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If you aren’t familiar with Jesse Pujji, he co-founded Ampush, building it into one of the largest facebook marketing agencies. That company was acquired last year by Tinuity. Jesse also started GatewayX, a venture studio based in St Louis which has spun up a number of companies including GrowthAssistant, Unbloat and Kahani.
Jesse shares his experience across those companies and we dive into the business model of a venture studio. We also talk about Meta’s recently released Threads app, conscious leadership and the importance of coaching.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Meeting Mark Zuckerberg
04:24 Meta's new Threads app
09:21 GatewayX and the Venture Studio model
15:27 Key qualities of successful CEOs
19:16 The Venture Studio role
20:12 On finding product-market fit with Kahani
24:46 Are Shopify plugins different from standard SaaS businesses?
26:53 E-Commerce and performance marketing
31:17 What to change in the venture world?
33:53 What is it like to sell your business?
38:00 Conscious leadership (coaching vs. therapy)
45:09 How will AI change the digital advertising field?
48:11 Lightning round
Guest Contact Info:
https://www.gateway.xyz/
https://www.twitter.com/jspujji
https://www.linkedin.com/jessepujji
Sponsor:
This podcast is brought to you by grwth.co. Grwth offers fractional CMOs, paired with best-in-class digital marketing execution to support early-stage startup success. With a focus on seed and series A companies, Grwth has helped a number of SaaS, digital health, and e-commerce startups build their go-to-market function and scale up.
To learn more and book a free consultation, go to grwth.co.
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