Entrepreneur
Policy Expert
Speaker

Brandon Andrews is co-founder of Gauge; an AI-driven market research platform connecting brands to consumers and influencers; helping them identify opportunities and avoid mistakes. He is also CEO of The Inexorable – an innovative consultancy. Brandon engages with thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners each year. As Senior Consultant at Values Partnerships he leads the company’s work on technology and entrepreneurship, including identifying and evaluating businesses for ABC’s Shark Tank and facilitating the Intuit IDEAS accelerator program. He led casting for Bet on Black on REVOLT and has worked on business TV shows on ABC, CBNC, and other networks. Named a Global Innovation Fellow by the U.S. Department of State, he has traveled the world speaking and hosting events on entrepreneurship and innovation. Brandon is a trusted voice on artificial intelligence, small business policy, entrepreneurship and other topics. He has hosted marquee global business events including The Next Web, Web Summit, World Summit AI, Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and the World AI Conference. Brandon hosts the Impact with AI podcast engaging entrepreneurs using AI to solve global problems.  

He helped build and hosted the inaugural CGI Entrepreneurship Greenhouse at Clinton Global Initiative. He has also headlined entrepreneurship programming around the world including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Switzerland, and the Unleash+ pitch competition in Mysore, India. Brandon has led artificial intelligence training series in Morocco, Kyrgzstan, Uganda, and other regions.

 

Brandon has advised a range of business organizations from innovative startups to entrenched enterprise companies. He currently serves as an accelerator for TZP Group.

 

In addition to working with entrepreneurs Brandon has helped lead nationwide engagement campaigns including jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre, John Lewis: Good Trouble, If Beale Street Could Talk, Fences, ROOTS, and Concussion.

He managed the #TechtoWealth Tour with DJ Young Guru. Designed to get 10K people of color coding, #TechtoWealth brought tech events to WeWork locations in the final six OTRII Tour cities + BET Hip Hop Awards with $1M in coding scholarships available from Opportunity Hub and Flatiron School.

Previously, Brandon empowered public affairs, technology, and real estate clients at MWWPR. He spent 5 years in the United States Senate where he handled technology, small business, and defense policy.

Appointed by the Mayor of Washington, DC, Brandon served as Chairman of the DC Commission on National and Community Service. He serves on the DC Commission on Fashion, Arts, and Events and works with fashion/beauty entrepreneurs.

He provides commentary on policy, politics, business and tech on TV, radio, and the web.

A former Division-1 track athlete, Brandon is a graduate of Oral Roberts University.