Vinnie Potestivo

The fastest way to create momentum is to give it away. 👉 Send the introduction. 👉 Leave the recommendation. 👉 Share the opportunity. I keep a short reminder list on my phone with simple things I can do in a few minutes that might make someone else’s day, week, or career a little better. Funny thing is, those small acts usually create momentum for me too. 👉 Generosity has a way of coming back around. PS: If we’ve worked together and a LinkedIn recommendation from me would be useful, DM me.

I love people, so I’m a people-person. I also love dogs, so I’m a dog-guy. Both are true. Don’t complicate it. You are not the niche.

Actions speak louder when prouder. That’s why I’m crowd-sourcing allies who take action on this platform. Tag them below! 👇

Small stages are not small if they are building proof. I’ve hosted an Off-Broadway sketch game show in NYC for the last 5 years, on the same stage where Titaníque built momentum before its Broadway debut. That kind of creative overlap makes me pay attention. Because most people underestimate the smaller room. They think the bigger stage is where the proof starts. 👉 I think the opposite. The smaller room is where you: 1. what lands 2. what gets repeated 3. what people remember 4. who comes back 5. who brings someone with them 6. what language travels after they leave 7. what is strong enough to move into a bigger room That is not small. That is signal. And I think a lot of people undervalue the room they are already in because they are waiting for a bigger one to validate the work. 👉 A podcast can build proof. 👉 A workshop can build proof. 👉 A newsletter can build proof. 👉 A consistent post can build proof. 👉 An Off-Broadway stage can build proof. TLDR: The room does not have to be massive to matter. It simply has to create momentum. 📍Save this for the next time you need to measure the room you're in.

It was June 2005 when I finally felt safe enough to go to NYC Pride. That same week, we launched Logo TV, the first advertiser-supported commercial television channel in the U.S. created for gay audiences. That mattered to me more than I knew how to say at the time. 👉 Seeing advertisers support gay stories, gay talent, and gay audiences gave me permission to take my own first steps toward Pride. Until my sexuality and my workplace finally aligned, I had never felt the courage to step out, stand up, or stand out. That year changed me. 👉 The very voices I was helping elevate were helping me find mine. The people we were casting were becoming the same public figures showing up, speaking out, and fighting for my rights. That loop changed the way I saw media, visibility, and leadership. 👉 Shout out to Rod Aissa and Brian Graden, 2 gay men in my line of command who forever changed my life. True media visionaries who helped me understand the power of using your platform with purpose. After leaving MTV in 2007, I went on to help talent, brands, and businesses create audiences and community around important topics that bring people together. That is why marching alongside Kiehl's Since 1851 for more than a decade will always mean something special to me. Deeply grateful for every brand, media executive, and community leader who makes space for people to be seen.

This is 2017 me. The year I stepped away from corporate media and started building the work I do now. After years of watching people become recognizable in real time, I saw the pattern clearly: 👉 Visibility impacts viability. 🚫 Not fame. 💯 Recognition. When people can clearly explain who you are, what you do, and why it matters, opportunity has an easier time finding you. That is the work I do now. I give founders, creators, executives, and talent the context, content, and positioning that makes their value easier to recognize. TLDR: If you don’t like what you’re getting, check what you’re giving! Visibility becomes viability when people know how to introduce you. What words do you want people to use when they introduce you?

What’s on your summer reading list? I’ve got 11 Audible credits to spend, so tell me the one audiobook you’d put at the top of my list!

I did not expect LinkedIn Games to become a lesson in visibility... Yet here we are. 👉 A leaderboard. 👉 A daily score. 👉 A quick DM saying, “I beat your score!” Tiny stuff. Still, it keeps putting people back in front of each other. That is the part I find interesting. Not the game. The return. The repeat visibility. 👉 The little reason to reconnect without needing a big announcement, a polished post, or a full content strategy to show up. This might be the most human LinkedIn has felt in a while. And I love it. So who’s playing games now!? I’m keeping score! 😉

We complain about insurance costs now. Wait until AI insurance becomes a necessary part of doing business. Because once AI starts influencing creative, financial, legal, hiring, healthcare, and operational decisions at scale… Every company inherits new risk. 👉 fraud 👉 misinformation 👉 copyright exposure 👉 compliance failures 👉 unverifiable outputs 👉 automated decision liability That’s when: 👉 protection becomes a product 👉 verification becomes a service 👉 liability becomes an industry I’ve seen this pattern before in media and tech. 1️⃣ First we monetize convenience. 2️⃣ Then dependency. 3️⃣ Then access. ☑️ Then protection from the system itself. And the more AI floods the market… The more valuable human judgment, trust, and reputation become. Because eventually, every company will need to prove: 👉 who made the decision 👉 what was human-created 👉 what was verified 👉 who is accountable when things go wrong The future may not be about proving you use AI. It may be about proving where the human still exists. People become the proof. Trust becomes the product. And eventually, “human-made,” “human-reviewed,” and “human-approved” may become the most valuable labels in business. I hope. 🤞

Networking isn’t about collecting contacts. It’s about creating conversations that create opportunities. 👇 OPEN NETWORKING THREAD 👇 Comment with: 👉 What you do 👉 What you’re building 👉 What opportunities you’re looking for 👉 Who you want to meet And if you see someone interesting in the comments? Connect with them. 👇 OPEN NETWORKING THREAD 👇