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I’ve spent my career in global sales, client development, and talent solutions—helping companies scale by building the right teams.

Today, I run Handoff, where we connect U.S. startups and growing businesses with top offshore talent. From executive assistants and marketers to operations, finance, and relocation specialists, we make it simple to hire incredible people at a fraction of the local cost.

Our mission is to let founders and leaders focus on what they do best—and handoff the rest.

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Ben Parr

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Ben Parr is an AI founder and investor. He is President and Co-Founder of Octane AI, a profitable AI platform that powers conversions for ecommerce brands. He is also General Partner & Co-Founder of Theory Forge Ventures, a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital fund investing in the next generation of AI founders and companies.

Ben started his career as Co-Editor and Editor-at-Large of Mashable, where he wrote over 2,400 articles, and was a technology columnist for CNET. He is the author of the award-winning book, "Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention" (HarperCollins/HarperOne). Parr sits on the board of directors of the Leila Janah Foundation. He is a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 and an alum of Northwestern University.

Author, "Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention"

A book on the science and psychology of attention; why we pay attention to certain people, products, companies and ideas; and how to capture, maintain, and grow attention. Analyzed over 1,000 research studies in psychology, neurology, communications, and economics, and interviewed dozens of thought leaders including Sheryl Sandberg, Steven Soderbergh, and David Copperfield to form the thesis of the book. 

Captivology has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Success Magazine, Forbes, Business Insider, USA Today, The Financial Times, and other publications. The book was named the best marketing book of 2015 by Strategy+Business Magazine.

ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY: www.bit.ly/captivology

My fund Theory Forge Ventures is co-hosting a pre-seed AI founder dinner in SF at the end of the month with Kate Meacham at Bullpen Capital and our friends at Rho!

If you know any great pre-seed AI founders (or if you are one), would love to meet them. Send me a DM for an invite!

AI Founder & Investor | President of Octane AI (AI for Ecommerce) | GP at Theory Forge Ventures | Author, Captivology (HarperCollins)

I made my first TikTok/Insta Reel in over 2 years. This one is about the $5.15B Brex acquisiton!

Expect a lot more — and expect them to improve rapidly as I get back into the swing of things!

I should have given Henrique Dubugras money. 

Brex just sold for $5B. 

This is why I have a fund now.

Congrats to Henrique and the Brex team!

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Excited to kick off the year with Klaviyo! I'll be sitting down with Gabby Esposito for a fireside chat on zero-party data and how to use AI to scale personalization on January 22nd. 

Hope you'll join! Link to register in the comments.

I have already written two 6-figure checks this month into promising pre-seed AI companies with Matt Schlicht through our fund Theory Forge Ventures.

One common theme keeps coming up: AI agents that use your existing software (instead of trying to build a new SaaS to replace what people already use).

If you're building AI agents that can handle difficult tasks within complex software for big markets, shoot me a DM!

Helping nab a few great emerging managers for a private EM dinner next month. 

Who do you think is an incredible Emerging Manager on their Fund 1 or 2?

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