The Founder
Marco Giberti is an entrepreneur, investor, author, and advisor working at the intersection of live experiences, technology, and global media. He is the founder of Vesuvio Ventures and a long-time builder of category-defining companies in the events industry.
For more than two decades, Marco has founded, scaled, and exited businesses across the Americas and Europe, from media and technology to live events and education. Today he invests in and advises founders building the future of live, hybrid, and digital experiences, with a portfolio spanning live events technology, SaaS, B2B online media, online education, enterprise software, and marketing technology.
Two field guides for organizers, founders, and investors building the next era of live experiences.
2021
The Always-On Future of Events
Denzil Rankine & Marco Giberti
Forget the traditional one-off, in-person event. Welcome to a new world, where event organizers no longer see themselves as pure organizers; rather their role is to facilitate, business, connections, education, and advocacy. Events are fast becoming catalysts for building communities and nurturing customer relationships “all year round”, with the use of event technology at its core.
2018
How Digital Technologies Are Changing the $565 Billion Dollar Events Industry
Marco Giberti & Jay Weintraub
Face-to-face events, trade shows, and fairs of all sorts have been a mainstay of global commerce reaching as far back as the Holy Roman Empire, but as you know: all empires fall. Much like Airbnb did to hospitality, Uber to transportation, Facebook to communication, and Alibaba to product sourcing, a new disruptive headwind is setting its sights on the $550 billion dollar per year events industry and will reorganize the industry in ways it has never seen.
Business of Events: transform your career in the $2.5 trillion events industry
An on-demand masterclass hosted by Marco Giberti, featuring the top CEOs, entrepreneurs, and investors shaping the next decade of live experiences.
Trusted by the leading voices in events, business, and technology, from Forbes to PCMA, BizBash to The Wall Street Journal.
