Travis Bernard

Travis Bernard

Senior Director, Membership

Travis Bernard is a Senior Director at TechCrunch, focusing on membership products. Travis has been with the AOL and TechCrunch family since 2013. He started as an audience development manager consulting all AOL media brands, and was later put in charge of audience growth efforts at TechCrunch. In 2019, Travis was promoted from Director of Audience Development to Senior Director of Membership, and he was tasked with launching the first membership product for TechCrunch. He is now focused on scaling the membership business.

Prior to joining AOL and TechCrunch, Travis worked on the agency side of marketing and advertising with LM&O and New Media Strategies (now Meredith Xcelerated Marketing) in Arlington, VA.

Travis is originally from Maryland, and he graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

The Latest from Travis Bernard

Save 25% with TechCrunch+ Group Membership

Travis Bernard
We’re excited to announce Group Membership for TechCrunch+. The feature allows you to easily manage seats and payments for your team through a self-service interface. If your team joins through Grou

How to claim a student discount for TechCrunch+

Travis Bernard
Students can get access to TechCrunch+ at a discounted rate of $50/year (plus tax). Here’s how to claim the discount: Use a .edu or university email address and send a message to our customer suppor

Introducing TechCrunch+, advice and analysis to help startups get ahead

Travis Bernard
We’re changing the name of our membership product to TechCrunch+. We’re doing so for a few reasons but mainly because you know and trust TechCrunch to bring you the best alpha possible in the

How to claim a student discount for Extra Crunch

Travis Bernard
Students can get access to Extra Crunch at a discounted rate of $50/year (plus tax).  Here’s how to claim the discount: Use a .edu or university email address and send a message to our customer

Free Extra Crunch membership included with TC Early Stage tickets

Travis Bernard
TechCrunch Early Stage is coming up soon, and all attendees can get 3 months of free access to Extra Crunch as a part of a ticket purchase. Extra Crunch is our members-only community focused on founde

Summer Sale: Save 10% on Extra Crunch membership

Travis Bernard
From now until July 5, we are offering 10% off annual Extra Crunch memberships. This offer is valid for readers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, U.K. and Israel. Claim the deal by navigating here. Extra C

Free month of Extra Crunch included with TC Sessions: Mobility tickets

Travis Bernard
TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 is coming up soon, and we’ve decided to sweeten the deal for what’s included with your event pass. Buy your ticket now and you’ll get a free month of access to Extra C

Flash Sale: Buy an Extra Crunch annual plan, get a free Disrupt pass

Travis Bernard
From today until midnight on May 18 (PT), we’re offering a free Disrupt Innovator pass (a $99 value) to anyone who purchases an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership. Grab an annual or two-year

Spring Sale: Save 10% on Extra Crunch membership

Travis Bernard
From now until May 16, TechCrunch readers can save 10% on an annual or two-year membership. That’s $89 per year in the U.S., with similar discounts for readers outside The States. Grab a 10% discoun

Reminder: Student, nonprofit and government discounts available for Extra Crunch

Travis Bernard
Students, government employees and members of nonprofit organizations can get access to Extra Crunch at a discounted rate of $50/year (plus tax). That’s 50% off our annual price point. You’ll also

Free Extra Crunch membership included with TC Early Stage tickets

Travis Bernard
TechCrunch Early Stage is coming up this week, and all attendees can get three months of free access to Extra Crunch as a part of a ticket purchase. Extra Crunch is our members-only community focused

Extra Crunch members get unlimited access to 12M stock images for $99 per year

Travis Bernard
We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Yay Images for a new Extra Crunch Partner Perk. Starting today, Extra Crunch members can get unlimited access to Yay Images’ collection of ove

Survey: Share feedback on Extra Crunch

Travis Bernard
Over the last few months, we’ve added a number of new Extra Crunch features at the request of the community. This includes Group Membership, expanding support to new countries like Israel and No

Free 30-day trial of Extra Crunch included with TC Sessions: Justice tickets

Travis Bernard
TC Sessions: Justice is coming up on Wednesday, and we’ve decided to sweeten the deal for what’s included with your event pass. Buy your ticket now and you’ll get a free month of access to Extra

Anniversary Sale: Save on 2-year Extra Crunch membership

Travis Bernard
In February 2019 we launched Extra Crunch to help founders and startup teams get ahead, and this week we’re celebrating its two-year anniversary. Because Extra Crunch is turning two, we’re offerin

Save 25% with TechCrunch +Group Membership

Travis Bernard
We’re excited to announce Group Membership for TC+. The feature allows you to easily manage seats and payments for your team through a self-service interface. If your team joins through Group Member

Survey: Help shape the future of TechCrunch

Travis Bernard,  Shikha Tandon
We’re always looking to make TechCrunch better, and part of that is regularly gathering feedback from the people that matter most — our readers. We’ve compiled a short survey, and we’d app

Extra Crunch Perks: 20% discount on all TechCrunch 2021 events

Travis Bernard
We’ve announced our slate of 2021 events, and we’d like to take this time to remind you that annual or two-year Extra Crunch members can receive a 20% discount on all TechCrunch 2021 virtual e

Extra Crunch membership now available in Switzerland

Travis Bernard
TechCrunch readers in Switzerland can now purchase Extra Crunch membership. Join our growing community of founders, startup teams and investors here.  Use the code SWISSCRUNCH during checkout for an

Extra Crunch membership now available in Croatia and Czech Republic

Travis Bernard
We’re excited to announce that our membership product, Extra Crunch, is live in Croatia and Czech Republic!  Join our growing community of founders, startup teams and investors here, and use the co
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