{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"High Stakes Growth","title":"Lomit Patel: Why Retention, Community, and Brand Win in 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/abafc552\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2504,"description":"Lomit Patel is the CMO of Try Your Best (TYB), a commnunity rewards platform that helps brands reward its biggest fans and build community. He previously held senior roles at Tynker, IMVU, Texture, TrustedID, and Roku.Expect to hear about:– From Operator to Leader: How your way of work evolves as you transition from growth operator to strategic leader.– Community as Growth Engine: Why he believes efficient growth starts with retention, and how community drives LTV, referrals, and trust.– Being Early to AI: How Lomit used AI at IMVU circa 2018 to scale growth and compete with companies with much bigger budgets.– The Human Edge: Why he sees AI as a tool for marketers, not a replacement, and why the element of human trust will matter even more in the future.– Brand Beyond Last Click: Why he changed his view on brand, and how brand-building creates demand that performance marketing captures.Find Lomit on:LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lomitpatel/ Find Lomit's newsletter \"Lean 360\" here:https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/lean-360-7153201357359927296/ ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/391LG5hv0mWO3ohRrPQLLnjDUAenI5zWUm6SaIRgHNQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYTRi/MWQ5ZmVhMGM3Nzc0/YTEzZjJhNTE5MTJi/YTM0MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}