About Jack Wendt

Founder & CEO of High Rise Influence. Co-creator of the AI Apprentice Program with Dennis Yu.

How I Got Here

I grew up as a pastor’s kid in Eagan, Minnesota. Church every Sunday, youth group every Wednesday. I didn’t know what digital marketing was until college, and I definitely didn’t plan to build a business around Google Knowledge Panels.

After school I joined BetterWealth as a content marketer. I learned WordPress, shot videos, wrote blog posts, ran SEO audits. The role ended, but those skills became the foundation for everything that came next.

I cold-messaged Dennis Yu on LinkedIn. No warm intro, no mutual connection. Just a direct message explaining what I could do. Dennis responded. He saw someone who could execute, not just talk strategy. Within months we were building systems together.

That partnership became High Rise Influence. I took everything Dennis taught me about the Content Factory, Dollar-a-Day ads, and entity building, and turned it into a repeatable service for founder-led businesses. Today we’ve acquired 78+ Google Knowledge Panels and trained 15+ AI Apprentices on real client work.

What I Do

Knowledge Panel Optimization. I help founders, executives, and public figures earn Google Knowledge Panels. This means building entity signals: schema markup, Wikidata entries, consistent NAP across platforms, press coverage, and structured citations. 78+ panels acquired and counting.

Content Factory Execution. I run the full 6-stage BlitzMetrics Content Factory for clients: Plumbing, Produce, Process, Post, Promote, Perform. One 15-minute video becomes 15+ content assets across platforms.

AI Apprentice Program. Dennis and I built this to train the next generation of digital marketers. Apprentices work on real client campaigns from day one. They learn Knowledge Panel strategy, content production, Dollar-a-Day advertising, and AI-assisted workflows.

What I Believe

Everyone deserves to be findable. You don’t need to be famous. You need Google to recognize you as a real entity.

Systems beat talent. A repeatable process outperforms a brilliant one-off every time.

Execution is the strategy. Plans are worthless without someone who ships.

Young people can do real work. The AI Apprentice Program proves that 18-year-olds can deliver client results when given real responsibility and real mentorship.

Authority compounds. Every piece of content, every citation, every schema block builds on the last. Start now.

The Dennis Yu Partnership

Dennis Yu has managed over $1 billion in Facebook ad spend, spoken at conferences in 17 countries, and built the Content Factory methodology that Fortune 500 companies use. He’s also one of the most generous people in digital marketing.

When I reached out, Dennis didn’t just give advice. He gave me access to his systems, his network, and his methodology. We built the AI Apprentice Program together to scale what works: train young people on real client work using proven frameworks. That partnership is the engine behind everything HRI does.