Sarah Evans

I want to spend another hundred dollars a month on newsletters/learning. Who would you recommend? I’ll go first: Kevin Indig’s growth memo: https://lnkd.in/gYMr8ANK If you’re interested in leveling up around AI visibility/GEO/how marketing works in 2027, this is well worth the $20 a month for a perfect mix of independent/primary research and practical breakdowns of how you can use this in your everyday life as a marketer. Your turn: what is one paid piece of media you would recommend and why?

IM BACK ON Tinder 🔥 as the Global Head of Social! So thrilled to join this amazing team, and come home to Los Angeles after 15 life-changing years in NYC. Bobby, Rowan, and I are soaking up our last weeks in the city before heading west this August.

Tomorrow is the 30th Anniversary of Robin Baumgarten at WGN Morning News!! In my opinion, she is the biggest reason our show has had so many years of sustained success. She is authentic, funny, professional and capable of laughing at herself. Her humor and self awareness make her relatable and loved by so many people. She has also been the one person who has consistently laughed at stupid comments over the last 30 years!! She is one of the most thoughtful and kind hearted people that I know and is an even better parent! Thankful that God would be so generous to partner me up with her for the last 30 years!! Congrats!! Also -nice to see I haven’t changed a bit in 3 decades!! #wgn #wgntv #chicago #chicagolegend #family❤️

Twenty years ago today, I walked into a small restaurant in Chicago thinking I was hosting a small startup showcase. I walked out having unknowingly started one of the greatest adventures of my life. Looking back, my overwhelming feeling isn’t pride - it’s gratitude. Twenty years ago, my friend Eric Olson and I hosted the very first TECH Cocktail at a small restaurant in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. It wasn’t a company or a business plan. We simply wanted to create a place where startups could showcase what they were building and where entrepreneurs, developers, investors, creatives, and innovators could connect. This was before coworking spaces, innovation hubs, accelerators, and startup meetups were everywhere, so we decided to create one. What started as one evening grew into quarterly events in Chicago. Before long, startup communities around the country asked us to bring TECH Cocktail to their cities, and we expanded to Boston, Washington, D.C., Boulder, Boise, Austin, Portland, Maine, Miami, Las Vegas, and many others. Over the next decade-plus, alongside Jennifer Consalvo and an incredible team including earlier employees like Julia Fischer, Justin Thorp, Kira M. Newman, Zach Davis, Kimberly Ford, Ronald Barba, Angela Camila Souza, MPS, SHRM-CP, Fran Rugo, and others, to those that came later like Ann Diab, Susan Cooney, Tishin Donkersley, Conor Cawley, Adam Rowe, Jessica Boone, and Joe Corbett, we had the privilege of hosting nearly 100 startup events a year while building TECH Cocktail into Tech.co Media. Together, we reached millions of readers, published thousands of articles, produced countless videos and podcast episodes, and I fulfilled a lifelong dream when Wiley published my book, Startup Mixology. In 2018, Tech.Co was acquired by MVF Global. But none of those milestones compare to the people. I’m grateful to Eric Olson for believing in the idea, to Jen Consalvo and every teammate who poured their talent and heart into what we built, and to the founders, investors, volunteers, sponsors, speakers, and community members who made every event special. Most of all, I’m grateful for the friendships. Many of the people I met through TECH Cocktail 20 years ago are still part of my life today. One lesson has stayed with me: Sometimes the biggest opportunities don’t start with a business plan. They start by bringing good people together. If you were ever part of a TECH Cocktail event - whether in Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., Boulder, Boise, Austin, Portland, Maine, Miami, Las Vegas, or somewhere else. I would love to hear your favorite memory. Please share it in the comments. Thank you for being part of an incredible 20 years. ❤️ Too many people to tag on this below so please tag anyone I missed in the comments. Thank you all. Nick O'Neill Shana Glickfield Peter Corbett Micah Baldwin J Nicholas Tolson Leslie Bradshaw 🐢 Peter LaMotte Daliah Saper Harper 🫠 Reed Joe Corbett

⭐️ Thank you, Woman’s World magazine for speaking with our client, Dr. Kami Hoss, DDS and founder of SuperMouth to learn how taking care of your oral health can impact brain health. Linda (Lee) Chu Christina Fiorentino Blinn Kara deFressine Vasiliki Kontorouhas

Ten years ago, I started covering the agency space without really knowing what I was getting into. I've learned a lot since, but the biggest lesson has been about the people: so many passionate, genuine people who want to make this industry better, and who helped me build my career along the way. That's why I'm so excited about ADWEEK's new Agencies Vanguard membership program: an invite-only community for agency execs built on intelligence, influence, and action. It's modeled after our Marketing Vanguard program for CMOs, and led by the unstoppable Jenny Rooney and Liz Kneebone. I moderated a panel at the inaugural Agencies Vanguard Summit in Cannes with founding members Abbey Klaassen and Jessica Henrichs, alongside Agencies Vanguard Award winners Anibal Casso and Pedro Lerma, about leadership. We could've talked for hours—and it made clear how much agency leaders need a space like this to share ideas, tackle real challenges, and lean on each other. Congrats to our Founding Members: Abbey Klaassen, Jessica Henrichs, Bob Lord, Maggie Malek, Jason Harris, Ross Martin, Laura Correnti, PJ Pereira, Chioma Aduba, Leslie Barrett, Nancy Reyes, Frances Lumpkin Webster, Kerry McKibbin, Isaac Mizrahi, Susan Credle, Tara DeVeaux, Amy Worcester Lanzi, Tyler Turnbull, Emily Wilcox, and Jill Kelly. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gQXrn44z