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In this episode of the Taking Inventory, we welcome Ray Ghanbari, the CTO of Index Exchange. As an experienced technologist with a deep understanding of analytics and data-driven value creation, Ray shares his insights into the changing landscape of AdTech. The discussion covers topics including the role of AI in e-commerce marketing, the importance of transparency and efficiency in the AdTech ecosystem, the challenges of managing Internet-scale transactions, combating ad fraud, and the future of the industry. Ray draws on his varied experiences with companies like Solera Holdings, FICO, Yahoo, and many more to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state and future of AdTech.

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Where to find Ray Ghanbari:

Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/rghanbari/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IndexExchange/status/1488538452979240973

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/ 

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/ 

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow 

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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This week, we spoke with Steven Rosenblatt, Co-Founder of Oceans Ventures. As an operator, he launched the iAd platform for Apple under Steve Jobs' leadership. Subsequently, he served as the President of Foursquare, where he spearheaded the company's transformation into a location data powerhouse. Steven shared his thoughts on the transition from ad industry leadership to professional investing and discussed his strategies for collaborating with founders as an operator-turned-investor.

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Where to find Steven Rosenblatt:

Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenrosenblatt/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenjr76

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/ 

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/ 

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow 

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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This week we talk with Ali Kashani, Co-Founder & CEO of Serve Robotics about the startup's journey from Postmates' special projects team to its acquisition by Uber, and spin-out, and how advertising is a key driver to lowering the costs of commerce.

 

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Where to find Ali Kashani:

Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/alikashani/

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/ 

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/ 

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow 

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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EPISODE NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the start of the Israel and Hamas war.

 

This week's guest: Jessica Yellin

Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, which brings news to people in new and engaging ways. She breaks down complicated issues, interviews experts, and answers questions with facts and context, all from the phone. Prior to that, Yellin was the Chief White House Correspondent for CNN where she interviewed President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama, among others. Jessica is a Peabody, Gracie and Emmy award-winning political journalist and also the author of Savage News, which was published in 2019.

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Where to find Jessica:

Instagram (Jessica also reports directly from this account): https://www.instagram.com/jessicayellin/

X: https://twitter.com/jessicayellin 

News Not Noise: https://newsnotnoise.com/  

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/ 

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/ 

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow 

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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This week's guest: Oren Schauble

Oren Schauble is a designer, content creator and entrepreneur. He was most recently the President of public CPG company, Unrivaled Brands. Prior to that, he worked as a product development and marketing executive specializing in regulated and luxury products. Today, Oren runs marketing at consumer electronics company Gel Blaster, writes a newsletter including Product People and Hyper, and he also creates content on Instagram and TikTok breaking down consumer and brand trends.

 

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Where to find Oren Schauble:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orenmeetsworld

Website: https://orenjohn.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/orenmeetsworld 

Newsletters:

Product World: https://www.productworld.xyz/

Hyper: https://mail.hyperstudios.us/ 

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/ 

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/ 

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow 

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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This week's guest: Jesse Pujji

Jesse Pujii is a self-made entrepreneur who bootstrapped his first business, Ampush, into an 8-figure powerhouse. He's partnered with big brands like Uber and Hulu, and today, he's building Gateway X, a venture studio and investment company. You may also know Jesse from Twitter or LinkedIn where he shares lessons, insights and stories or through his podcast The Crazy Ones. 

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Where to find Jesse:

Gateway X: https://www.gateway.xyz/

X: https://twitter.com/jspujji 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessepujji/ 

Book a 1:1 call with Jesse: https://intro.co/jessepujji 

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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This week's guest: Jackie Pimentel

As Sr. Global Marketing Director, Jackie Pimentel oversees Creators, Reels, and Threads, with over 15 years of experience leading product marketing, monetization, and business operations teams at Meta as well as Pinterest. She is a strong advocate for the creator economy with deep expertise in reaching digital creators. Jackie is also a seasoned investor with a focus on e-commerce enablement companies such as CaaStle, Drata, Cents, Odeko, Bolt, and others.

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Where to find Jackie:

Threads: @jaxpim

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-pim/

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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Where to find @AdTechGod:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adtechgod

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adte...

Join the AdTechGod Slack community: https://join.slack.com/t/adtechgodcom...

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Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldru...

Twitter:

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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This week's guest: Matan Bik

Matan has spent his career helping advertisers, publishers and platforms make better use of data to power their marketing businesses. He started his career in the early days of ad tech at eXelate where he expanded their 3rd party data marketplace into one of the industry’s leading data management platforms. Helping to position the company for an acquisition by Nielsen, Matan then went on to be an integral part in Nielsen’s digital transformation where he helped the company bridge the gap between TV and digital to productize and commercialize flagship cross channel products across planning, optimization and currency measurement. Today he is the SVP of Strategy and Business Development across TV & Digital where he is working with some of the largest sell and buy side global enterprises to help them maximize their ROI through data and technology. 

 

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Where to find Matan Bik:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matanbik/

Nielsen: https://www.nielsen.com/

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

This week's guest: Peter Hamilton

Peter Hamilton is the Senior Director of ad innovation at Roku. He was previously the CEO of TUNE, a global Mobile Measurement Partner that was a leader in performance and measurement across ad platforms including Facebook, Google, and many others. He has spent nearly 20 years in digital marketing and adtech. He is a Techstars mentor as well as an investor, advisor, and board member of numerous companies. 

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Where to find Peter Hamilton:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterHamilton

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterryanhamilton/

Peter’s NFT Museum: https://www.seattlenftmuseum.com/

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Where to find James and Daniel:

LinkedIn:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesborow/

Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldruger/

Twitter: 

James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger