# Benjamin Shapiro

> Benjamin Shapiro is the founder and CEO of I Hear Everything and founder and host of MarTech Podcast. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he previously worked in business development and SEO at eBay, founded guitar instruction venture StrumSchool, and led marketing at Handle and Rinse before building a consulting practice and podcast production business.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at I Hear Everything; Founder and Host at MarTech Podcast
- **Organizations:** I Hear Everything, MarTech Podcast, Voices of Search, benjshap LLC, StrumSchool, Rinse, Handle, eBay, Genesco Sports Enterprises, Cydcor
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing concentration, Boston University, School of Management
- **Known for:** Founded MarTech Podcast in March 2018., Built the production business I Hear Everything from processes developed for his own podcasts., I Hear Everything reports 16 shows in production and more than 10 million downloads on its current about page; these are company-wide, self-reported figures.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2004** — Sales representative and trainer at Cydcor, according to his January 2018 resume.
- **2004-2005** — Account manager at Genesco Sports Enterprises.
- **2005-2012** — Worked in business development and SEO at eBay.
- **2010** — Founded StrumSchool; founding year listed on his January 2018 resume.
- **2013-2014** — Head of Marketing, as a consultant, at Handle.
- **2014-2015** — Vice President of Marketing and first marketing hire at Rinse.
- **2015** — Started his independent marketing practice in November, according to his experience page.
- **2017** — A Long Road Home podcast began publishing; its Apple listing records activity from 2017 to 2018.
- **2018-03** — Launched MarTech Podcast.
- **2018-08** — Voices of Search launched on August 17.
- **2022** — Rebranded the business to I Hear Everything and expanded content-as-a-service work.
- **2024-08** — Publicly committed to writing his own LinkedIn content after experiments with ghostwriters and automated repurposing.
- **2025-08** — Reported 10,000 monthly YouTube views for MarTech Podcast after rebuilding production for video.
- **2026-07** — Described building an AI-assisted warm-referral prospecting workflow.

## Achievements

- Founded MarTech Podcast in March 2018.
- Built the production business I Hear Everything from processes developed for his own podcasts.
- I Hear Everything reports 16 shows in production and more than 10 million downloads on its current about page; these are company-wide, self-reported figures.
- His 2018 resume reports eBay software distribution work driving $90 million in annual revenue and a browser extension reaching 20 million users; these are historical, self-reported professional results.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: I Hear Everything positions its production, infrastructure, and consulting around brand authority and AI search; its about page reports 16 shows and 10M+ downloads. The page does not date those totals.
- **2026-07** — Described an AI-assisted process for identifying prospects and finding warm introductions, while retaining personal editing of outreach.
- **2025-08** — Reported MarTech Podcast reaching 10,000 monthly YouTube views following a video production rebuild.

## Links

- Website: https://benjshap.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjshap
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/benjshap
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@martechpod
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjshap/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23