Media and speaking

Stage work, Minnesota house sessions, and the Content Factory teaching Dennis and I built together. More travel stills are being restored from the archive.

On stage and on the road

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North Minneapolis, May 2025

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu presenting the Content Factory at DigiMarCon

Jack Wendt speaking on stage with Dennis Yu at DigiMarCon

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu filming at Jack's house in Minnesota — Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu filming at Jack’s house in Minnesota

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu with the team at Jack's house in Minnesota — Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu with the team at Jack’s house in Minnesota

Jack Wendt with Dennis Yu, Adam Townsend, and Matthew Januszek

Jack Wendt, founder of High Rise Influence

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at dinner with two colleagues

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu smiling during a teaching session

Jack Wendt in military dress uniform

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at the Paradox Museum in Las Vegas

Jack Wendt and Dylan Haugen presenting the Content Factory at DigiMarCon Las Vegas 2025

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on the casino floor at Caesars in Las Vegas

Jack Wendt on stage during a live session

Jack Wendt at a media event wearing studio headphones

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu with colleagues on the red carpet at DigiMarCon — DigiMarCon: Jack and Dennis with the crew on the red carpet.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu inside a Nautical Bowls shop — Travel stop: Jack and Dennis at Nautical Bowls.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at the Boostability office — Office visit: Jack and Dennis at Boostability.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu with two colleagues in a loft — Jack and Dennis with friends in a loft.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at a restaurant table with a colleague — Dinner: Jack and Dennis at the table.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu in a conference hall with a colleague — Conference floor: Jack and Dennis between sessions.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu in front of the NAMM Show sign — NAMM 2026: Jack and Dennis at the show sign.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu during a Thursday coaching call at Jacks house — Minnesota house: Thursday coaching call with Dennis.

Jack Wendt looking out an airplane window at sunset — On the road: Jack at the window on a flight.

Jack Wendt on a pier with a seagull and the beach behind him — Huntington-area pier: Jack with a seagull.

Jack Wendt, listed as a NAMM speaker, beside a Bourgeois guitar display — NAMM 2026: Jack as a listed speaker by a Bourgeois guitar.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at Huntington Beach Pier — Huntington Beach Pier: Jack and Dennis on the sand.

Jack Wendt on stage at a live event standing next to a guest — Stage: Jack during a live event.

Jack Wendt speaking during a filmed interview — On camera: Jack in a filmed interview.

Jack Wendt as a NAMM speaker holding a ukulele — NAMM 2026: Jack as a listed speaker, uke in hand.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu in a grid illusion room at the Paradox Museum in Las Vegas — Vegas: Jack and Dennis in the Paradox Museum grid room.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu sitting on sandstone rocks during a desert hike — Travel: Jack and Dennis on a desert hike.

Jack Wendt holding a Korean BBQ platter at a restaurant — Travel still: Jack with a Korean BBQ board.

On the road

Confirmed stops from talks and shoots we already have, not a full calendar.

DigiMarCon (stage and Content Factory with Dennis)
DigiMarCon Las Vegas 2025 with Dylan Haugen (talk on the page)
Minnesota house teaching and the book interview
AI and SEO session with a 7-figure mastermind
Pure Green Growth Summit 2025, Miami Beach — co-taught the AI marketing workshop with Dennis for 60+ franchise owners

Talks and teaching

High Rise Influence channel and the articles they now live inside. Nothing here autoplays. Hit play on the YouTube, not a screenshot of it.

Minnesota house interview

Article: From Pastor’s Kid to Founder

Claiming a Knowledge Panel at DigiMarCon NYC

Article: Claiming your Knowledge Panel at DigiMarCon

Neuschwanstein: real influence vs fake PR

Article: Blueprint for real influence

DigiMarCon with Dylan Haugen — Knowledge Graph

Article: Building authority with AI and the Knowledge Graph

Hallway recap — Content Factory

Article: What we taught at DigiMarCon

AI Apprentice Program overview

Article: AI Apprentice Program with Dennis Yu

Young adults fixing parents’ marketing

Article: How young adults fix their parents’ marketing

Relationships that compound — Boostability

Article: Relationships that compound authority

Meet the team

Article: Meet the team behind High Rise

Teaching AI and SEO to a 7-figure mastermind

The YouTube replay is no longer public. The write-up, plus a related public session, is here: How we taught AI and SEO systems to a 7-figure mastermind.

Paid to learn business

Article: We got paid to learn business

Who High Rise is not for

Article: Who High Rise is not for

Franchise partners — train a young adult

Article: Franchise partners and young-adult marketers

Extract value from the job

Article: Get a job you extract value from

Henry Holm — first apprentices

Article: Henry Holm: zero experience to client work

Million jobs (Dennis’s mission)

Article: Dennis Yu’s million jobs, and the factory I run

Strategic networking at 19

Article: Strategic networking at 19

High Rise blueprint

Article: Building High Rise Influence: the blueprint

Dr. Clint and Carson Munch

Article: The rooms that raised me

Young entrepreneur reality

Article: The reality of being a young entrepreneur

Pure Green Growth Summit

Article: Teaching AI marketing at the Pure Green Growth Summit

Written up

Third-party recaps of talks and interviews. No logo wall.

Building Trust and Proof: DigiMarCon Minneapolis Recap — Dennis Yu
How Dylan Haugen and Jack Wendt Use AI to Build Authority Through Google’s Knowledge Graph — Local Service Spotlight (DigiMarCon Las Vegas 2025)
The AI Content Process Every Business Should Be Using — Local Service Spotlight
Barnacle SEO and Digital PR in the AI Era — Jack with Kevin Lee, ahead of DigiMarCon Summit (BlitzMetrics)
How Franchisees Can Get More Store Visits — BlitzMetrics (Pure Green Growth Summit, Miami 2025)

From the library

Stills restored from the archive — NAMM, DigiMarCon, the Minnesota house, and travel.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu selfie on Huntington Beach Pier with the beach and ocean behind them — January 23, 2026 — Huntington Beach Pier

Jack Wendt wearing his NAMM speaker badge beside a Bourgeois guitar display — January 22, 2026 — NAMM Show, Anaheim

Jack Wendt, Dennis Yu, and two friends sitting on a sandstone ledge at Red Rock Canyon — November 7, 2025 — Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas

Group of seven including Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on the DigiMarCon Las Vegas step-and-repeat — November 6, 2025 — DigiMarCon Las Vegas

Jack Wendt wearing his NAMM speaker badge in front of the glowing #NAMM SHOW sign at night — January 22, 2026 — Jack Wendt at NAMM as a listed speaker, badge on, in front of the show sign.

Jack Wendt in a red Dunk Talk shirt standing with a friend on a red sandstone formation — November 7, 2025 — Jack Wendt on the rocks during a desert hike.

Jack Wendt taking a living-room selfie with Dennis Yu and two friends at Jack's Minnesota house — October 3, 2025 — Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu with the crew at the Minnesota house.

Jack Wendt, Dennis Yu, and two friends standing under a Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse sign — July 13, 2025 — Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at Fogo de Chão with friends.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at the National Press Club beside the historic Prohibition closure plaque — July 11, 2025 — Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Dennis Yu at a lit podium and Jack Wendt on stage with headset mics at a DigiMarCon session — July 10, 2025 — Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon.

Jack Wendt standing in the plaza in front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. — July 10, 2025 — Jack Wendt at the U.S. Capitol.

Jack Wendt smiling in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the Washington Monument — July 9, 2025 — Jack Wendt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu taking a travel selfie in a busy airport terminal — June 16, 2025 — Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on the road, airport layover.

Jack Wendt sitting on the edge of a blue-lit hotel pool at night with palm trees behind him — June 14, 2025 — Jack Wendt poolside during travel.

Jack Wendt smiling at a table at Ristorante Virginia during travel in Europe — June 12, 2025 — Jack Wendt at Ristorante Virginia.

Jack Wendt sitting in a marble museum hall in front of a classical statue — June 11, 2025 — Jack Wendt in a museum hall during European travel.

Jack Wendt with arms raised at the Via Ferrata Sci Club 18 Faloria overlook in the Alps — June 8, 2025 — Jack Wendt at Faloria in the Alps.

Jack Wendt holding a pink wildflower while hiking a misty Alpine slope — June 5, 2025 — Jack Wendt on the trail in the Alps.

Jack Wendt in a climbing helmet and harness on a via ferrata ledge in the Alps — June 9, 2025 — Jack Wendt on a via ferrata in the Alps.

DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis

Stage stills from May 29, 2025 — workbook, headset, audience, Odyssey, live demo, podium, and the family story.

Jack Wendt at the DigiMarCon North 2025 step-and-repeat backdrop in Minneapolis — May 29, 2025 — DigiMarCon North step-and-repeat, Minneapolis

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis, presenting the Content Factory Workbook — May 29, 2025 — Content Factory Workbook on stage, DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Jack Wendt speaking with a headset beside Dennis Yu at the podium at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis — May 29, 2025 — Jack Wendt on headset at DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis, with the Content Factory Workbook QR on the screen — May 29, 2025 — Wide stage shot, DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis, showing Applied Digital Marketing Odyssey — May 29, 2025 — Odyssey slide, DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis, reviewing a website on the projection screen — May 29, 2025 — Live site review, DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis — May 29, 2025 — Podium and headset, DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Jack Wendt speaking beside Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis — May 29, 2025 — Jack speaking, DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu on stage at DigiMarCon North 2025, Minneapolis, sharing a family photo on the screen — May 29, 2025 — Family story on screen, DigiMarCon North Minneapolis

Iceland travel, May 31, 2025

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu waist-deep in the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa in Iceland — May 31, 2025 — Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Jack Wendt and Dennis Yu at a volcanic crater lake in Iceland — May 31, 2025 — Crater lake, Iceland

More of the people behind these appearances: the people I build with.

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