Startup Grind is a global startup community educates, inspires, and connects 1,000,000 founders in over 350 cities. We host monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies.

This month we host Chris J Reed, Founder & Group CEO of Black Marketing. Chris has been named as an Official LinkedIn Power Profile 2012-2017, has one of the world's most viewed LinkedIn profiles with 55,000 followers and has just won Social Media Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 award by CMO Asia/World Brand Congress and recently"Asia's Most Influential Digital Media Professional" by them too. Chris is Asia's most recommended entrepreneur on LinkedIn with almost 500 recommendations, all listed on his profile. Chris is serial, global entrepreneur having created Black Marketing - Enabling LinkedIn For You and The Dark Art of Marketing - Personal Branding For Entrepreneurs, Mohawk Marketing - TripAdvisor Engagement For You, Chris J Reed Mastery - Masterclasses that Engage, Delight, Educate and Entertain.