MYLES WEISSLEDER
Driving Growth Through Strategic Marketing, Communications, and Community
Community-led marketing wizard, event producer, startup advisor, and passionate connector of people, ideas, and innovation.
Driving Growth Through Strategic Marketing, Communications, and Community
Community-led marketing wizard, event producer, startup advisor, and passionate connector of people, ideas, and innovation.
Building communities, launching products, and driving growth through authentic connections
Community. Communications. Connections. Kindness. Leading with purpose and positive impact.
Led zero-to-one nationwide field strategy introducing the first personal eVTOL "flying car" through immersive flight demos. Generated 25% of all company contacts with demonstrably lower CPC than traditional event lead generation—quality leads at lower cost.
Ran global innovation programming for RocketSpace's networks in SF, London, and China, delivering corporate innovation summits and facilitating strategic startup-enterprise collaborations.
San Francisco's largest tech showcase: 50K+ community members, 300+ events, featured in WSJ/Forbes/ABC News. Invited to The White House and recognized by US CTO under Obama for civic tech leadership.
Global platform for ag & food innovation: 450+ startups participated, $3.4B+ raised by alumni. Acquired and expanded by Rabobank as leading innovation ecosystem.
Pioneering community-building by using the Internet to get people off the Internet! Helped launch one of the world's largest community platforms.
AI-powered hiking community using "Smart Hikes" to match participants based on interests and personalities, creating meaningful connections through Applied Serendipity.
Interactive showcase of projects, companies, and measurable impact
I am a passionate community-led marketing and communications professional. I build brands and their communities by connecting people, ideas, and innovation—and by creating unique experiences that result in increased brand love, exposure, partnerships, and deal flow.
Until recently, I led one of the most exciting projects of my career: as Pivotal's Director of Community Marketing, I helped introduce the Helix—the first personal electric aircraft available on the market.
I developed and led a nationwide field strategy introducing Helix through immersive flight demos, simulators, factory activations, and regional community events, generating 25% of all company contacts with demonstrably lower CPC than traditional event lead generation—quality leads at lower cost.
The hustle was real—from scouting landing zones with AI tools and Google Maps to tracking down landowners through property apps. I'd even book Airbnbs that served double duty as flight ops bases and team housing. It was part tech, part human, and all about finding creative ways to make the future of flight visible.
I believe "go-to-community" (GTC) is a winning go-to-market strategy—and I live it.
I founded SF New Tech, San Francisco's largest and longest-running tech showcase with 50K+ community members and 300+ events, featured in WSJ, Forbes, and ABC News. I was invited to The White House and recognized by the US CTO under Obama for civic tech leadership.
I co-founded FoodBytes!, a global platform for ag & food innovation where 450+ startups have participated and raised $3.4B+, which was later acquired and expanded by Rabobank. I helped launch Meetup as one of its founding fathers in communications and public affairs.
One project I especially loved: It's In the Air—an exclusive hiking community I created using an AI-driven concept I called Smart Hikes.
This AI-powered hiking match system created more meaningful social connections on the trail, with participants reporting more meaningful conversations than on standard group hikes. While the project has wrapped, the framework lives on in my toolkit as Applied Serendipity: intentionally engineering unexpected, high-value human connections.
On the personal front, I live in Marin County, California with my wonderful wife, two incredible teenagers, and a rescue pittie named Twyla.
You can usually find me hiking the hills of Northern California or sitting on the beach. I once had a floating office that was literally anchored out in the middle of San Francisco Bay.
I have a very special place in my heart for Block Island—the smallest town in the smallest state, where I learned my way around the kitchen and love to take photos.
As an experiment, my daughter Summer and I launched Block Island Pillows, a fun online store featuring pillows made from my vintage postcard collection and contemporary photography. I also recorded a Block Island Soundtrack there—four volumes of peaceful soundscapes streaming everywhere.
Open to full-time roles, collaborations, or strategic advisory