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In this episode, Shamus Madan chats with Andrew Yates, the mind behind promoted.ai. They discuss hiring challenges in tech, promoted.ai's goals, journey to Y Combinator, and strategies against tech giants. They also delve into misconceptions about ads and the changing consumer sentiment.
Running a successful marketplace is hard. Andrew Yates is the co-founder and CEO of Promoted, a tech startup that helps marketplaces maximize conversions through optimizing for better search results as well as real-time personalization for new and anonymous users.
Promoted.ai was part of Y-Combinator's 2021 batch.
Before starting Promoted.ai, Andrew worked at Pinterest and Facebook, where he led ads ranking, auction, and marketplace engineering and research teams.
Learn More About Promoted Here:
Promoted.ai
Twitter of Host: @mbitpodcast
(0:00) Introduction and Guest Background: Andrew Yates and promoted.ai
(1:17) Hiring Challenges in Tech Industry
(4:16) Vision, Goals, and Industry Size of promoted.ai
(7:41) Clientele and Journey to Y Combinator
(12:24) Competitive Strategies Against Tech Giants
(15:20) In-house Team Building and Business Model of promoted.ai
(18:46) Differentiation from Big Tech Companies
(20:44) Misconceptions about Ads and Objective Function Maximization
(24:16) Changing Consumer Sentiment and Philosophy of promoted.ai
(27:04) Conclusion of Interview with Andrew Yates
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In this episode, Shamus Madan chats with Andrew Yates, the mind behind promoted.ai. They discuss hiring challenges in tech, promoted.ai's goals, journey to Y Combinator, and strategies against tech giants. They also delve into misconceptions about ads and the changing consumer sentiment.
Running a successful marketplace is hard. Andrew Yates is the co-founder and CEO of Promoted, a tech startup that helps marketplaces maximize conversions through optimizing for better search results as well as real-time personalization for new and anonymous users.
Promoted.ai was part of Y-Combinator's 2021 batch.
Before starting Promoted.ai, Andrew worked at Pinterest and Facebook, where he led ads ranking, auction, and marketplace engineering and research teams.
Learn More About Promoted Here:
Promoted.ai
Twitter of Host: @mbitpodcast
(0:00) Introduction and Guest Background: Andrew Yates and promoted.ai
(1:17) Hiring Challenges in Tech Industry
(4:16) Vision, Goals, and Industry Size of promoted.ai
(7:41) Clientele and Journey to Y Combinator
(12:24) Competitive Strategies Against Tech Giants
(15:20) In-house Team Building and Business Model of promoted.ai
(18:46) Differentiation from Big Tech Companies
(20:44) Misconceptions about Ads and Objective Function Maximization
(24:16) Changing Consumer Sentiment and Philosophy of promoted.ai
(27:04) Conclusion of Interview with Andrew Yates
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