Jonathan Littman

About Jonathan Littman

Bestselling Innovation Author, Former Playboy Contributing Editor, Global Connector. Launching my latest, JonClubSF. MY CURRENT FOCUS: Expanding the network I built between SF & Lisbon to other European cities, Brazil and Africa. Collaborating with International founders and companies. I help startups scale in the U.S. with with my deep CA and European contacts. Proud of founding and building Redbridgelisbon.com - a cross-border SF-Lisboa community at an incredible Palácio in Lisboa. Led \"Why Californians Love Portugal\" at our sister SF club, Shack15, and since then 40+ major events in numerous locations in Lisbon (Champalimaud, Oceanario, Unicorn Factory, Critical Software, 42 Lisboa) and in San Francisco. Joined Shack15 Jan 8, 2020.\"The New California Dream is In Portugal,\" my wildly popular 2021 LA Magazine story (1M+ page views, awakened the world to California\'s love for Portugal. Storytelling is my life. Ten books, 500+ articles, prize winning journalism in Playboy, the LA Times magazine, LA Magazine,(Pulitzer nomination and more). My two bestselling collaborations with IDEO – The Art of Innovation and Ten Faces of Innovation – have sold 1M copies and are found on founder\'s book shelves around the world. My book, the Entrepreneur’s Faces: How Makers, Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed, ushers in a fresh human-centric model for entrepreneurs seeking identity & purpose. Today, I connect SF and Europe at the highest level for founders, investors and diplomats, and lead innovation and design thinking seminars for groups from Europe, Brazil, and Asia. In English and Portuguese. My eight works of non-fiction published with major NY houses include The Fugitive Game and The Watchman (translated into more than fourteen languages; both optioned for films). Won the NY Press Club award while a Contributing Editor for Playboy (among my major features, The Persecution of Barry Bonds). Five of my books and articles have been optioned for films. Sued and beat Harvey Weinstein.Clients: Sony, Lululemon, Deloitte, Gillette, Cisco, UC Berkeley, ByFoods/Nata Pura, ForTrevo, StartSe, Pandora, Estee Lauder, Leadership Business Consulting, Silicon Innovation Center, Deckers Brands, L’Oréal, Outglocal, Idean, USF.Keynote speaker: Europe, China, US, Canada on innovation, startups & SF tech ecosystem. Winner of the New York Press Club Award and Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism. Specialties: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Pitching, Storytelling, Writing, Editing, Publishing, Branding, Design. Business fluent in Portuguese.

Experience

1. Founder

   Redbridge Lisbon

   Apr 2022 — Present · Lisbon, PT

   RedBridge held ten events in Chiado in 2022 and \"Why Californians Love Portugal\" at our sister club, Shack15 in SF. We are becoming a private club in 2023 connected to Shack15. RedBridge is your key to the bustling Lisbon and San Francisco ecosystems. A tight-knit community of like-minded explorers and makers, a new generation of bold, tech savvy Portuguese empire builders coming together with ambitious Californian and international entrepreneurs to make cool stuff happen. Portugal boasts 7 unicorns, most with headquarters or major offices in San Francisco, the world’s startup epicenter. Portugal has become a prized tech hub and top tourist destination. Californians are moving to Portugal, and it’s easy to see why. This enchanting country of just 10 million has done so many things right – including new laws recently passed to protect remote workers. Ranked the world’s 3rd safest country, and 4th most peaceful, Portugal offers an unrivaled quality of life. Many talented people and companies are quite simply saying why not? Our Mission. Portugal’s unique combination of a modern, entrepreneurially focused nation, grounded with rich history and culture, and phenomenal food and wine, is rightfully proving irresistible to Californians and international talent and startups. RedBridge sees this global shift, and we want to turn it into a force for good. Our members channel their undeniable talent and passion into meaningful projects that make a difference. We aim to bring excellent, well-paying jobs to the residents of Lisbon and Porto, and help turn Portugal’s natural respect for community and the environment into a positive force in both Portugal and California. We’re a diverse, motivated group of international innovators, founders, technologists, writers, artists, and creators who recognize the power of these elemental Portugal-California connections. Something remarkable is happening in Portugal and want to be part of it. Welcome to RedBridgelisbon.com

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  B.A, Rhetoric

Skills

• Management
• Social Media Marketing
• Online Marketing
• Publishing
• Books
• Digital Marketing
• New Media
• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Public Relations
• Leadership
• Google Analytics
• Sports
• Management Consulting
• Editing
• Journalism
• Content Strategy
• Storytelling
• Social Media
• Mac