Brian Zisk

Brian Zisk is a serial entrepreneur specializing in digital media, web broadcasting and distribution technologies. He has been a fixture at SXSW since 1999, showcasing his expertise and passion for transformative technologies. He loves helping people, especially entrepreneurs and investors who are changing the world.

Zisk created and executive produces the SF MusicTech Summit, the Maui MusicTech Experiment and the SF MusicTech Hackathon, which bring together visionaries in the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem with the developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians, and organizations who work with them. He is also the managing director of the SF MusicTech Fund, which has invested in early-stage internet music and technology companies discovered at the SF MusicTech Summit, and a co-founder and Board Member Emeritus of the Future of Music Coalition.

Additionally, Zisk produces The Future of Money & Technology Summit, which brings together visionaries in money and FinTech to discuss the evolving money ecosystem. He is a venture partner for Exponential Creativity Ventures, a strategic advisor for a wide variety of tech companies and non-profits, and invests in numerous companies, including JammCard, Rockbot, Chia Network, Cosmology, and many more.

Zisk's journey into entrepreneurship began with the success of his startup, Green Witch Internet Radio, which caught the attention of industry players and was eventually acquired by a public company. An inactive real estate agent, he is working on projects to help folks better decide where and how to live and to help reduce homeless issues.

Zisk is active in many influential computer-mediated forums, is quoted and published extensively in the media, frequently appears on panels and at industry events domestically and abroad, and is an expert at frenzy whipping, brand awareness, and in creating new business models.