Will Be Live

Will Be Live is a B2B marketing agency that empowers clients to build trust and drive growth through brand strategy and demand creation.

Founder and CEO

Techstars

Mentor

Founder Institute

Helping launch over 6,800 companies across 200+ cities and six continents with 8,100+ graduates

Innovation Partner

Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend is a global movement of driven entrepreneurs and changemakers who turn raw ideas into real startups in just 54 hours. Through immersive, hands-on events, it inspires, educates, and empowers people to collaborate, build, and launch.

Organizer - Global Team

Protiviti

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half, Protiviti is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future. Our consulting solutions span critical business problems in technology, business process, analytics, risk, compliance, transactions and internal audit.

Director - Managed Technology Solutions

Robert Half

Founded in 1948, Robert Half is a recognized leader in professional consulting and staffing services, and is the parent company of Protiviti, a global business consulting and internal audit firm composed of experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction services. The company’s specialized staffing divisions include Accountemps, Robert Half Finance & Accounting and Robert Half Management Resources, for temporary, full-time and senior-level project professionals, respectively, in the fields of accounting and finance; OfficeTeam, for highly skilled office and administrative support professionals; Robert Half Technology, for project and full-time technology professionals; Robert Half Legal, for project and full-time staffing of lawyers, paralegals and legal support personnel; and The Creative Group, for interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals. Robert Half operates in more than 400 locations worldwide.

Branch Manager

When I launched Will Be Live in 2021, it wasn’t to start a marketing firm, it was to fix the recurring breakdown I kept seeing across industrial and enterprise B2B: companies investing millions into marketing and sales that either chases attention or dies in procurement. 

We built a system to shift that dynamic -- one that moves ambitious brands from being evaluated to being relied on. Not through noise, but through credibility that travels. 

Since then, we've helped global teams in manufacturing, financial services, and technology deepen trust, compress sales cycles, and show up in rooms they previously competed to enter. 

89% of our partners report direct inbound from net-new enterprise accounts within 90 days of our work together -- not because they chased leads, but because they became the brand buyers trust to lead.

For speaking, podcasts, or media inquiries reach out to admin@willbelive.com

Nima Mirpourian

The first US Dubai Forum in New York didn’t just announce ambition, it was a master class in building demand.

Double GDP by 2033 was the message.

What stood out most wasn’t the scale of the vision.

It was how frictionless the execution model is becoming across capital, regulation, and infrastructure.

Here’s how they positioned themselves:

- Competition is systematically amplified, with Dubai’s policy and infrastructure actively creating new markets and inviting global disruptors to collaborate, scale, and innovate at pace.
- The city is intentionally designed as the nexus of global commerce, linking businesses to over 400 cities and making high-value transactions seamless with half the world being within a six hour flight from its airport
- Ambition is embedded into every project, regulatory process, and partnership manifested in real-time via accelerated licensing, founder-centric incentives, and dedicated public-private innovation labs.

These are the conditions where demand isn’t “generated”

It compounds.

Helping B2B businesses create demand | CEO at Will Be Live

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More than 10 years ago, I co-organized a Startup Weekend with Saadia and Charlene and it taught me one of the most fundamental lessons in building a business.

At Microsoft’s HQ, 80 strangers came together under one roof. 
In just 54 hours, they formed teams, built MVPs, and pitched them.

People from every background showed up some chasing ideas, others offering their time. Even executives like Janet, Christian, Ross, Milad, Foteini and Sahand gave up their weekends to help founders get unstuck.

That’s when I learned what real community looks like.

Today, you’ll hear the word “community” used like a slogan but don’t be fooled.

Community isn’t a tactic that's formulated in the boardroom, it’s something you earn.

It only works when people who care deeply about solving a problem come together to serve.

You can pour money, tools, and strategy into it, but without that foundation, it wont stick. If you’re lucky, you’ll meet people like Nikki and Noor, who will give without ever keeping score.

This weekend shaped how I build today.

Trust and service at the heart of every interaction with people who show up before the traction.

I’m genuinely excited about the caliber of attendees and speakers coming out to this event.

I’ve been advising the team and it’s been impressive watching this come together.

The first ever MENA Rising event, powered by Viaka, kicks off November 20th with some of the region’s sharpest operators and venture partners.

We're talking:
- Cross border deal flow
- Diaspora capital shaping new markets
- Partnerships bridging MENA and North America

If you haven’t already, register here: https://lnkd.in/gTdDsQgP

UPDATE: As of Nov 17th we are at max capacity!

We're incredibly fortunate by the trust our clients place in us. 
It fuels everything we do.

This Thanksgiving, we don't just feel thankful. 
We feel driven. 🙏

One of the smartest AI first demand moves I’ve seen this year wasn’t a social media hack. It was human.

Not in a vague, mass market way.
In a "you saw me before I saw myself" kind of way.

Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato didn’t just send Tim Ferriss their new book.
They built him a version of Super Agency that reflected him - his face, his values, his story.

This wasn't a gift. It was a message stating that "We see you and you matter"

That’s how real demand is created. Not with algorithms, but with care.

You don’t need a celebrity to create that kind of momentum.
You just need to make someone feel known.

2026 won’t belong to Account Based Marketing.

It’ll belong to People Based Experiences.

And the people who win won’t shout the loudest.
They’ll listen the closest and create moments that make others feel seen.

Moonshot

STRATEGIC MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS

Collaborating with diverse and project teams to shape marketing and communication strategies, leading to the successful launch of 110+ startups, generating thousands of pieces of earned media worth millions of dollars in advertising equivalent.

AWARD WINNING BRAND DEVELOPMENT + MANAGEMENT

Crafting breakthrough categories and strategic narratives, enhancing brand positioning, culminating in prestigious client awards, including "Best State Court Research and Analytics Platform 2023," "Fast Company Innovative By Design 2021,"  and " Central Banking Finnovator of the Year Award 2021".

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS + THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Devising and implemented marketing and comms plans with project leads, coordinating w/ subject matter experts to drive national and industry-specific media messaging. Successfully prepared an executive client for testimony before the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and Task Force on Financial Technology.

Orchestrating speaker and influencer programs featuring high-profile figures such as Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan.

CREATIVE CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT

Utilizing a range of storytelling mediums (short-form video, image carousels, social audio events, podcasting, and online courses) to engage key audiences and convey compelling project narratives.


Staying ahead of digital and traditional marketing trends, executing integrated marketing initiatives like a street marketing campaign at SXSW involving a 10-person team, and art directing out-of-home advertisements in Times Sq.

Proactively exploring new technologies and trends, venturing into diverse fields such as remote sensing, hyper spectral imaging, agricultural water rights management, and legaltech.

EVENTS AND INFLUENCER PROGRAMS

Masterminding notable events, including the private hedge fund investor summit Compound:Thesis, and a high-profile launch event for 300+ Atrium stakeholders, raising over $35,000 in event sponsorship.

Founder | Global Director of Marketing and Public Relations

First Round Fast Track

Working 1:1 with First Round network founders to identify opportunities to share their stories and build personal and professional brands that deliver on business objectives such as fundraising, recruiting and customer development. First Round Fast Track mentors meet bi-weekly for 12 weeks per cohort.

Mentor - Public Relations 

Alchemist Accelerator

Founder pitch practice, message crafting and PR roundtables with leading technology industry reporters from The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch.

Mentor - Public Relations

StartX.

Empowered early-stage startups with strategic insight into marcomms, effectively positioning their unique stories to reach key audiences, including mainstream media, and key stakeholders. Leveraging my 10+ years of experience in PR, marketing, and branding, I've developed and implemented repeatable frameworks spanning content, social media, and events to elevate early stage founders and teams. My deep understanding of the innovation ecosystem and climate sustainability has resulted in notable brand growth and industry awareness for StartX companies.

500 Startups

Supporting multiple cohorts of portfolio companies with public relations training and hands-on growth communications and go-to-market mentorship  with global early stage founders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, Nigeria Poland Mexico, South Korea, etc.

Mentor - Marketing and Communications 

SparkPR

Senior Communications Manager

Cleantech Law Partners

VP Business Development

Google

Intern, Google News

Viacom

Marketing Intern - MTV

Strategic storyteller and publicist driving scalable marketing outcomes for Silicon Valley executives and brands. I craft category-defining narratives that have helped companies raise $1.5 billion in new investment

Every great company is actually a social movement.

Bring me a highly-technical founder with a muddy storyline, and I will deliver a movement leader with a sparkling new narrative that dominates headlines, and drives business results. 

I’m a media storyteller, community-builder, and thought partner to high-performing executives, investors and visionary founders. 

Together we activate audiences to tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges with ingenuity, passion and deep expertise.  

Everyone says they’re result-driven, but over the past decade I’ve consistently transformed high-growth technology founders into category leaders, launching more than 80 startups that have earned thousands of media features. 

Collectively my clients have raised more than $1.5 billion from the top venture capital funds and private equity groups. 

Leveraging my extensive network of investors, operators and media, I curate unforgettable events that lead to strategic relationships and unlock opportunities that propel my clients to the head of the line. 

I don’t win awards, but my clients do. 

Whether it's being recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company, Central Banking Magazine’s Finnovator of the Year, or receiving the Core77 Design Sustainability Award, the founders I support stand out among their peers year after year.

After 14 years in the heart of Silicon Valley, I remain fired up about technologies that tackle humanity’s greatest challenges, including food security, global warming, and how the rise of artificial intelligence will impact small business owners, knowledge workers, creative professionals and educators.

When I’m not working you can find me coaching my son’s soccer team, nerding out about all things Arsenal Football Club, or exploring San Francisco’s bounty of mysterious nooks and crannies on two legs. 

I’m a lover of spicy food, black coffee and true crime documentaries. 

Lifetime learner.

I only work with clients I know I can help. 

Reach me at: chikodi@moonshotpr.com

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