Brad Merrill is the CEO of Merrill Media, a modern holding company focused on building independent, scalable businesses at the intersection of technology and media. He is regarded as an expert in his field, teaching business and technology courses to more than 100,000 students and providing marketing training to a number of prominent startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Merrill considers himself a passionate creative: he loves creating articles, videos, websites, companies, workflows, and new ideas. He has been creating things on the web since 2007, working on dozens of projects and reaching tens of millions of people in the process.

In 2010, Merrill founded VentureBreak, which became a leading source of news about innovation for forward-thinking entrepreneurs, investors, business executives, and interested consumers. Under his leadership, VentureBreak served more than half a million monthly readers, appeared regularly on Techmeme, and found itself cited by a number of notable publications, including the Wall Street Journal. While at the helm, Merrill personally interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs and industry luminaries, sharing their stories with VentureBreak’s global audience. In 2015, VentureBreak was acquired by the organizer of Europe’s largest technology meetup.

Merrill still has his finger on the pulse of the industry as he works to build new properties in today’s evolving media landscape. One such property is GigaPress, a comprehensive source of free resources for WordPress bloggers, creators, and freelancers.

In addition to developing authoritative new media brands, Merrill leads mDash, an online education studio that specializes in condensing years of industry experience and extensive research into engaging, digestible online courses for students in more than 180 countries.

What Students Are Saying

"Brad is engaging and he's clearly an expert, having built a following of over 500k subscribers." --Tammy, Skillshare student

"Chapter 16 is worth it's weight in gold. Brad actually gives value with his classes not an overview of non useful material. I had to follow him after this course and will be checking out his other courses. Thank you Brad." --Ciecie, Skillshare student

"Wow! This is the 4th video on blogging I have watched and it is really the only one I needed to watch. I was taking notes like crazy! Plus the instructor's voice is easy to listen to. Thank you!" --Celeste, Skillshare student

"Awesome. One of the best classes I have ever taken!" --Michael, Skillshare student

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