{"id":906,"date":"2017-04-29T05:50:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/futuresharks.com\/?p=906"},"modified":"2020-11-29T08:28:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T16:28:35","slug":"jared-kleinert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/jared-kleinert\/","title":{"rendered":"We Met The Marketer Behind Bestselling Authors, Fortune 500s, and VC-Backed Startups, Only To Realize He\u2019s A 21 Year Old Who Never Went To College."},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered who is behind some of the most successful marketing campaigns on the Internet (or utter failures like the tone-deaf Pepsi commercial starring Kendall Jenner)? <\/span><\/h2>\n

Why do some brands continuously push the boundaries and innovate while others grow stale?<\/span><\/h3>\n

The hard truth is that marketing as we know it is both different today and increasingly unpredictable in the future when compared to \u201cwhat got us here\u201d. Marketing and business development channels that rely on email or social media, for example, are only a couple decades old, and still haven\u2019t reached their full potential as avenues for business growth. Then there\u2019s conversations to be had about VR headsets, Messenger bots, interplanetary travel, and the role that marketing will play as the sci-fi dreams of Silicon Valley\u2019s elite become reality. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is where Kleinert breaks free from the pack of marketing consultants out there. He\u2019s literally \u201cgrown up marketing\u201d, and as early as 15 began the first of his own businesses. Despite never attending college or getting a \u201cnormal job\u201d, he\u2019s built a world-class network (and been named USA Today\u2019s \u201cMost Connected Millennial), written award-winning books on entrepreneurship, and made a name for himself among the top experts in the world who hire him because he knows no different other than to market himself and sell his services in that hungry, tenacious way that reminds older folks of their younger selves. <\/span><\/p>\n

Getting Off To A Fast Start. <\/b><\/h2>\n

Kleinert began his marketing firm <\/span>Kleinert Ventures<\/span> at 18 when he brought on his first-ever client – a #1 NYT bestselling author and former Fortune 500 CMO. Since then, Kleinert and his team have helped companies accelerated by 500 Startups to break crowdfunding records, Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees raise more money, and successful seven-figure businesses bring on new clients in a rush. <\/span><\/p>\n

Part of supporting successful businesses and top thought leaders, which are the core types of clients Kleinert and his team work with, is understanding the inherent value someone like Kleinert could bring to the table for leaders who are willing to try something new and become \u201cexperimental\u201d with their marketing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up differently than most peers my age,\u201d he explains. \u201cInstead of spending years of my time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in school, I defaulted to being different by not subscribing to what everyone else is doing. The same is true in my marketing advice and, thankfully, the results we\u2019re earning for our clients speak for themselves.\u201d And they do. One of Kleinert Ventures\u2019 clients generated $282,000 in new revenue (<\/span>quadrupling their sales<\/span>) in just 35 days from working with the firm. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, in the long run, it\u2019s too early to tell if Kleinert\u2019s decision to forgo school is a good one or not. However, it\u2019s a bet he is willing to make, just like the throng of Thiel Fellows and Uncollege advocates that have surfaced in the last few years. <\/span><\/p>\n

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