The next generation of event entrepreneurs is coming from the verticals events serve.
observation — attributed to Marco Giberti
The founder who knows everyone in the category, who decides the show needs to exist, who partners with an operator who knows how to actually build it: that is the shape of the next decade's launches. The events industry is not where the next great organizers are forming. The verticals are. The skill set that wins is domain authority paired with operational expertise, and the partnership model is the structure that makes the pairing work.
For talent strategists and platform investors thinking about where to source the next generation of show founders.
founder-formation, vertical-expertise, succession, partnership-model, industry-evolution