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Crystal Washington

Crystal Washington

Crystal Washington, CSP, CPAE, is a technology futurist and Hall of Fame keynote speaker based in Houston, named one of Forbes' 50 Leading Female Futurists.

Sep 28, 2026

Path To The Main Stage Podcast

Path To The Main Stage Podcast

S5 Ep. 04: The Power of Saying “No” and Scaling Your Speaking Business with Crystal Washington

Sep 28 · 46m

Li Hayes
Li HayesHOST
2:55
And I
Crystal Washington
Crystal WashingtonGUEST
2:55
remember looking at it, right? And this was still like MySpace still existed.
Crystal Washington
Crystal WashingtonGUEST
2:59
Facebook only was available to people that were college students.
Crystal Washington
Crystal WashingtonGUEST
3:03
And I remember like one day just it hitting me like lightning.
Crystal Washington
Crystal WashingtonGUEST
3:06
I was like, oh my gosh, companies are eventually going to get on here because it hadn't happened yet.
Crystal Washington
Crystal WashingtonGUEST
3:11
And so I went to talk to my boss.
Crystal Washington
Crystal WashingtonGUEST
3:12
Cause again, there's some marketing pieces to my role as well.

29 MINS LATER

Li Hayes
Li HayesHOST
32:14
huge

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