David Spinks
Community building author and entrepreneur
David Spinks cofounded CMX, a network for community professionals, and wrote The Business of Belonging. He has advised community teams at companies including Google and Airbnb.
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About David Spinks
David Spinks launched his first online community at age 14, for the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. He has since worked to teach others how to build communities, and he has coached and advised community teams at companies including Google, Facebook, Udemy, Waze and Airbnb. He cofounded CMX, which has brought together more than 20,000 community professionals, and he hosts CMX Summit, a conference for the community industry. Bevy, an enterprise software company, bought CMX in 2019, and Spinks holds the title of Vice President of Community there. He is the author of The Business of Belonging.