Amanda Coolong in on Fire. If you don't know her you should. I was fortunate to meet her about five years ago. She is the Co-Founder of TechZulu. She has interviewed hundreds of executives and start-ups over the years.
What I Love About Amanda
Amanda includes the community when she conducts interviews, she develops an intrinsic amount of empathy, and gets to the juiciness of the conversation right away.
Amanda Inspires
Amanda Coolong is on fire, not literally, but figuratively. A couple of days ago, I saw a new venture on her LinkedIn profile "Context and Narrative" and it perked my interest. So when I ran into her yesterday at Silicon Beach on the roof of ROC; I asked her, "So what's up with this new venture on your LinkedIn profile?" Then, in that moment Amanda told me about her passion to tell stories and the need for companies to engage rather than sell their services and products to the public. I was engaged, I was inspired, and I loved it.
"Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars." Gary Vaynerchuk
Best Advice Hire Amanda
Listen up Amanda Coolong, is a fire starter, she will lite you up, she did me. I am always talking about making free travel possible. And I have much to learn about telling stories from Amanda.
If you see her at Silicon Beach, she is the 5'2 blonde with the crutches....she has a great story to tell you about that. You can follow her on twitter @acoolong. Or better yet hire her to tell your company, product, or founder story.
Disclaimer
I am just a guy in the community, Amanda and I are friendly, and we see each other at events maybe once or twice a year. I love to write about people who are passionate and live to serve others with their talent.