
David Neelsen
Co-Founder / Executive Producer

David Neelsen
Co-Founder / Executive Producer
As a career business and relationship guy, Dave had a crazy idea at the height of the recession in 2009. Social media was driving a new opt-in culture and marketers were dealing with a new reality of audiences with control. They actually have a desire to connect with brands, though no longer do they have to accept being sold. Dave’s crazy idea? Stories!
Well, okay … maybe it’s not an original idea. However, with a filmmaker son and a career filled with helping clients, from small business to fortune 500 market and connect with their audiences, an innovative approach to brand storytelling offered new power in a world with a new consumer mindset. That led to the launch of StoryFirst Media as a brand storytelling and video agency. Bringing together a collective of savvy marketers a trained storyteller in the form of filmmakers. It’s four years later and Dave and StoryFirst’s collective have been telling brand stories ever since. Okay, that’s not totally true – Dave will always stop when a quality craft beer is put in front of him. Wisconsin born-and-bred, though having logged many years in Illinois and Texas, he’s equally at home having that beer in a Milwaukee tavern, a Chicago blues joint, or an Austin ice house. But while you’re having that beer, don’t ever question the excellence of the Green Bay Packers. Did we mention that he’s Wisconsin born-and-bred?
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