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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.
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LinkedIn:
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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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

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Alex Kantrowitz is an independent journalist that started Big Technology, which has more than 150K newsletter subscribers and is a top 10 tech podcast with more than 1M annual downloads. He jumped on the Taking Inventory podcast to discuss all things AI, from how fast everything is moving, the startup vs. big tech battle, changing corporate culture across tech, the move to self-driving, and more.
 
Big Technology Newsletter: https://www.bigtechnology.com/
Big Technology Podcast: https://pod.link/1522960417/
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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

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Geoffrey Reed is the COO of Floor 84, a digital game and experience studio that that works with brands like the NBA, Disney, Mattel, Lego, and more. Geoff has a stacked background as a lawyer, McKinsey consultant, strategy at Mattel, strategy at Snap, and now COO. He helps us understand what's happening on Roblox, how brands are getting involved, and the future of new digital experiences like Roblox, Fortnite, and others. 
 
Floor 84: https://floor84studio.com/
F84's Roblox NBA Avatar Catalog: https://www.roblox.com/games/15515610365/EARN-FREE-UGC-NBA-Avatar-Catalog
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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

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Sunil Rayan is the Chief Business Officer at Moloco, one of the leading mobile DSPs for many years and more recently a leading Retail Media platform and CTV platform. Sunil's background is uniquely fit for Moloco having served as President and Head of Disney+ Hotstar, leadership roles at Google across cloud and mobile app ads, and at McKinsey where he helped dozens of technology companies. Our conversation touches on Sunil's path from consulting, to digital, to media, and now ML serving all of those industries. He also discusses the trends in retail media and CTV, why performance advertisers are slow to adopt the open web, and how ML will help in a cookieless future. 
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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

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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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Alex Collmer is co-founder and CEO of VidMob, the leading AI creative performance platform for marketers. The company has raised over $200M to date from investors like Adobe, Shutterstock, Shamrock Capital, DraftKings, and others. Listen to our conversation with Alex as he shares how the company has pushed the creative bar forward using creative intelligence, the role of AI and how it will transform the creative environment, and he talks about the need for businesses to give back, which is what they've done with VidMob Gives where a portion of every dollar Vidmob receives is used to fund pro bono creative services for non-profits.
 
Check out VidMob: https://www.vidmob.com/
Vidmob Gives: https://www.vidmob.com/vidmob-gives 
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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

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