33 Tangents – Episode #96 – Talking Data, Live Events, & Remote Work with FestivalPass Founder Ed Vincent

On this week’s episode of 33 Tangents, Jason and Jim welcome Ed Vincent to talk about data & live events, entrepreneurship, and remote work.

What kind of data is available in the live event space? How can this data be used to create action? What benefits has FestivalPass seen by embracing a remote first philosophy?

Ed is an entrepreneur with over twenty years of business, technology, and management experience having founded and exited several companies in that time including helping to launch film festivals in multiple locations and creating the concept for a Maxim branded hotel in the Caribbean. Most recently, he led a data platform and consultancy in the entertainment space with clients including A&E Networks, AMC Networks, Screenvision, MovieTickets.com and was brought into MoviePass as an interim head of data.

Episode Highlights:

01:20 – Introductions.
06:00 – What can those in other analytics disciplines or industries learn from the live events space?
10:15 – It’s about we ensure the discovery mechanism for that individual user is relevant.
13:30 – Helping venue owners solve about knowing who is in the audience.
14:50 – How are you pulling the data and helping clients analyze the data?
18:50 – How are you tying the offline data to the online data?
20:30 – How is FestivalPass using data to create action?
24:00 – How does FestivalPass protect the privacy of customers while still working to provide a personalized experience?
28:00 – What advice do you have for someone on the importance on what the data means from the experiential perspective?
30:30 – FestivalPass is a remote first company.
34:00 – How have both FestivalPass and your employees seen value from the remote work philosophy?
37:00 – What have you learned as you’ve built a remote team?
41:00 – Do you plan to have in-person time?
43:30 – Wrap up.

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