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Anwar Media Ilias Anwar
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Ilias Anwar is an entrepreneur, marketer, brand strategist, community builder, and creator based in New York City. He has produced over 600 events across NYC, LA, and San Francisco, cultivating a network of 70,000 founders, investors, and creators.
His work includes brand partnerships with Google, Red Bull, Andreessen Horowitz, and Universal Music Group, with activations at NFL Super Bowl Weekend and New York Fashion Week.His work includes brand partnerships with Google, Red Bull, Andreessen Horowitz, and Universal Music Group.
Two rooms built for founders, creators, and investors. Come as a guest or put your brand in front of the room as a sponsor.
Explore EventsInvites to the next room, the playbook on building a network and brand, and opportunities for events, funding, and more.
Explore NewsletterLong-form conversations with the founders, creators, and investors who come through the rooms.
Explore PodcastEverything learned from 600+ events and 70,000 relationships, written down.
Explore BookDirect access to Ilias for strategy, introductions, and growing your network and audience.
Explore ConsultingI don't rent myself out to run someone else's events. I've said no to hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients I didn't resonate with and products I didn't want to stand behind. I don't work with anybody who just has money. I genuinely have to like your product.
I build media. I build shows, events, and communities. That is the product: being with people, being with human beings. We're in a time where people don't even know how to connect anymore. My job is to make that connection.
When a brand partners with us, they get a category-exclusive seat on properties people actually care about. Coming into my community means coming in with trust, so I don't just work with anybody. I have to resonate with the founder behind the company, and with the company's mission.
I work hard. I've thrown 30 events in 30 days. I went on tour for a $32 billion company on two weeks' notice and sold out every stop, teaching creators how to make content on their platform as it grew to 3 million monthly users. I've prepared launch parties a month out, managed a team of 40, and watched thousands of people show up. I've worked with the biggest celebrities in the world and the most prestigious Ivy League universities, helping their founders and alumni raise funding, and I've helped family offices go to market in New York City and multimillion-dollar companies enter the United States.
I didn't pick up "community" because tech and the entrepreneurial world are obsessed with it now. This is my life's work. That's why I put my last name on it. That's why it's called Anwar Media.
Founders and creators get into my events for free, and I will always keep a way in for free. Brands pay for access to the room. If you're a brand that wants the room paying attention, I know how to speak to this community. I know how to find what people truly want, and how to make sure the right people are in the room, whether we're throwing an event together or I'm consulting with your company.
I say no to things left and right. You can ask my team. Honestly, I'd be a wealthier man if I said yes more often, but I can't force myself to work on things I don't care about. So if I work with you, it's a decision I'm genuinely proud of, and I'll stick by you.
If you're serious and you want to work, I'd love to bring you into what we're doing. If you just want to come to the events and you don't have a budget, that's completely fine by me. It's not that cutthroat. I'd love to help you either way. But if you want more of my time, my time does cost money, and I hope you respect that.
My goal is to build the biggest and best media company in the world for founders and creators. These are the people building the future of the internet, and they're who I want to build with.