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Jeremi Gorman loves to be "at the beginning" of things. She helped plant the seeds and grow the ad businesses of both Amazon and Netflix. The former was in its very early days when she arrived and is now the 3rd largest media company in the world. The latter is still in its relative infancy, but won't be for long. She joins Special Sauce to share the reason she moved from marketing to sales early in her career (it's not what you might think), the challenges that come along with being a woman in board rooms, and what drives her to continue working in the industry. Jeremi and Jordan talk about how her Snap role came about (crazy story), why she invests in women's pro sports franchises and how she's going back to the beginning to help build the ad business at Fanatics.
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Ryan Barwick is a journalist covering media and advertising. He is a rising star on the beat. In just the last year, he has reported on Lina Khan and the FTC, the Google antitrust proceedings and how the ad business is using AI. Ryan joins Special Sauce to talk about how he got up-to-speed on the industry, how reporters view other reporters, and to share some advice for Comms people. He and Jordan talk about what it's like to break a story, the difference between perspective and bias, and how Clark Kent came to become his internet avatar.
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With the Los Angeles wildfires still raging, we're using this episode to share a brief story about our next guest and suggest a worthy cause in need of donations. That cause is the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, which is raising money to buy emergency fire shelters, hydration backpacks and wildland brush tools to support firefighters on the ground. As these current fires get contained, new ones will surely follow — and this cause is meant to help today and tomorrow. If you have the means and the desire to help out, please visit supportlafd.org/give or text LAFD to 24365. We'll be back with our next episode shortly.
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Eric Berry has been a founder of companies in two disruptive categories: advertising technology and healthcare technology. He started TripleLift, the ad tech company he eventually sold for $1.4B, when he had just two years of industry experience. Eric joins Jordan to talk about why he moved from law to advertising, how the intuition of a founder is critical early on in the life of a company, and the importance of building the pipes of a company in order to make it successful. He tells a Dad joke to kick things off and ends by revealing who he thinks is the best texter on their group chat.
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Peter Naylor has been one of the most respected names in digital media since...the beginning of digital media. With stints at Lycos, iVillage, NBC, Hulu, Snap and Netflix, he has helped create and shape some of the most important platforms in each era of internet advertising - from web to online video to mobile to streaming. Peter joins the podcast to discuss his style of servant leadership, his belief that "readers are leaders," and the importance of being multilingual (professionally speaking) in business. Jordan dives deep into trying to understand Peter's likeability and how that might drive him - and his teams - to success.
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Heather Freeland has held senior level marketing jobs in Silicon Valley for over a decade, with roles at Facebook, Lyft and Adobe. Prior to moving out west, she was a New Yorker having worked at MTV, Gilt Groupe and the marketing services company, Digitas. Heather joins to talk about the challenge of marketing to marketers, how working for Sheryl Sandberg taught her to be a better listener, and what she learned working with American Express. She also shares a valuable lesson from her Great Aunt Tootie.
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Carl Fremont is a long time veteran of advertising agencies. He's also my mentor. Ask anyone who has known him closely over the years and they will tell you that he's been a mentor or advisor to them as well. He joins the podcast to talk about what he's gained by staying at companies for long stretches, and then what he looks for - and advises others to look for - when seeking a new job. He shares the family story that drives his positive outlook on life and how that story motivates him in his career. Carl and Jordan also discuss Carl's vintage radio collection and what that hobby says about his philosophy in business.
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Lisa Caputo has worked in the c-suite of some of America's largest companies for over two decades. Prior to her career in the business world, she served as a press secretary on Capitol Hill and later in The White House. Lisa shares how she came to know and work with Hillary Clinton, what her relationship with Hillary has meant to each of them over time, and what it's like to work in one of the most famous buildings in the world. She and Jordan discuss what goes into changing the name and brand of a giant financial services company, and how the "Experience" part of her title came to be part of her remit.
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Wenda Harris Millard is a true digital pioneer. Over her career, she has held game changing roles at companies including DoubleClick, Yahoo! and MediaLink. Wenda joins Special Sauce to discuss her early career and the formative experiences she had building organizations. She shares that she started her first business when she was just 9 years old, and got paid to write articles as a young woman for magazines like Seventeen. Wenda and Jordan discuss the value of leading with empathy, her nose for talent, how she consciously set out to (re)build the best media sales team in the world, and she tells us who would be on her own personal Mount Rushmore of the digital media business.
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John McCarus is the founder and co-creator of The NewFronts, the multi-week event each Spring featuring dozens of digital content companies and serving as a counterbalance to the television upfronts. He is also the operator of Content Ink, an executive recruiting, coaching and advisory practice that has worked with companies from MrBeast to TikTok. John and Jordan tap into their partnership in building The NewFronts as a framework to discussing what makes for a successful working relationship. They talk about how to use an event to tell a story, why working alongside people with different skill sets leads to better work, and how gaining the confidence of senior leaders can lead to greater creativity.
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David Kenny's career has spanned media & marketing (as CEO of Digitas, The Weather Company and Nielsen), technology (Akamai and IBM) and the boardroom (Best Buy, Yahoo!, and Teach For America). He joins Special Sauce to talk about what he learned at "The West Point of the Automobile Industry," the pride he takes in the list of his employees who have gone on to become CEOs, and how to be a leader at companies both large and small. David and Jordan discuss what leaders should think about in order to successfully leverage AI and why he and his team at Weather named winter storms.
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Sarah Hofstetter is a long time ad agency executive, public company board member and podcaster (check out "Brave Commerce"). She talks about the career journey that landed her at ad agencies, her early ground-breaking efforts in social media on clients like HGTV and Oreo, and how she prioritizes being a mentor. Sarah and Jordan discuss what past innovations in search, social and mobile can teach us about today's evolutions in retail media, and they realize that they threw themselves similar 50th birthday parties, albeit with different themes (hint: one was super spirited, the other a little bit rock n' roll).
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Michael Kassan is the Founder of 3C Ventures, his follow-up to MediaLink, the legendary company he founded 20 years ago and left this past Spring. He shares how he operates "in the middle" of our industry and how a tagline from an old west coast telephone company inspired his professional credo. Michael and Jordan discuss the power of having strong relationships in business, the people Michael has met who have intimidated him, what characteristics impress him in other people, and the number of nights each year he gets to sleep in his own bed.
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Marla Kaplowitz is the CEO of The 4A's. She joins Special Sauce to talk about the difference between running an ad agency and being charged with helping raise the fortunes of ALL of them. Marla and Jordan talk about how agencies are tackling AI, what burning issues she needed to address as she came into The 4A's, and why she's about to walk away from that job 8 years later. She also shares her thoughts about coming up through media departments and gives advice to young people just starting out.
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Christine Cook is the Chief Revenue Officer at Bloomberg Media. Christine joins Special Sauce to reminisce about her post-college job as a high school teacher in Louisiana and how she lived on $1 pizza slices when she first moved to New York. She shares her thoughts on how having a well rounded career is critical for success, how the role of a CRO needs to change based on what's happening in the business and why it's helpful to be the same person at the office and on the weekends.
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Jennifer Lotito is the President and Chief Operating Officer of (RED), the organization that has worked with the worlds largest brands to generate over $750 million to fight HIV/AIDS. If you've seen a red iPhone, you've seen the work of Jennifer and her team. She joins Special Sauce to talk about the mission of (RED), what she has learned from her co-founders Bono and Bobby Shriver, and how she works with major brands to bring them onboard. Jennifer and Jordan talk about what they got out of working at advertising agencies early in their careers and how the thrill of the (RED) mission keeps her excited every day.
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