ME (Brenton Gieser)

I am an entrepreneur exploring opportunities which excite me and help me grow.  I am based out of the San Francisco Bay Area but rather not be “based” anywhere.  The past year of my life has been dedicated to building what I feel can be an industry changing business, but what some say is a pipe dream.  I have done a few other things in the past couple years after college:

• Pursued a dream project (which has had it’s far share of hiccups).
• Built a start-up team.
• Changed “professions” numerous times.
• Worked a corporate job while dedicating late nights and weekends to my project.
• Traveled the world.
• Failed with a few projects.
• Found the girl of my dreams.
• Met some of the worlds most interesting people.
• Worked with some of the biggest brands worldwide on their social media campaigns.
• …and have embraced the tumultuous journey the whole way through.

Here are a few things I love:

• family
• friends
• my girlfriend
• the internet
• social media
• entrepreneurship
• building relationships with interesting people
• basketball
• football
• the world
• good books
• music with purpose
• unique forms of expression
• community
• trains
• quality beer
• bullet points

I currently work as the Director of Business Development for Avenue Social; helping brands and leverage social media applications to spread their message.  I love the fact that I help the spread positive messages through social media channels that I love constantly leaning about.   Beyond my daily operations I am working on a few ventures with some great people.  There will plenty stories and lessons from my journey that I will be sharing along the way.  Most of all I am passionate about life and helping make positive change that benefits the lives of others (belongs on a Hallmark card I know).

Blog (This one)

Why am I writing this blog?  For the past couple of years I have set forth on a course of self discovery and entrepreneurship.  I have traveled the world, met incredibly successful people and worked on multiple entrepreneurial ventures.  What have I found?  Definitely not riches and success by societal standards; but instead a ton of amazing life experiences.  The interesting thing about my journey is that I have not done it alone.  Far from it…I have friends, colleagues and other business contacts all around my age, all looking to do something truly meaningful.  Generation Y is a unique generation in that we seem to see a world of unlimited opportunity yet struggle to fight the forces of convention that threaten to stunt our growth.  I am one of the many 20 something entrepreneurs looking to do amazing things.  These are my chronicles of successes, failures, interesting experiences, tips and more…

Look around you on any social media platform and you will find a fresh young face creating positive change in a truly unique fashion.  Generation Y is proving to be an inquisitive bunch of passionately innovative people.  I feel that our generation has a yearning to break away from the status quo and pursue options beyond what a college degree can supply us with.  If you are one of those people…you need to not only read this blog…but be a part of it!  I love to hear what you have to say… so email me, tweet me and best of all comment on the blog posts!

I would love to meet you!  Here are a few ways to get connected:

• Twitter: @BrentonGieser
• Email: brentongieser@gmail.com
• Comment at the end of each blog post.  I appreciate anything that comes my way have it be praise or decent.  The whole purpose is to create stimulating discussions to better ourselves.

-Brenton Gieser