Ken McArthur

About Ken McArthur

Ken McArthur is the founder of ConnectLab.live, an AI relationship-intelligence and warm-intro platform that helps founders who are raising find the funds that fit and the people who can introduce them, and helps fund managers connect with the founders they back. He was recently accepted into Harvard Business School Foundry. He also writes Raise Smarter, a daily newsletter on what's really moving in early-stage fundraising. Ken challenges us to realize we ALL have an impact, whether we want to or not, on thousands of people we touch in our day-to-day lives, and he shows that simple things make a HUGE difference. ConnectLab.live grew out of that belief. Connection is the currency of the 21st Century, and the right introduction can change a company's future. Long before ConnectLab, Ken was the popular host of live events that brought together top-level marketers, entrepreneurs, business owners, corporations and non-profit organizations to build multi-million dollar joint venture relationships. He has managed product launches ranked in the top 400 sites on the Internet and is regularly asked to speak at leading marketing events. He created AffiliateShowcase.com, a pioneering affiliate program search engine and directory. He also founded the MBS Internet Research Center, which conducted the world's largest survey ever attempted on creating and launching successful information products. Ken was the official mentor for Sterling Valentine as he took his launch from zero to over $100,000 in less than 8 days, a proof of concept documented in Info Product Blueprint. Today he puts that same skill for connecting people and launching ideas to work for founders and the investors who back them.

Little Things

So, I’m in San Diego at the Impact Event and one big name marketer is telling me about how he increased his business 50 percent since he talked to another marketer when they were together at my event in Baltimore six months ago.   It was just a simple thing. […]

Film Financing

Hey Folks, Let me update you on what’s going on with the Impact Factor Movie. As you likely know by now, there are THREE films in the Impact Factor Movie Project. The Impact Manifesto Short Film is basically DONE and waiting for launch! The Impact Factor Documentary is in production […]

About those rich people …

I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor and rich is better … up to a point. Okay, I’ve never been REALLY poor. The  global poverty line is only $2 per day and I’ve ALWAYS had at least $60 per month to live on. Anik Singal has some great ideas about helping people […]

HARD: Thoughts on Casting 3

What do these movies and TV shows all have in common … The Bourne Legacy, The Wolf of Wall Street, Philadelphia, The Godfather: Part III, The Unforgiven, Duplicity, Michael Clayton, The King of Comedy, House of Cards, NCIS, Cold Case, The Wire, Law & Order, One Life to Live, General […]

Guidelines for Viral Video Success

THOUGHTS ON VIRAL VIDEOS … Videos (especially viral videos) are HARD. Like most things it’s a good idea to really take a hard look at what has worked with a detached eye and an engaged brain. You can find models that have worked and adapt them to your personal message. […]

How to Finance a Feature Film 2

Logline: A diverse group of Philadelphia residents try to live significant lives as they collide in interweaving stories of impact. FIRST STEP: Create the Story and Lock in the Script I’ve completed the first draft of my feature narrative screenplay, called “The Impact Factor.” It’s a drama about a diverse group […]

Deep in the Screenplay 2

In case you haven’t missed me, I’ve been buried this summer deep in the writing of the screenplay for the Impact Factor Feature Narrative Film. A three time Academy Award Winning Writer and Producer offered to help me and I have to admit, it took my thinking to a whole […]

Open Letter to My Missing Friends …

It seems like you just dropped off the face of the earth. We were talking and then you were gone. My messages drop into nothing. I know you had things going on in your life and the things I don’t know about are probably worse than I can imagine, but […]

So the words start flowing and threats begin.

It’s a battle and things are getting heated. You are convinced you are right. You are certain you deserve what’s due to you. You know your actions are justified. So the words start flowing and threats begin. Because you believe you have no choice. Whether you are right or wrong, […]