Drive
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Yellow AI Summary
This event is designed for curious B2B marketers who want to innovate, not just follow playbooks.
Yellow Score Breakdown
Yellow's Take
This marketing/advertising event shines with its focus on innovative B2B marketers, boasting over 20,000 attendees and notable speakers like Dave Gerhardt and Sir Anthony Seldon. While the caliber of the audience and industry niche are strong, Drive would benefit from clearer exhibitor and sponsorship information, including pricing, to fully assess its value for B2B event marketers.
Attendee/Press Sentiment
Attendee Feedback Sentiment
Press Reviews Sentiment
“Drive by Exit Five was hands down the best event I've been to in recent memory — there was no booth, no badges, no vendor pitches, just real adults talking shop in a hyper-curated environment of 400 attendees”
Press Reviews
“Exit Five's annual in-person event for B2B marketers — an intimate, community-driven gathering focused on practical tool frameworks, pipeline generation, and immediate team-scaling solutions”
“The Exit Five team segments you into explicit peer breakout tracks so you immediately sit with peers facing identical pipeline problems — speakers share granular, note-heavy strategies deployable the following week”
“I started Exit Five because no one goes to school for B2B marketing — the conference ditches massive sales-heavy tropes in favor of an anti-fluff environment built for senior practitioners”
“When we agree to let go, to stop playing the game, the winning starts — the intimate Vermont setting means networking transitions into casual, high-value peer conversations creating an energizing B2B third space”
“Was very clear that Exit Five thought about the speakers they were bringing — I walked out with actionable insights that most conference talks fail to deliver”
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Speakers
Dave Gerhardt
Founder, Exit Five
Seth Godin
Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur
Ann Handley
Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs
Louis Grenier
Founder, Stand The F*ck Out
Kara Hardin
Founder, The Practice Lab
Sylvia LePoidevin
CMO, Kandji
Trinity Nguyen
CMO, UserGems
Natalie Taylor
Head of Marketing, Capsule
Past Speakers (2026)
Dave Gerhardt
Founder of Exit Five and former CMO; lead organizer of the DRIVE conference series.
Bill G.
SVP of Marketing at Esper (featured as a primary recommender/alumnus of the event).
Mandee S.
Senior Marketing Manager at Vehlo (featured community leader).
Andres B.
Senior Marketing Manager at Trueveris (featured community leader). Exit Five community
Sir Anthony Seldon
Historian, Author, and Educator.
Sponsors
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