I first met Harrison Gevirtz fourteen years ago, when he was a 16-year-old already famous in our world for putting all his expenses on a Black Card. He bought me a steak dinner that first night in LA on his father’s Amex. I have wanted to honor Harrison for a long time, because almost everything I know about relationships in this business, I learned next to him.
The Most Whip-Smart Marketer I Know
Harrison is the most whip-smart digital marketer I have ever met. Back then he could type on a Blackberry held behind his back twice as fast as I could on a laptop, and keep track of more relationships than any team I had ever seen. We spoke at every major conference — SMX, PubCon, Affiliate Summit — from Singapore to New York. He taught me how affiliate networks really worked. I taught him how to run large-scale ad campaigns. We were up until 3 a.m. most nights, both of us on our laptops, building.
How He Built Teams
What I admired most was a gift I am still trying to fully learn: Harrison could attract talent like a magnet. He assembled a crew of the most brilliant, least corporate people you could imagine and somehow got them all rowing in the same direction. That is the real skill underneath all the marketing — the ability to make people want to do their best work for you.
Why I Honor Harrison
Today Harrison is the founder and CEO of Ringba, the number-two call-tracking platform in the industry, built for serious lead-generation teams. The 16-year-old with the heavy credit card became a genuine legend — not by hype, but by being relentlessly good for two decades. That is the lineage I try to show every young adult we train: start young, do the work, and the reputation compounds for the rest of your life.
Thank You, Harrison
I am not being paid to say any of this. Harrison is one of the oldest friends I have in this business. Thank you for the steak dinner, the all-nighters, and for showing me what excellence at any age looks like. Learn more about him at harrisongevirtz.com.
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