863: How to Do Ridiculously Cool Livestreams, with Lux Narayan




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Summary: Great chat today with the founder of <a href="http://streamalive.com">StreamAlive</a>, Lux Narayan (<a href="http://twitter.com/luxnarayan">luxnarayan on twitter</a>)<br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Name-Place-Animal-Thing-Positivity-ebook/dp/B08VHH4NPY">Name Place Animal Thing on Amazon</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> About Lux Narayan<br> Lux Narayan believes that “So, what do you do?” is a tough question to answer and should certainly not be answered with the current title on your LinkedIn profile. In 2021, he published “Name, Place, Animal, Thing”, an Amazon bestseller- to help people answer this dreaded question. He enjoys mining the intersections of various spheres of life and work, speaking of which… He is the CEO and a co-founder at StreamAlive, a category-defining, fun and engaging web application that helps livestreams and live events on Zoom, YouTube Live, in-person, and everything in between literally come alive. With the ability to plan, track, increase, and analyze engagement simply through the live chat, StreamAlive’s goal is to help presenters and creators move their audiences from bored-away to blown-away. Prior to founding StreamAlive, and prior to a creative and personal break, Lux was a co-founder and the CEO at Unmetric right up to their acquisition by Cision, the world’s largest “earned media platform” that’s now a part of Platinum Equity, a $20bn+ private equity group. He is a perpetual learner of “stuff’ — from origami and molecular gastronomy to stand-up and improv comedy. He enjoys reading obituaries and has given a talk on the TED main stage – on lessons from 2000 obituaries. This talk has been viewed over 2 million times and translated into every majorly spoken language.<br> <br>