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Eric rejoins the podcast to discus the state of the digital economy. He covers why walled gardens are winning, the existential threats to open web, EU's battle against big tech, TikTok banning in the US, and much more. Eric is a media strategist, quantitative marketer, and author who has spent his career working for transformative consumer technology and media companies. Eric  runs Mobile Dev Memo, a mobile advertising and freemium monetization trade blog, and QuantMar, a knowledge-sharing platform for quantitative marketers. Eric has been featured and quoted in The Information, Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and more.

 

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Harry Dixon and Rory Garton-Smith are co-founders (2 of 3) of Checkmate, the app that unlocks savings at over 50,000 online stores. During our conversation Harry and Rory share what they saw happening in retail that gave them the realization that online shopping is broken. They also tell us how they grew to over 1M+ users with no paid media, how Gen Z shops vs. everyone else, the fragmented brand market and so much more.

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

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Shachar Scott is the VP of Marketing at Meta Reality Labs. She’s led marketing for some of the most transformative businesses in tech including at Apple, Snap, Bumble, and now Meta. Listen to our conversation with Shachar as she discusses augmented and mixed reality, the importance of strong leadership, marketing a brand new industry category, and the importance of mentorship.

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

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

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James and Daniel sit down with Fred Krueger, renowned Bitcoin analyst and someone who has years of experience in tech and on wall street, to chat about the recent surge in the price of Bitcoin. Fred explains why he's so bullish on the Bitcoin, examples in history of what we're witnessing, and what the future holds. 

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Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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In this new series we talk to founders that are part of the growing "Snap Mafia", former Snap employees that turned in their corporate badges to become entrepreneurs. These are the inside stories of working at Snap, their journey to become founders, and the companies that they're building to disrupt industries.

 

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

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Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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Rob Leathern is a respected data and privacy expert. He was most recently at Google as the VP of Product Management leading privacy and security product teams. Prior to that he led the Business Integrity product team at Facebook. He recently founded Trust2ai where he is CEO. Rob sits down with James and Daniel to talk about the evolution of digital data and privacy, the role of AI in privacy, and what he thinks consumer should understand.

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

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

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James: https://twitter.com/jamesborow 

Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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Nick Bell, CEO of Fanatics Live, has made a career out of understanding and tapping into the ‘Attention Economy’. He transformed News Corp’s digital media business, changed how people watch content by launching new media at Snap, and led product for the world’s most visited site in Google Search. He’s doing it one more time at Fanatics Live, where he’s bringing social commerce, sports, and media together. Nick explains why the Attention Economy is everything for media businesses, how media has evolved, and what he’s learned at some of the most influential companies in the world.

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

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

Twitter: 

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Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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Steve Gatena and his co-founders have built Pray.com into one of the biggest platforms for and prayer and the #1 App for Daily Prayer and Bedtime Bible Stories. They’re now expanding on their mission through the use of ads – a unique experience that pairs religion with advertising. Steve opens up about why he started Pray.com, challenges as they’ve grown (surprisingly similar to mobile apps of all categories), and why ads if done right are a natural fit for religious content and communities. 

Website and app: https://www.pray.com/

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

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

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Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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Amazon had another blowout quarter (Q4) reporting $14.7M of ad revenue and exceeding every analysts’ expectations. Despite being one of the fastest growing ads businesses, it’s still one of the most misunderstood. We brought in Adam Epstein, former President of Perpetua, one of Amazon’s biggest ads partners to explain the inner workings of one of the biggest ads businesses in the world.

 

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

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

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Daniel: https://twitter.com/ddruger

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This week on Taking Inventory we were joined by Tyler Denk, CEO and Co-founder of Beehiiv, the newsletter platform built for growth. Tyler helped build many of the early growth tools and strategies at Morning Brew and is now making those available to all creators through Beehiiv. He shares his story of starting the company while at Google, the long-term vision to build an email ad network, and how building in public has helped accelerate innovation at the company. 

Find Tyler on Twitter @denk_tweets and subscribe to his newsletter Big Desk Energy at https://mail.bigdeskenergy.com/.

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Connect with James and Daniel!

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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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