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Today, we continue the conversation with serial entrepreneur Chris Saad.\\xa0 Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, this former head of product at Uber-Developer-Platform is one creative guy.\\xa0 He builds strategies, products, messages, brands, ecosystems, standards and start ups. A magician when it comes to developer platforms; he has that added ability to inspire and teach young-preneurs how to take their own ideas and bring them to market.

A mentor at Founders for Founders - a community of start up founders - he recognises the power of coming together and sharing the journey.\\xa0 A teacher at the core, he has lived the Silicon Valley life and now wants to share what he\\u2019s learned with the next generation back in Australia.\\xa0 I admire his desire to pass on knowledge in a way that makes a difference.

Meet Chris:
\\u201cSerial Entrepreneur. Strategic Adviser. Former Head of Product @ Uber Developer Platform. Co-author of APML. Co-founder of the DataPortability Project. Mentor @ Founders for Founders. Podcaster. Aussie living in both San Francisco and Brisbane. Curious about everything.\\u201d

I build Strategies, Products, Messages, Brands, Ecosystems, Standards and Startups.

I am interested in both the form and the function. I prefer streams over pages, liberal over conservative, open over closed. I am interested in helping others succeed so that we can all work and play in shared personal and professional success.

I have been a leader in the following fields...

- Startups
I have started, built and run a series of great startups. Most as CEO, all as co-founder.

- Product Management and Design
Designing Minimum Viable Products (MVP), User Experience, User Interface, Baking in social etc.

- Developer Platforms
APIs, SDKs, Ecosystems & more. Built a platform from 0 to 85 Billion API calls a month (Echo). Ran Product for Uber Developer Platform.

- On-Demand/Sharing Economy
Building two-sided marketplaces, managing reputation & trust, marketplace management etc

- Future of Media
Worked with all major media including ABC, Reuters, CNN, AMC, TechCrunch etc to help them design and build next-generation media experiences and monetization models.

- Enterprise BD, Sales, Strategy & Support
Building, selling and supporting products into large brands and media companies. I worked with central product and IT groups at CNN, Univision, NASDQ, Disney, UMG, NBCU, Coke, Fanta, AT&T and more.

- Data Portability
Developing, participating in and inventing open standards and protocols for interoperability between independent services and tools.

- Unbundling
The breaking down of companies, apps, services into more discrete component parts for hyper-personalization and disruption at runtime.

- Silicon Valley
Fundraising, key players, politics, relationships, logistical and cultural insights, etc).

- Social Media Strategy
Techniques for participating in, influencing and leveraging social media to grow new markets, influence thought leaders and drive industry conversations.

Contact Chris:
Website: http://www.chrissaad.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrissaad
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrissaad