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Ali Asghar
FOUNDER
Ali combines experience in business and writing.
He’s an award-winning writer whose work has appeared on TV, print and stage.
He created America First?, a New York theatre show that uses comedy to explore overseas solutions to America’s economic challenges.
In addition, he’s worked in investment banking (Macquarie), consulting (FTI) and corporate strategy (Sky, NBCU, LinkedIn).
He loves scented candles and universal healthcare.
Eric Cunningham
PARTNER
Eric is an Emmy-nominated TV writer and advisor to start-ups seeking investment in Silicon Valley.
His credits include Jingle Ball (ABC), The Drew Barrymore Show (CBS), Holidays with the Houghs (NBC), The Kids Choice Awards (Nickelodeon) and Broadway Video.
He also created Hit Job, a horror-comedy starring Keke Palmer & Pete Davidson on Audible, and Night Late, the celebrity-hosted late night talk show at the UCB Theatre in New York City.
He lives in Southern California with his wife and Roomba.
Origin Story
3:12pm. November 9, 2018. 30 Rockefeller Plaza. New York City.
Executives were sitting through a presentation on NBCUniversal’s new Peacock streaming service that would shape the company’s next 10 years.
The stakes could not be greater. Neither could the yawns.
Despite months of analysis, the CFO was reaching for his iPhone by slide 4.
The attention economy had come for Corporate America.
The problem wasn’t the analysis, it was the narrative.
I knew there was a better way to engage execs. I just didn’t know how until I watched John Oliver make municipal bonds engaging at live taping of Last Week Tonight.
If Oliver could light up public financing, I figured I could do the same for corporate pitches.
So I took storytelling and comedy classes to learn how to move audiences.
Before long, I was writing for TV, The New York Times and stage, transforming dense topics into narratives that commanded attention.
That experience became the foundation for Story Knight: helping companies turn complex businesses into investment stories that people actually understand, remember and repeat.
We combine Wall Street analytical rigor with Hollywood storytelling craft to deliver messages that resonate with your audience.
So to light up the room next time you present, let's talk: connect@story-knight.com