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Inventory Ventures

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 110

Ex Snap execs, founders & angel investors James Borow and Daniel Druger, cover all things ad tech, big tech, digital media & more. They are joined for in-depth conversations by special guests that are directly shaping the digital economy. New episodes drop every Monday. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts..

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MAJOR UPDATE from James & Daniel + Conor McKenna, Partner at LUMA, on the state of M&A markets and what to watch for heading into 2025

Episode 75

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 • Duration 36:53

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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During the intro James and Daniel share a big update about Market AI and the reason for the short break between episodes.

After the intro, Conor McKenna, Partner at LUMA Partners, rejoins the podcast to share what he's seeing in the M&A markets across sectors within adtech and martech, and what's driving that activity. Conor discusses the impact of the upcoming presidential election, the economy, and the potential M&A implications of the Google antitrust trial.

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and Twitter

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Snap Mafia: David Shim, founder of Read AI, on building a better future of work with AI and the story of his $175M acquisition by Snap

Episode 74

Monday, August 5, 2024 • Duration 42:05

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Read a transcript of the full episode from Read AI: https://app.read.ai/analytics/meetings/01J486QZFQ1JVSEY6BR92K77RP

David Shim is the founder and CEO of Read AI, the leader in gen AI meeting summaries. David and his co-founders started Read AI with a mission of building the future of work, where every interaction is improved with AI. Read AI has raised over $32M and is applying AI and analytics to video conferencing that analyzes, prescribes, and prevents bad meetings.

Prior to founding Read AI, David was the CEO of Foursquare and before that was the founder and CEO of Placed, which was acquired by Snap for $175M in 2017. Hear David talk about his “aha” moment going all in on location measurement, the Placed acquisition story and what he wished he knew then, why meeting summaries will be most people’s first experience with AI, and what the future of AI has in store.

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: and follow Taking Inventory on and

Snap’s President of Americas, Patrick Harris, from Meta to Snap and the changes driving its breakout

Episode 65

Monday, June 3, 2024 • Duration 45:12

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Patrick Harris is the President of Americas at Snap where he’s brought his 10+ years of experience from Meta and 5+ years from Microsoft. Hear what it was like building the organization at Meta and what he’s bringing to Snap to change the culture and advertiser experience. Patrick talks about the misconceptions that the market has about Snap, how it has turned a corner on performance / DR, and how Snap continues to lead the market when it comes to consumer experiences.

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and Twitter!

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Snap Mafia: Rajan Vaish, founder of Easel, on building at the intersection of social and Gen AI and what he learned doing research at Stanford and Snap

Episode 64

Thursday, May 30, 2024 • Duration 39:57

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Rajan Vaish is the founder and CEO of Easel, an AI-powered app that lets you create scenes with your AI avatar to express yourself with friends in fun and imaginative ways, all directly from iMessage. Prior to founding Easel, Rajan was a senior research scientists in Snap Research's HCI Group working on projects across AR, smart glasses, and social computing. During our conversation Rajan shares his story going from academic research to Snap, how a research mentality is critical for founders, and why the next wave of social will be built alongside generative AI.

Download Easel at https://easelapps.ai/

Check out Rajan's research: http://www.rajanvaish.com/index.html

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Connect with 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

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating and review. It’s the best way to help support us. And subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and!

Mike Dupree, CRO of Teads, gives us an insider's look at the Twitter to X transition and why he made the move from walled garden to open web

Episode 63

Monday, May 27, 2024 • Duration 37:21

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Mike Dupree is the Chief Revenue Officer at Teads where he oversees the commercial organization, including field sales, agency partnerships and strategic sales initiatives. Mike joined Teads after spending nearly 10 years at Twitter / X where he was leading the brand and performance advertising business across verticals including entertainment, sports, news, tech and audio. During his time at Twitter he oversaw Ads Policy development globally, directed ad product and measurement strategies, and developed new categories for the business. During our conversation we talk about Mike's experience during the Twitter-to-X transition, his POV on open web vs walled gardens, how Teads is tackling cookie deprecation, and more.

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and Twitter!

The State of the Podcast Industry with with Bryan Barletta, founder of Sounds Profitable

Episode 62

Monday, May 20, 2024 • Duration 47:13

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Bryan Barletta is the founder of Sounds Profitable, a trade association for the podcast industry. As a seasoned professional with over 16 years in the advertising and technology space, Barletta played a key role in the world’s first shakeable ad in 2009 and held leadership positions at prominent podcast companies like Megaphone and Claritas. He’s an advocate for digital audio, pioneering the first-ever Podcasting at SXSW- Sound Summit in 2024, which brought big players – like ESPN, Wondery, SiriusXM and more – together with celebrities and podcast hosts, including Marsha Cooke, Nick Viall and others, to give the industry the recognition it deserves.

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and Twitter!

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Why the app economy is booming w/ the President of AppsFlyer, Brian Quinn

Episode 61

Monday, May 13, 2024 • Duration 37:44

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Brian Quinn is the President and GM of North America at AppsFlyer. Brian has over 15 years of experience in sales leadership and business development—scaling revenue, building high performing growth teams, & executing go-to-market strategies in a variety of internet software businesses across the mobile, marketing, and data/analytics industries such as App Annie, Kenshoo and AT&T. During our conversation Brian tells us about the current state of the app economy, the rapid pace of innovation especially as consumers move from web to app, how cookie deprecation will lead to more growth in 1P data, changing consumer habits, and much more.

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and Twitter!

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Amazon’s $50B ads business still hasn’t scratched the surface, and why non-endemic and social partnerships are the future, with Amazon expert Daniel Tejada

Episode 60

Monday, May 6, 2024 • Duration 41:11

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Daniel Tejada is Co-founder and Chief Learning Office at Straight Up Growth, the Amazon agency that has nearly $750M in Amazon sales. Daniel was one of the first people to start advertising on Amazon and has since become a global leader in Amazon ads and sales strategy. Daniel helps make sense of Amazon’s full ad suite, why the platform is still in its infancy, and what Amazon has in store for the future (hint: non-endemic ads, more cross-channel partnerships, and AI).

Check out Straight Up Growth: https://straightupgrowth.com/

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Snap Mafia Edition: Garrett Rothstein, founder of Queue, the modern day TV guide, on partnering with Zillow’s founder and getting on Chamath's radar

Episode 58

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 • Duration 43:29

This episode is brought to you by Market. Use AI to chat directly with your marketing and sales channels to get the answers you need to grow your business. Sign-up for Market at https://www.withmarket.ai/.

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Garrett Rothstein is the founder and CEO of Queue, an app that helps user keep track of all the content across streaming services and queue movies and shows to watch. Hear Garrett’s story going from Snap to Quibi, and then having the idea for Queue and linking up with famed founder and investor Spencer Rascoff. Garrett tells us the story of starting Queue, going from zero to growth, and where the company is today.

Download Queue on Apple and Android

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Connect with 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

Selling Undertone, setting up a family office, and reinventing retail ads with M3’s Michael Cassidy

Episode 59

Monday, April 29, 2024 • Duration 43:08

If you like Taking Inventory, do us a favor and give us a 5-star rating or review. It’s the best way to help support the podcast.

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Michael Cassidy is an entrepreneur who has started and exited multiple companies, including founding and serving as Undertone CEO for 14 years (acquired by Perion). Hear his journey from the early 2000’s of tech (the wild west!), to exiting, then creating a family office (August Spark) to make direct investments, including purchasing BVA, the largest Shopify Plus agency in the US (acquired by Accenture). Michael talks about his 3rd act, M3 (Make Merchants Money), where he’s helping retailers unlock new revenue streams while creating impactful opportunities for brands to reach audiences when they're most open to new ideas.

Visit M3: https://www.m-three.co/

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Connect with 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

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.takinginventorypod.com/ and follow Taking Inventory on LinkedIn and Twitter!

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