Chris Barrett has over 15 years of public relations and media experience. In 2011, he founded PRServe, a success-based PR agency for innovative startups. Since then, he's helped launch the successful media trajectory of over 600 leading startups, including Breather, KISSMetrics, Treehouse, and Insta360. As one of the country's premier crowdfunding PR experts, he has helped raise over $15 million in sales for crowdfunding campaigns.
In 2001, Chris was a national financial responsibility spokesperson for FirstUSA. He is featured in the Sundance and SXSW award-winning documentary films The Corporation and Maxed Out and has appeared in People Magazine and The New York Times.
In 2010 and 2011, Chris worked as New Media Producer for journalist Roger Friedman's Showbiz411.com. Together, Chris and Roger produced a series of intimate interviews with stars such as James Franco, Quincy Jones, and Mark Ruffalo. In 2008, Chris co-authored the book Direct Your Own Life with Napoleon Dynamite actor Efren Ramirez.
In early 2007, Chris became one of the first YouTube content creators to be invited to monetize his account. With over 10 million views on YouTube for his original content, Chris' goal is to make the world more fair and profitable for independent content creators.
In 2017, Chris co-founded cryptocurrency startup Stream, an economic backbone for decentralized streaming.