SAM eitzen

CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF SNAPBAR

Sam Eitzen is the co-founder and CEO of Snapbar, an Inc. 500 company. After starting it with his brother as a side-hustle and growing it, slowly, for 3 years, they decided to make it their full-time work in 2015. For 5 years, Snapbar expanded and became multi-state and reached 43 employees. The pandemic forced multiple pivots within the company and today, the fully-remote team of 8 at Snapbar builds software platforms. They don’t attend events, don’t have any hardware, and yet their tech powers photo and video activations at 1000s of events around the world including CES, AWS re:Invent, Coachella, and SXSW with clients like Google, Nike, Disney, Louis Vuitton, MasterCard and many others.

Building a Thriving Photo Booth Business: Scaling from a single-unit operation to a multi-region photo booth empire.

In this inspiring and practical session, Sam Eitzen shares the behind-the-scenes journey of building Snapbar – from its humble beginnings as a side hustle with one photo booth to becoming one of the most recognized experiential photo companies in the U.S.

Sam will explore the critical stages of business growth, including how to transition from solo operator to team leader, what it takes to scale across multiple regions without losing quality or brand identity, and how to evolve your offerings in a fast-moving events landscape.

With a focus on sustainable growth, creative innovation, and operational excellence, Sam’s talk is designed to help you think bigger, execute smarter, and build a photo booth brand that lasts.

Key Takeaways

  • Proven strategies to scale your photo booth business beyond your local market
  • How to build systems and processes for multi-region operations
  • Lessons learned from growing a team and delegating effectively
  • Innovation tips to stay ahead of trends and client expectations
  • Real-world challenges and how to overcome them while scaling