Wetransfer cofounder and cmo damian bradfields words could be read. Hes the author of the trust manifesto, hosts the influence podcast and is behind empty day. Tune in to hear damian share how they managed to build a business through organic growth and acquire 200k users from wordofmouth, why partnering with artists like. Wetransfer president damian bradfield lays out the program in a medium post. He uploaded the audio file to wetransfer and posted a download link via twitter. Damian bradfield, president of wetransfer explains. Wetransfers innovative approach to promoting creatives artsy. Damian bradfield contributor damian bradfield is the president, cmo and founding partner of wetransfer, the company that designs tools for the creative process. Wetransfers president damian bradfield shared an letter to each of 173 laidoff soundcloud employees.
The companys mission is to enable the effortless transfer of ideas from one creative mind to many. He is also the cofounder of present plus, a design and experiencedriven venture studio. President of wetransfer on how the business started bold. Hey everyone, on todays show i had the opportunity to pick the brain of damian bradfield, president and cmo of wetransfer, the worlds largest filesharing service. Mar 26, 2020 established in 2010 by damian bradfield and wetransfer cofounder nalden, present plus focused on making technology simple and useful, and creating content in the hope that it would be shared. Wetransfers revenues are split between advertising and a monthly subscription that allows users to transfer a larger volume of files. Jul 31, 2018 like firefox, wetransfer takes a lean data approach to its customers personal information, and their privacy policy is direct and clear on how, why and when they gather data as well as what users can do if they want to remove it which they can without question. Aaron and damian discuss the social causes that wetransfer promotes, cultural differences between the netherlands and the u. Bradfield speaks to audiences globally on topics of innovation, education and the arts and his work. His unique experience of the big data economy has led him to question if there is another way to build the internet, one that is fairer and safer for everyone and, in the. A new podcast called influence explores the history and takes a deep dive into the culture and climate of advertising. Grab lunch with damian, the wetransfer boss who ships 1bn files a month. Not just to remove advertising, but to give people a chance to make their plus page their own.
Providing a retrospective look at the events which have shaped the advertising industry into what it is today through conversations with leading minds, it is brought to us by wetransfer and hosted by the companies. Every brand today is talking about being authentic you cant get more authentic than gilles. In 2009, damian bradfield founded wetransfer, the largest filesharing platform in the world with 50 million global users shipping more than one billion files of data a month. Wetransfer cofounder and chief creative officer damian bradfield has released his first book. Nowadays the service has over 40 million active users who transfer one. Damian bradfield, president and chief marketing officer of wetransfer, joins aaron to talk about wetransfers growth from a file transfer service into a purposedriven digital media company.
Bradfield first joined wetransfer as chief strategic officer in 2010 and with over 40. Why wetransfers cofounder wants us to get off the internet a bit. The music industry is one based on entrepreneurship, and wetransfer might be the company to incentivize the next big thing after soundcloud s highly public firing of a whopping 173 employees 40% of the companys staff, an open letter titled 173 ideas hit. Damian bradfield the wetransfer boss who ships 1bn files a. Nov 02, 2017 how to download files from a wetransfer email and unzip the folder. Established in 2010 by damian bradfield and wetransfer cofounder nalden, present plus focused on making technology simple and useful, and creating content in the hope that it would be shared. The download progress should be visible at the bottom of your browser window in chrome and internet explorer, in the downloads window firefox or older safari versions, or in a little. Wetransfer offers a way to send files around the world through its platform. View damian bradfields professional profile on linkedin. Wetransfer was founded in 2009 as the simplest way to send big files around the world. Apr 01, 2020 damian bradfield is the cco and founding shareholder of wetransfer, a company that now has over 50 million active monthly users. Wetransfer keeps privacy and community at heart internet.
Founded in 2009 in amsterdam as a simple, welldesigned file sharing service for the creative community, wetransfer has grown to include tools that scale across the creative spectrum, including editorial platform wepresent with 2m monthly readers, mobile app collect by wetransfer with 4m monthly users, quick slidemaking tool paste with 40,000. Wetransfers innovative approach to promoting creatives. Today were a set of beautifully obvious tools to keep your ideas moving. Damian bradfield venice, california professional profile linkedin. Oct 10, 2017 wetransfers revenues are split between advertising and a monthly subscription that allows users to transfer a larger volume of files. Oct 02, 2017 music is the fuel for this creativity. We applaud people and organizations who share our vision for a healthier internet like wetransfer, who. Damian bradfield venice, california professional profile.
He explains that the file transfer service, which is a banner ad free. Wetransfer wins over artists by avoiding silicon valley. Back in november 20, for example, prince wanted to give away his newest track to fans for free. Damian bradfield partnered with moby in a genius marketing move that gained wetransfer 200k users podcast with damian bradfield hey everyone, on todays show i had the opportunity to pick the brain of damian bradfield, president and cmo of wetransfer, the worlds largest filesharing service. Aug 01, 2019 damian bradfield contributor damian bradfield is the president, cmo and founding partner of wetransfer, the company that designs tools for the creative process. Damian bradfield, the president of wetransfer, also saw the hire a soundclouder document. The trust manifesto by damian bradfield wetransfer medium.
The trust manifesto, exploring our relationship with technology. Leveling up with eric siu damian bradfield partnered with. Influence a podcast about advertising from wetransfer. The graphics helped frame festival programming, including as a backdrop for the business into action panel discussion organized and moderated by wetransfer president damian bradfield. How to download files from a wetransfer email and unzip the folder. Damian bradfield is the president of wetransfer and chairman of the university of the underground. May 18, 2016 i joined wetransfer right near the beginning.
At firefox, we believe the web should be open to everyone, a place for unbridled innovation, education and creative expression, and we strive to make the online community a better place. Form encompasses what were passionate about in its support of creative innovators. We adhered to gdpr long before it went live, said damian bradfield. We couldnt load some important parts of our website. Damian bradfield narrator damian bradfield is the president, cmo and founding shareholder of wetransfer, a company that now has over 50 million active monthly users. But there is a difference between company values painted however stylishly on a wall, and the real challenges of settingand sticking toa set of principles that guide your decision making. Listen to leveling up with eric siu episodes free, on demand. When wetransfer started back in 2009 we were placing long bets that certain market conditions would move in our favour. Once youve set your browser to ask you for a download location, you can then choose the external drive as the location to download your transfer file to. We share a common desire to champion creative culture, says zach tetreault, cofounder of. Leveling up with eric siu damian bradfield partnered. When we established our premium service, wetransfer plus, we knew custom wallpapers were something we wanted to offer.
Bas was busy already back in 2008 with the concept, nalden added his flair and the service launched in december 2009. Oct 10, 2019 in 2009, damian bradfield founded wetransfer, the largest filesharing platform in the world with 50 million global users shipping more than one billion files of data a month. His upcoming book, the trust manifesto, about trust in the era of big data, will be released on october 4th. The trust manifesto by damian bradfield overdrive rakuten.
Its work attracted clients like adidas, mr porter, british airways, sonos and christies. Wetransfer releases opinion paper presenting actionable ideas on. A graduate of the london school of economics, he funded his degree by working for stella mccartney and flyposting for alexander mcqueen. Try refreshing the page or get in touch through our help center. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like damian bradfield discover inside connections to recommended. Damian bradfield president i cmo i founding shareholder. Wetransfer cofounder and chief creative officer damian. How wetransfer embraces creative tension to scale a.
The best we can do, for now we didnt know wed arrive at this point, but were glad we did influence podcast the good, the bad and the ugly of the advertising industry. While speaking with a journalist at the tech open air conference in berlin, a more radical idea came to him. While the net neutrality battle continues, we knew we had found a friend and partner in wetransfer. As the festival came to a close, we pasted posters in locations around pershing square on the eve of the january 20th womens march. Follow him on twitter and sign up for his random newsletter any given sunday. Named one of the most influential voices in tech today by forbes magazine. Prince convinced live nation to allow him to email their entire database a wetransfer link to download the new album from judith hill. Great ideas deserve to look good ideas by wetransfer. Damian bradfield, wetransfers president university of the underground.
Damian bradfield is the cco and founding shareholder of wetransfer, a company that now has over 50 million active monthly users. Abby falik on how habitual selfinquiry can help us navigate our lives with clarity, conviction, and courage. Every month, users in 195 countries send one billion files through its platform. They may have been blocked by your firewall, proxy or browser setup. The empathy economy by damian bradfield the creative. In a streaming world, wetransfer uses downloads as. This video series, designed and built for the cloudbased file transfer service wetransfer, puts some. Wetransfers cco talks digital brands doing good while also doing well damian bradfield is the chief creative officer of wetransfer.
Twitter and sign up for his random newsletter any given sunday. We download all files through the browser, so you will not see the download progress in wetransfer itself, and you may not be asked where to store the file. Damian bradfield 1977 is the cofounder and cco of wetransfer, based in amsterdamlos angeles. Damian bradfield the wetransfer boss who ships 1bn files a month former ad man damian bradfield runs venice beachbased wetransfer the online postal service favoured by artists danny fortson. Download listen on itunes damian and jenna discuss bootstrappings greatest benefit resisting conformity the road to profitability, what it takes to scale up, and how to utilize doubt to your advantage. What most of us get wrong about designing an inspiring workplace culture. Named one of the most influential voices in tech today by forbes magazine, bradfield speaks to audiences globally on topics of innovation, education and the arts and his work has.
Wetransfer was founded in 2009 and is based in the netherlands and the us. Free shipping due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Wetransfer appoints dj and music producer gilles peterson. There has been a certain learning curve along the way, bradfield admits, with the company often following the lead of artists. President and cmo of wetransfer, damian bradfield, discusses the early days of wetransfer and how they had some troubles starting the company. Damian bradfield 1977 is wetransfers chief creative officer and founding shareholder in addition to chairman of the university of the underground. His background combines experience with some of the worlds leading creative companies stella.
Damian bradfield the wetransfer boss who ships 1bn files. Founded in 2009 in amsterdam as a simple, welldesigned file sharing service for the creative community, wetransfer has grown to include tools that scale across the creative spectrum, including editorial platform wepresent, mobile app collect by wetransfer, quick slidemaking tool paste, immersive sketching app paper, and the original web. You can read the paper on wepresent or download the pdf here. Brand on purpose with wetransfers damian bradfield. Damian bradfield partnered with moby in a genius marketing move that gained wetransfer 200k users transcript timestamped show notes. Lots of businesses like to tell you what they believe in. Wetransfer chief marketing officer, damian bradfield said. Wetransfer releases opinion paper presenting actionable. Wetransfer and our role and potential solutions for the future or what is needed for a better internet. How do i download a transfer directly to an external drive. He says he came up with it during the tech open air conference in soundclouds home city, berlin. President of wetransfer on how the business started. Nov 23, 2018 damian bradfield is the president of wetransfer and chairman of the university of the underground. His upcoming book, the trust manifesto, about trust in the era of big data, will be.
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