactics every Wednesday.

35K event marketers and planners cannot be wrong.

Look at what’s on top next to my name. That is my free newsletter.

Events Consultant and Creator | Follow me for insights on events, marketing and technology.

Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, got served a subpoena on stage while participating in a panel.

Olivia Wilde experienced the same thing at CinemaCon in 2022.

This is a concerning trend.

Serving subpoenas at public events is indeed legal. 

What concerns me is how easily accessible the stages are.

When hosting high-profile speakers and celebrities, security should prevent anyone from stepping onto the stage. 

At CinemaCon the following year, there was a tight grip on the first rows when celebrities were on stage. 

Making security visible is also needed in many cases.

Stage accessibility can open up a nightmare of security issues and emulation.

I often discuss how in-person events are serving as an antidote to online polarization. How they connect opposing views.

But that polarization does not magically disappear.

Should we do more to protect the safety of our speakers?

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Accelevents

Accelevents is the everything platform for in-person, virtual, & hybrid events that drive growth. As a leading event technology platform, Accelevents is redefining the way brands connect with their audiences with a user-friendly yet robust set of customizable and interactive features. Attendees can watch keynote talks, attend multiple breakout sessions, engage within workshops, interact with virtual exhibitors, network with groups or individuals, answer polls, download materials, and participate in live chats. The platform supports multi-faceted online, hybrid, and in-person conferences, summits, fundraisers, educational seminars, team building events, community networking, festivals, and more.

Founder & CEO

Windham Labs

At Windham, our mission is to deliver innovative investment technology and research that impacts the way the world’s most sophisticated investors manage assets. We work closely with our clients to provide a complete service relationship which includes support from Windham’s client servicing team and exclusive access to our acclaimed independent research.

Director Of Sales And Business Development

Windham Capital Management

One of three Associates supporting the CIO who oversees ~1.5B in global assets.
Support the maintenance of our investment strategy solutions and daily risk monitoring.
Responsible for creating simulation and back testing models in excel utilizing MATLAB.

Windham Capital Management is an independent asset management firm, focused on risk-based investment solutions. Founded in 1988, Windham is widely known for its pioneering research and its impact on the way investors manage assets. Armed with innovative research and proprietary risk management, Windham creates and manages portfolios designed to increase the probability of investment success in both calm and turbulent markets.

From our roots in researching risk and asset allocation, we have kept our mission clear: Manage investment risk to maximize returns for each client we serve. Whether you need to grow assets, improve risk management or increase liquidity, Windham will work with you to develop a solution that fits your needs.

At Windham we have cultivated an environment of client-focused innovation.

Associate, Investments

CEO @ Accelevents | Event Marketing, Management, and Growth

Events are hard enough. We're on a mission to help event organizers get some sleep the night before their event.

Jonathan Kazarian

Event management is the job that is the easiest to have an opinion on and hardest to execute.

Not every marketer or admin who’s “helped run an event” is ready to own the full show.

Because running an event is like building a company.
I’ve been there.
I’ve done both.

Event profs need to think like a marketer, budget like a CFO, operate like a producer, and sell like a CRO.

On top of it all, no one realizes how much tech there is.
They see the iPads at check-in.
Or the polished mobile app.
But don’t realize every decision that went into crafting the experience.

That's why we built Accelevents for event managers who care about the details.

The best planners don’t just “run” events.
They run a start up within your company.

CEO @ Accelevents - Event Management & Registration Software | Event Marketing | MarTech

Being 'good' at AI doesn’t make you 'good' at Event Marketing.

What does?
Being human.

Having taste.
Knowing what feels right.
Understanding what your audience actually wants to feel.

AI can write copy, segment audiences, and predict behavior.
But it can’t feel the room.
It can’t read energy.
It can’t design a moment people talk about a year later.

Great event marketers don’t build funnels.
They build memories.

They know when to surprise.
When to pause.
When to let people connect without an agenda.

AI helps you do more.
But taste, intuition, and intent decide whether it matters.

The future of event marketing isn’t AI.
It’s human-led, AI-assisted.

I’ve spent 11 years building event technology.
Not to replace you.
But to free you to create experiences that make people feel something.

What part of the event experience do you think AI will never be able to touch?

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