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Chris Messina

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Social Technology Expert & Head of West Coast Business Development at Republic; Original Inventor of the Hashtag, Co-Founder of Molly; Former Product Designer at Uber & Google

Social Technology Expert & Head of West Coast Business Development at Republic; Original Inventor of the Hashtag, Co-Founder of Molly; Former Product Designer at Uber & Google

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Chris Messina Biography

Chris Messina is best known for inventing the hashtag in 2007 but he's been living on — and defining — the future of social media and social technology ever since. He's served on both developer platform and product design teams at Google and Uber, consulted with startups, and co-founded YC-backed conversational social AI company. He is the #1 Product Hunter and co-hosts the Techmeme Ride Home Experience, a popular tech analysis podcast. He currently is a Product Lead focused on founder experience at Republic, an innovative financial technology company.

Throughout his career, Messina has created movements online & off and catalyzed change in large and small organizations starting in 2004, when he helped organize the grassroots movement that propelled Mozilla Firefox to its first 100M downloads. In 2005, he co-organized the first BarCamp and then popularized the unconference event model, which spread to over 350 cities worldwide. In 2006, he opened the first coworking spaces in the world, giving rise to a global movement.

He lives in Oakland, California with his partner Jo and two children, Airis and Olivia.

Chris Messina Videos

  • Keynote session with the inventor of hashtag, Chris Messina
  • The Technology of Better Humans | Chris Messina | TEDxBend
  • The unlikely lesson from inventing the hashtag | Chris Messina ...
    Inventor of the hashtag Chris Messina shares both his motivations and how he came up with his seductively simple idea that's had massive ...

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Chris Messina is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Chris Messina for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Chris Messina generally travels from Oakland, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Alex Salkever, Jana Eggers, Erik Qualman, Huma Abidi and Amber Case. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Chris Messina for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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