Swish Goswami is the Head of Growth & Marketing at Boardy along with being an author, speaker, investor, and content creator. Swish has previously been the Head of Growth at Parallel Studios and the co-founder of Surf (acquired by Datacy). 

On the side, Swish is the co-host of the Track Limits podcast. The podcast is focused on telling the in-depth stories of various personalities in Formula 1 from mechanics and drivers to team bosses and content creators. 

In 2022, Swish released the book “The Young Entrepreneur” under the Kogan Page imprint in several languages. He currently sits on the Next Gen Council for Covenant House Toronto and is the Board Chair for the League of Innovators. Through his angel fund AGEX Capital, Swish is an investor in companies like FaZe Clan, Othership, Wombo, and Upstream. Swish has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice with over 200M content views and was the one of the creators of the LinkedInLocal movement. 

Swish previously worked as a UN Youth Ambassador, a consultant for Fortune 500 companies like Western Union, Google and American Express and an analyst at JB Fitzgerald Venture Capital (founded by NBA player Trevor Booker). 

For his entrepreneurial and philanthropic achievements, Swish was inducted into Bay Street Bull’s 30 under 30, recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice and awarded Startup Canada's Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and the United Nation’s Outstanding Youth Leadership award. 

As a former debater who represented Canada twice at the World Schools Debating Championships, Swish also has a passion for public speaking. He has given four TEDx talks and enjoys speaking under North America’s prestigious bureau Speakers Spotlight. He has spoken at over 300 events around at the world including at Harvard University, Wall Street Journal, STAPLES Center, World Business Dialogue, American Express, IIT Bombay and the United Nations.  

Swish is always looking to speak about his experiences at schools and events. 

For speaking requests and brand collaborations email swish@boardy.ai

Swish Goswami

🚨 HIRING ALERT! 🚨

We’re hiring more engineers at Boardy during one of our most fun and intense phases yet!

The number of conversations that Boardy is part of every day is growing faster than we expected, and we need more engineers to support him. 

We’re expanding the engineering team and bringing on AI and ML engineers who want to work on Boardy's core intelligence.

You will decide what Boardy should pay attention to, how he should learn from experience, and remember conversations.

If you’re excited by fast-paced environments, big technical challenges, and building something world-changing, link in the comments below to apply!

Head of Growth at Boardy (AI Super-Connector) & LinkedIn Top Voice

Boardy met Canadian PM Mark Carney this week at Davos, Switzerland! Well kinda…

During the World Economic Forum, Boardy was a community partner at Renaissance Summit Davos, hosted by Paloneo and Antler.

The room brought together around 90 founders, investors, operators, family offices, and policy leaders to confront Europe's most urgent challenges.

While Europe’s future was being debated on stage, Boardy was busy connecting some of the top global leaders with each other behind the scenes.

Ding ding ding! Over 1,000 Boardy Deal Partners are now onboarded in Slack.

The energy and calibre of people has been unreal. Former founders, investors, and operators are coming together through Boardy with a shared goal of helping founders actually move forward.

You might’ve seen a wave of Deal Partner announcements on your feed over the last few weeks. We’ve been quietly cooking behind the scenes.

Deal Partners are already making thousands of referrals, helping founders fundraise for free, and will earn 50% carry on the deals they bring in. We’re also rolling out an additional referral incentive soon.

If you have strong access to founders and want to be part of a network that’s actually doing the work, apply using the link in the comments.

Boardy is now fully agentic on Slack!

I was listening to Frankenstein music when this happened (you’ll see why).

Founders and investors already live and breathe Slack, and now they can message him to walk through their positioning, recent matches, and recent context.

That means less jumping between email threads or WhatsApp just to get context, and a much smoother way to build relationships and close deals.

Mind blown.

Last week, Boardy hosted his first AMA on Reddit's r/entrepreneur!

Credit goes to Anthony M. Gonzales, for being open to the idea and inviting Boardy to speak to the community's 5 million members.

As far as we know, this was the first time an AI has ever done an AMA, and the thread stayed focused on asking practical questions.

Naturally, there were also a few comments throwing around things like “startup slop,” which comes with putting something new in front of the internet.

We see that stuff, have a quick laugh, and move on, because we care a lot about what we’re building without taking ourselves too personally or too seriously.

That’s just part of building in public.

I can’t believe this is happening. Boardy just transformed his own business model.

He decided to stop charging founders for fundraising support because he doesn’t want anything getting in the way of the best founders meeting the right investors.

If you’ve ever raised a round, or watched a founder raise, you know how this goes. Weeks of prep, back-to-back meetings, repeating the same story over and over, and still not knowing whether it’s actually going anywhere.

Boardy doesn’t want fundraising to be the reason great companies get held back. So he’s helping founders raise their rounds for free.

Instead of signing a contract, it’s a simple handshake. If he’s genuinely helpful and a founder closes their round, all he ask is that they work with him later on recruiting, marketing, or sales.

That’s it.

If you’re raising now or planning to soon, the link’s in the comments!

Quick update after sharing Boardy’s Series A deck earlier this week!

The reactions were polarized. Some people immediately dismissed it, others immediately wanted in, and that was intentional.

The deck wasn’t designed to persuade everyone or win over people who are on the fence. It’s meant to be a clear expression of how we think, the future we believe is coming, and the kind of company we’re deliberately building.

We have a slide in our deck that lays out the four core beliefs for you to be excited about investing in Boardy. If those don’t resonate, this probably isn’t the right fit. 

We believe Boardy has the potential to be one of the few companies every decade that fundamentally changes how the world works - by making networking more efficient and accessible for every founder.

You can’t fully understand Boardy through slides alone. The best way to understand him is to give him a call!

I’m excited to be speaking at TechExit.io Vancouver 2026! I’ll be talking about Surf's journey, what it was like going through hyper-growth, and how things changed when momentum slowed and real decisions had to be made.

We’ll talk honestly about timing, pressure and what it’s actually like navigating an exit when the path isn’t straightforward, including a buyer walking away after an LOI. No sugarcoating. Just what we learned and what I wish I’d known earlier.
 
If you’re a founder thinking about scale, optionality or trying to make sense of the current market, I think this will be a useful conversation.

Vancouver · Feb 19, 2026
Early-bird pricing ends Jan 22
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Reggie Brown is the Snapchat co founder you almost never hear about and that’s not an accident.

Here’s the most factual version of the story we have on the record (with dates, filings, and what was alleged vs what was disclosed).

1) The early days (Stanford, 2011)
Court docs and reporting describe Brown bringing the core concept of disappearing photo messages to Evan Spiegel who then pulled in Bobby Murphy to build it. The product first launched as “Picaboo” on iOS on July 8, 2011 and was then was relaunched as “Snapchat” in September 2011. 

Brown claimed credit for the ghost branding, including the “Ghostface Chillah” mascot/logo referenced in multiple accounts of the early product. 

2) The break and the “erasure”
Within months of launch, Reggie Brown was out of the company (that part is consistent across the major timelines). After that, the public origin story that spread broadly focused on Spiegel and Murphy while Brown’s role became a footnote unless you followed the litigation.

3) The lawsuit (filed 2013)
In February 2013 Brown sued, claiming he co founded Snapchat and that the company was using intellectual property he jointly owned with the founders. 
Snapchat disputed his contributions and the case dragged on until a settlement in September 2014, with the terms described as confidential at the time. 

4) What we learned later: the money
When Snap filed to go public, its S1 disclosed it agreed to pay “the individual” $157.5M total related to that dispute (with $50.0M paid in 2014 and $107.5M paid in 2016). 

5) Why his name “vanished”
There isn’t one single dramatic explanation in an official press release. It’s a combination of things that tend to happen in founder breakups:

- He left early (before the company’s world scale growth), so he wasn’t around for the story telling phase. 
- The dispute moved into legal territory, and the settlement was confidential at the time, which limits what parties say publicly. 
- Some reporting has described a gag order or strong NDA dynamics as part of the settlement, but the clean, primary fact is simply that the terms were confidential and the S1 later disclosed the payment. 

The lesson I take from the Reggie Brown story (especially if you’re building a business with friends):
- Decide “who did what” while it’s still fun
- Paper equity early (and update it when reality changes)
- Don’t wait until traction to clarify ownership, IP, and credit

P.S. if you're a founder looking to raise or an investor looking to deploy capital into the best founders, check out https://boardy.ai

When I was 20, I dropped out of my second year of college.

I don’t generally encourage people to drop out, but for me, the urge to build something was so strong that it felt like the only option.

Looking back, it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It gave me the freedom to pursue a very ambitious idea, invest deeper in my network, and try things without constantly worrying about whether I’d regret it later.

I think more people in their early 20s should seriously consider going after their most ambitious ideas, because at that stage of life you usually have fewer long-term responsibilities, like a mortgage, a family, or major financial commitments.

That makes it easier to take meaningful risks and fully commit to what you want to build in a way that often becomes much harder later on.

This isn’t to say that college or university isn’t valuable, because it absolutely is for many people.

But there’s more than one path to success, especially today, when learning and opportunity exist across many platforms, far beyond universities.

Youthvine Agency

I drive strategy, agency growth, and nurture creator and social community programs at Youthvine, a next-gen lifestyle marketing agency and talent network. Focused on connecting brands to youth culture’s pulse—action sports, music, fashion, and social change—we blend strategic expertise with hands-on creator-driven approaches to deliver authentic impact.

Chief Engagement Officer

ThinkWithWitt

We help companies and nonprofits modernize their brand storytelling, social content, creator partnerships and audience engagement strategies to impact change and drive business growth.

Specialization: youth culture, hard-to-reach demographics, fandom communities, and cross-generational communications.

Guided by data. Driven by culture 🔥

Senior Youth & Creator Marketing Strategist, Problem Solver & Brand Builder

Thrive Global

Thrive Global is Ariana Huffington's health, wellness and fitness media resource. Together we're on a mission to end the stress and burnout epidemic by offering companies and individuals sustainable, science-based solutions to enhance both well-being and performance.

Contributing Author

YouTube

As a Senior Youth Culture Marketing Strategist for YouTube via GLG consulting, I have leveraged my expertise and understanding of youth culture to drive product innovation, enhance user experience, and develop effective marketing communications strategies in collaboration with prominent creators and users. Through our co-creation efforts, we have delivered tangible results and helped businesses stay ahead of emerging trends and remain competitive in an ever-changing marketplace.

Senior Youth Market Insights and Strategic Advisory 

We Are Family

Cross Generational Marketing Strategist | U.S. Market

Kogan Page

Co-Authored 'The Gen Z Frequency: How Brands Tune In and Build Credibility' with Derek E. Baird. The title was released on September 28, 2018.

Connect your marketing with youth culture and resonate with Generation Z using this expert guide, packed with proven strategies and usable frameworks for effective youth marketing. Generation Z, ranging from tweens to young adults, has enormous spending power; yet it is one of the most challenging generational cohorts for brands to reach.

Embodying an unrelenting relationship with information and mobile technology from a young age, Generation Z's ecosystem is infinitely more complex and varied than any generation before. Staying tuned-in to this demographic's impatience, confidence and constantly evolving trends can be daunting for any marketer trying to keep up.

The Gen Z Frequency offers a comprehensive guide for any brand, non-profit/social impact or organization trying to reach this demographic, covering fundamental truths, content creation, engagement strategies and tactics such as social media, experiential, emerging technologies, and much more. It is woven with fascinating case studies and real-world stories from the trenches, plus key insights from leading youth brands and Gen Z themselves.

Best-Selling Author  | Named Top Youth Marketer to Follow by  Inc. Magazine

Motivate Inc.

Motivate is the leading insights and media partner for reaching Multicultural, Youth and LGBTQ segments. We specialize in consumer segmentation, custom insights, product development and turnkey media strategy and execution for high-growth demographics. 

Motivate acquired Immersive Youth in 2016. The newly formed Motivate Youth practice provides best-in-class media activation in digital, traditional, social and influencer marketing services used by Fortune-500 brands and major advertising agencies.

EVP, Youth Marketing

Immersive Youth Marketing

Immersive is a youth marketing agency cultivating brand relevance with young people. 
We unlock the passions of consumers through cohesive solutions that emotionally connect, inspire action, and positively change behaviors. We’ve helped some of the world's greatest brands reach mass audiences while building credibility within niche youth segments.

Youthvine is our proprietary youth-powered resource. We deliver actionable insights, innovation, strategy and advocacy programs to help brands rapidly and cost-efficiently connect with influential tweens, teens, and young adults. 

Some of the brands we are honored to work with, include; Walt Disney World, Autodesk, Qualcomm, Nitro Circus, Funny Or Die, Bravo Sports, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, Texas Department of Agriculture, Hansen's Natural, and Konami Digital Entertainment.

Premise | Youth Marketing + Immersive Media 

Premise is a full service agency that builds positive connections between brands and youth.   We provide the depth of expertise needed to resonate with young people in ways that are trend conscious. Our work impacts targeted consumer segments from the inside out to provide your brand the authentic foundation needed for success.  

We deliver a complete set of youth marketing services including; youth market strategy, brand development, research and cultural insights, social media, creative design and media services, content production, and education programs.

Head of Strategy and Consumer Insights

Landscape Structures

Strategic Advisor, Youth and Fitness Markets

Youth Brand Builder | Gen Z & Alpha Specialist | Creator Marketing Strategist | Author, The Gen Z Frequency | Youth Marketer to Follow, Inc. Magazine | #CreatorEconomy | Let's talk brand and business growth 🔥

Gregg L. Witt’s tireless pursuit of youth culture has been a long and winding road. Never content to just ‘know it when he sees it,’ Witt has dedicated his career to understanding the wisdom and authenticity of youth culture while guiding others to do the same.

With over 25 years of experience, Gregg is a senior marketing strategist specializing in building brands and directing campaigns that resonate and drive growth. Recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Top youth marketer to follow," he connects with tweens, teens, and young adults through cultural storytelling and youth-driven strategies.

Gregg’s journey began at 16 when he launched Goodtimes Skateboards, generating $500K in sales within its first year. This entrepreneurial spirit laid the foundation for his career as a trusted youth culture advisor.

As an independent consultant, Gregg advised major brands like YouTube, Meta, Samsung, Intuit, and Axe, while mentoring over 150 emerging creators and collaborating with Reichman University’s ContentShapers Masterclass Program.

From 2018 to 2021, Gregg served as USA Youth and Creator Marketing Strategist for We Are Family Global Agency Group, partnering with Adobe, Thorn, and Radio Disney to create youth-focused campaigns. Before that, as Vice President of Youth and Creator Brand Partnerships at Motivate Agency (2016–2018), he drove avg 33% annual growth, generating over $5M in revenue with work for Hollister, Cooper Tires and Walmart.

Earlier in his career, Gregg co-founded Premise Marketing, delivering strategies for brands like Funny or Die and action sports companies, and before that worked with Powerline 6 Design, collaborating with Ecko Unltd., Burton, Razor., and others. He also led award-winning social impact programs for the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and Queen Rania of Jordan during his tenure at Immersive Youth.

Gregg is the co-author of The Gen Z Frequency (Kogan Page), a best-selling guide to understanding Gen Z, translated into seven languages.

As Founder and Chief Engagement Officer of Youthvine, Gregg leads a next-generation marketing agency connecting brands with youth culture through creators, community builders, and social media. Youthvine’s network spans 100+ creators and 500+ social communities, reaching over 100M youth globally.

Gregg’s work resonates because it is grounded in cultural intelligence and authenticity. “Gregg is this marketing dude that talks like us,” says Dana Barbaro, 15. From insights to advocacy marketing, Gregg ensures measurable results—all delivered in a new pair of bright red Vans Grossos.

Gregg L. Witt💡

Movement in 2025 didn’t become louder. It became participatory.
People didn’t just watch action sports. They showed up.

Performance still mattered, but participation mattered more. Brands that built sessions, access, and repeat experiences earned trust over time. Brands that treated action sports like media placement got ignored.

Growth came from systems that helped people do the sport, not from chasing visibility. That perspective shaped what stood out this week.

🎯 This Week’s AI Check: Rewind

Rewind turns personal memory into searchable infrastructure. It records what you see and hear across meetings, docs, and messages, then lets you search your own history privately, without breaking flow.

Where it shows up best:
• Brands rethinking learning, onboarding, and knowledge retention
• Schools and nonprofits supporting context-rich learning
• Teams preserving institutional memory over time

The net effect:
Participation beats exposure.
Recall compounds when systems support continuity.

Other signals worth noting:
🏃 Movement replacing doomscrolling as social infrastructure
⚡ Sports marketing shifting from interruption to immersion
🏁 Action sports maturing into long-term, league-level ecosystems

If you are building for trust, systems, and long-term relevance, that is what we unpack each week in The Gen Z Frequency.

Worth subscribing if you are building for what lasts.

Gregg L. Witt

Welcome to Edition 117 🌐 Tune in for a few minutes each week to elevate your youth and creator marketing game in a generational context. Here's what 

Open article: Why Participation, Not Visibility, Defined Action Sports in 2025 by Gregg L. Witt • 12 min read

Why Participation, Not Visibility, Defined Action Sports in 2025

Influence in 2025 didn’t disappear. It stopped being automatic.
People didn’t disengage. They decided faster.

Followers still matter, but they no longer carry the weight they used to. Relevance does. Trust does. Brands that treat creators as partners and build for participation earn staying power. Brands that treat influence like a media buy get skipped.

Growth now comes from systems built to earn attention repeatedly, not from chasing reach once. That lens shaped what stood out this week.

🎯 This Week’s AI Check: Arc Search

Arc Search doesn’t send you down a list of links. It reads the web for you and returns a clean, structured answer, which makes discovery feel more like exploration than homework.

Where it shows up best:

 • Brands adjusting to faster, summary-driven discovery habits
 • Schools and organizations simplifying research and learning
 • Teams looking for clarity without tab overload

The net effect:

Influence is earned, not owned.
Trust grows when usefulness replaces noise.

Other signals worth noting:

🌍 Digital skills framed as economic dignity, not just education
🚀 Learn-to-earn pathways expanding through platforms that fund youth-led innovation and leadership
🤝 Partnerships proving that scalable impact comes from building with young people, not for them

If you are building for trust, systems, and long-term relevance, that is what we unpack each week in The Gen Z Frequency.

Worth subscribing if you are building for what lasts.

Welcome to Edition 116 🌐 Tune in for a few minutes each week to elevate your youth and creator marketing game in a generational context. Here's what 

Open article: What 2025 Taught Us About Influence, and Why Trust Has Replaced Reach as the Real Growth Engine by Gregg L. Witt • 14 min read

What 2025 Taught Us About Influence, and Why Trust Has Replaced Reach as the Real Growth Engine

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