James Borow and Daniel Druger

ADSN

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ADSN (The Ads Network) is a weekly show for people building and investing in ads, media, and monetization products. Every Tuesday, join James Borow and Daniel Druger as they bring over 30 years of experience to discuss the headlines and the why and how behind them. They also welcome industry leaders to go deep on topics in a fun and approachable format. Join the ADSN crew every Tuesday 🗓️

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James Borow and Daniel Druger

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EP13: Eric Franchi, GP of AperiamVentures, on selling his business for $180M to a public company, Why there’s a massive opportunity investing in ad/martechs, and his take on Musk vs. Zuckerberg 19.07.2023 31:09

This week James and Daniel talk to Eric Franchi Eric Franchi is the General Partner at AperiamVentures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on transformative ad tech and mar tech companies. AperiamVentures is an investor in Market as well as companies including tvScientific, Iris.tv, ID5, Rembrand, and Kevel (listen to James’ interview with Kevel’s CEO). Prior to founding AperiamVentures,...

EP12 (GUEST) – This week James Avery, the founder and CEO of Kevel, talks about writing books, building APIs to power a new generation of walled gardens 11.07.2023 27:14

EP12: James Avery, the founder and CEO of Kevel, talks about writing books, building APIs to power a new generation of walled gardens, and why over time retail media is going to get a lot easier to buy. James Avery is the Founder and CEO of Kevel, which offers a set of APIs for retailers, publishers and apps to build and launch their own custom ad platforms. As CEO, he has helped launch over 100 a...

EP11 (GUEST) – Jenna Menking & Erin Kemp, the founders of Crosswalk, explain why Ariana Grande is both a musical and marketing genius, the problems with traditional market research, and how... 06.07.2023 35:14

This week's guests: Jenna Menking & Erin KempThe founders of Crosswalk, explain why Ariana Grande is both a musical and marketing genius, the problems with traditional market research, and how selling their first business to IPG led to their next startup idea. You can find Jenna Menking & Erin Kemp Website: https://www.crosswalknyc.com/

EP10 (GUEST) – Jon Morgenstern, EVP Head of Investment at VaynerMedia, Why agencies have more opportunity than ever, Netflix’s disappointing ads decision, How creators will win in the next 5 years 30.06.2023 36:01

This week's guest: Jon Morgenstern Jon Morgenstern is the EVP, Head of Investment at VaynerMedia, the global creative and media agency founded by Gary Vaynerchuk. In his role, Jon oversees the media buying practice globally and works with some of the world’s biggest brands. Jon joined VaynerMedia in 2015 after four years at SocialCode, one of Facebook’s earliest Marketing Partners. Jon is also a s...

EP9 (GUEST) – Kenan Saleh, GM of Lyft Media, on growing his startup from just 1 customer, why the future of commerce media is bright, and building a new revenue stream within a complex organization 21.06.2023 24:26

This week's guest: Kenan Saleh Kenan Saleh is the General Manager at Lyft Media where he leads the team focused on building Lyft’s transportation advertising products. Kenan joined Lyft in 2019 through the acquisition of Halo, a transportation ad network, which he co-founded while still in college. Since joining the company he’s grown the advertising business from $0 to more than $10M in revenue....

EP8 – Dictators, Democracies, and Anarchists, oh my! The ins and outs of Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future, EU regulation, and the Reddit mob. 15.06.2023 21:01

Like and Subscribe to the podcast! Visit us at www.withmarket.com Follow us on Twitter @withmarkethq, @JamesBorow, and @ddruger Links to articles and topics discussed: Zuckerberg talks about his AI vision with Lex Friedman: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg55j7/zuckerbergs-vision-for-ai-a-bot-that-makes-ads-and-helps-you-say-happy-birthday-to-your-friends Mob rule; Reddit goes dark: https://tec...

EP7 – Apple reshapes the ads industry again, The Trade Desk makes a walled garden-esque announcement, shifting power dynamics between platforms and their communities 09.06.2023 21:53

Like and Subscribe to the podcast! Visit us at www.withmarket.com Follow us on Twitter @withmarkethq, @JamesBorow, and @ddruger Links to articles and topics discussed: Apple breaks advertising with more privacy announcements from WWDC Link tracking protection: https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/08/ios-17-link-tracking-protection/ Privacy manifest: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=av1nevon Twitch an...

EP6 (GUEST) – Founder of AI Whiteboard and Retina AI, Emad Hasan, shares what CEOs need to know about AI, predicts what search ads may look like in the future, and the top 3 trends in AI 02.06.2023 44:48

This week's guest: Emad Hasan Emad Hasan is one of the most respected thinkers when it comes to AI and marketing. He is the founder of the AI Whiteboard newsletter and the Co-founder of Retina AI. Retina AI was one of the first companies to use Machine Learning to do predictive customer lifetime value (CLV), working with customers including Nestle, Capital One, Madison Reed, Backcountry.com, Brick...

EP5 (GUEST) – Twitter’s former Global Head of Partnerships, Greg Lieber, breaks down the evolving ad tech partner ecosystem and talks about areas of opportunity 26.05.2023 31:13

Like and Subscribe to the podcast! Visit us at www.withmarket.com Follow us on Twitter @withmarkethq, @JamesBorow, and @ddruger This week's guest: Greg Lieber Greg is an experienced Business Development, Partnerships, and Product leader with over 15 years of experience in ad tech. Greg, along with James Borow, co-founded SHIFT, one of the earliest and largest ads API partners to Facebook, Twitte...

EP4 – What you need to know from LUMA’s Digital Media Summit, AI is everywhere in marketing, supply constrained platforms race for 1st party data to build an ads business 19.05.2023 24:35

Like and Subscribe to the podcast! Visit us at www.withmarket.com Follow us on Twitter @withmarkethq, @JamesBorow, and @ddruger Links to articles and topics discussed: LUMA’s Digital Media Summit: https://www.dmsbyluma.com/dmseast Google, Meta, and Amazon’s next frontier: AI-generated ads: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728256/google-ai-generate-content-advertisers-palm-2 Google – 100 thi...

EP3 (GUEST) – Snap’s Former Head of Measurement, Andrew Covato, explains how the advertising industry can turn dumb measurement into smart measurement 12.05.2023 37:20

Like and Subscribe to the podcast! Visit us at www.withmarket.com Follow us on Twitter @withmarkethq, @JamesBorow, and @ddruger This week's guest: Andrew Covato Andrew has over fifteen years of ad and growth experience at eBay, Google, Meta, Netflix, and most recently led global Measurement and Insights at Snap. During his career, Andrew has been a leader in building first- and third-party measu...

EP2 – Are the rich getting richer in ad tech? Amazon and Pinterest team up, Facebook forces checkout, and more big tech partnerships. 06.05.2023 24:53

Visit us at www.withmarket.com Follow us on Twitter @withmarkethq, @JamesBorow, and @ddruger Links to articles and topics discussed: Facebook checkout: https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/instagram-facebook-force-checkout-experience-shops-soon/ Snapchat and myAI ads? https://adage.com/article/special-report-newfronts/snaps-my-ai-chatbot-opens-advertisers-search-ad-format/2491951 Amazon + Pinterest...

EP1 – AI + ads, Slinging content to LLMs, Economically rational advertisers, The Elon ad tax, Kroger and Disney? and is Amazon eating the RMNs. 27.04.2023 23:05

Visit us at www.withmarket.com Follow us on Twitter @withmarkethq, @JamesBorow, and @ddruger Links to articles and topics discussed: AI + ads: https://arstechnica-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/[…]rative-ai-to-create-sophisticated-ad-campaigns/amp/ Slinging content to LLMs: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/reddit-will-start-chargin...