Sarah Austin (entrepreneur)

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Sarah Austin
Lifecasting, video journalism
Notable workQGlobe, Broad Listening
Websitewww.sarahaustin.com

Sarah Maria Austin[1] (b. January 1986) is an American author and tech entrepreneur. She is the CMO and co-founder of metaverse funding platform, QGlobe, and former CEO at Broad Listening, an artificial emotional intelligence agent.[2] She is the chairperson of the board of directors at Coding FTW, a nonprofit organization that promotes diversity and equal rights in the technology sector.[3][4]

Early life and education

As a young child, Austin moved with parents from Rogers, Arkansas to Tiburon, California.[5] In the ninth grade, Austin joined a leadership development and mentorship program called Summer Search.[6] While in Summer Search, she studied New Media at Stanford University and also attended Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.[5] In 2004, she graduated from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California.[7][8]

Upon returning to California, Austin attended film and broadcast classes at

Parsons The New School for Design in New York City.[10] In 2010, she was a Dominican University of California business management student.[5][8]

Career

Entrepreneurship

Austin is the founder of Coding FTW, a non-profit organization that provides scholarships for women in computer programming and technology.

Ford Motor including its campaigns around the Consumer Electronics Show and the US launch of the Ford Fiesta.[13]

Media

Austin began her career as a tech-news producer and DJ for three years at

UC Berkeley’s radio station, KALX.[14][15] She moved into video with news segments for D7TV's Story Today and created her own D7TV series, Party Crashers, in which she filmed Silicon Valley parties.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

During the spring of 2007, she was chosen as a participant in the closed

lifecasted for them.[14][23]

Pop17

Pop17
Presentation
Hosted bySarah Austin
GenreTechnology culture news
LanguageEnglish
Production
Picture format
Livestream
Austin at Intel's Social Media in June 2008

After extensive tests through the winter of 2007-08 under the name PopSnap,

Internet personalities at tech-related events and parties.[24] It also includes commentary and news on technology and business topics; Rocketboom and Mekanism contributed to the production of the show in 2008 and 2010.[20][25][26] Contributors to Pop17 include Jesse Draper and Caitlin Hill.[27][28]

Start-Ups: Silicon Valley

Austin was featured as one of the main cast members on

Four Seasons Silicon Valley as entrepreneur in residence, producing marketing videos for them on Pop17.[29][30][31][32]

Other media

In late 2011, Austin became a correspondent for TV networks such as

Logo. She worked as an online personality for The X Factor and The X Factor Pepsi Live Preshow, as well as casting their unscripted home-viewing parties via Skype.[33] She hosted and co-produced the San Francisco edition of VidBlogger Nation; a Comcast OnDemand TV network with each host sharing stories of people, places and events in their city.[34] She also produces tech reports for Logo's NewNowNext.[35] Austin has been a correspondent for Better,[3][36] where she explained topics and trends regarding social media. Since late 2010, Austin contributes articles and Pop17 episodes to Forbes magazine.[37]

Recognition

At age 25, Austin was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in media.

New Media on the Internet.[39] In 2008, she was named one of the 50 most influential female bloggers by North X East.[40][41] Also in 2008, she appeared on Donny Deutsch's The Big Idea.[42]

In the first edition of Dan Schawbel's' book Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, Austin and Pop17 were profiled in a chapter of "success stories".[39] She was featured on the front cover of the May 2009 issue of Personal Branding magazine.[43] In 2010, she was selected as one of Vanity Fair's "America's Tweethearts".[44]

References

  1. ^ Austin, Sarah. "Sarah Maria Austin on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Moving forward in the metaverse — are DAOs the future of the web?". VentureBeat. January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Lowe, Audra (April 28, 2009). "Hot Web Trends - From Web Girl to Twitter authorities, Better has the scoop on the latest Internet trends". BetterTV. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  4. ^ Rogers, Stewart and, Wright, Travis (June 3, 2016). "Sarah Austin, A.I., and when bots start to lie — VB Engage". Venture Beat. Retrieved October 22, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b c Austin, Sarah (January 21, 2010). "Who I Am And Where I Came From". SarahAustin.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Abraham, Zenophon (August 25, 2009). "Saran Austin's "Welcome Back to SF" Poken party Monday night!". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  7. ^ DuPont, Dave (October 23, 2009). "Reed Schools & More, Belvedere & Tiburon Kids with Books".
  8. ^ a b Austin, Sarah. "Sarah Marie Austin". LinkedIn.com. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  9. ^ Lindahl, Alex (November 24, 2008). "Sarah Austin Tracks Online Micro-Celebrities on Pop17". CollegeMogul.com.
  10. ^ Austin, Sarah (September 12, 2008). "Me at Parsons". sarahmeyers.wordpress.com.
  11. ^ "Why Every Business Should Run Internal Hackathons". Forbes. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "Why Consumer Preferences Are Shaping The Future Of The Digital Dollar According To Sarah Austin". Forbes. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  13. ^ "Sarah Austin, From Forbes "30 under 30" to Closing the Gender Gap in Tech". Impact Wealth. March 24, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  14. ^ a b Berlind, David (October 25, 2007). "Sarah Meyers TV: Where the world is headed?". Testbed. ZDNet. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  15. ^ "West, Jackson. NewTeeVee: "Sarah Meyers on Broadcasting Web Video". Archived from the original on December 30, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  16. ^ Douglas, Nick. Valleywag: "The vidding crashers: August Capital boots vloggers from TechCrunch party," August 21, 2006.
  17. ^ a b Arrington, Michael. "PopSnap: Sarah Meyers' Live Online TV Show". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  18. ^ Douglas, Nick (August 26, 2006). "The vidding crashers: August Capital boots vloggers from TechCrunch party". Gawker. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  19. ^ Denton, Nick (December 11, 2006). "2 minutes later, a helicopter whisked Semel to safety". Gawker. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  20. ^ a b c Schonfeld, Erick (February 26, 2008). "Pop17 With Sarah Meyers Goes Live—A Daily Web Video Show Exploring Micro-Celebrities". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  21. ^ "Sarah Austin - Bio". Bravo Media LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  22. ^ Luschek, Mathew (October 9, 2012). "'Silicon Valley' Reality Show to Air Nov. 5". KNTV. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  23. ^ Arrington, Michael (October 15, 2007). "Justin.TV Lifecasters Not Welcome Everywhere (like movie theaters)". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  24. ^ Salkin, Allen. "Night Life Programmed," The New York Times, August 3, 2008.
  25. ^ Exclusive: Rocketboom Blasts Off Sarah Meyer's Pop17 Video Show...The Roots of Beet.TV Explored in this Mini-Doc!
  26. Fast Company
     (145). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  27. ^ Hill, Caitlin (October 16, 2010). "Mad Men Fashion". Pop17. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  28. ^ Draper, Jesse (September 21, 2010). "7 Reasons Pro Starbucks as You Become an Entrepreneur". Pop17. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  29. ^ Shih, Gary (November 6, 2012). "Amid catcalls, Silicon Valley gets its reality TV treatment". Reuters. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  30. ^ Shatkin, Elina (November 5, 2012). "Silicon vs. Silicone: A Show So Stupid it Makes Real Housewives Look Smart". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  31. ^ Perkett, Christine (November 6, 2012). "Silicon Valley: Startups - "Bravo" for Women in Tech? I Don't Think So". Forbes. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  32. ^ McCarthy, Megan (November 6, 2012). "Bravo's new startup show needs less Ways, more means". Reuters. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  33. ^ The X Factor
  34. ^ VidBlogger Nation
  35. ^ Pulos, Will. "Sarah Austin Talks Bond Gadgets". NewNowNext, November 22, 2011.
  36. ^ Lowe, Audra (July 17, 2009). "Tweet for Savings". BetterTV. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  37. ^ Austin, Sarah (August 26, 2010). "The Best Tech For College". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010.
  38. ^ "30 Under 30: Media". Forbes. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  39. ^ a b Schawbel, Dan. Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success. Kaplan Publishing, 2009.
  40. ^ "NxE's Fifty Most Influential Female Bloggers". Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  41. ^ Cohen, Joshua. "Playboy's Hottest Bloggers?", July 18, 2008.
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  43. ^ Personal Branding, May 2009.
  44. ^ Grigoriadis, Vanessa. "America's Tweethearts". Vanity Fair, February 2010. Archived October 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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