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Ep. 57 - From Cannes to Chaos—CMOs, Creators & the AI Tension
Category Design vs. Positioning: Why Story Beats Spin
Episode 54 — The “Modern” Trap: Why It's a Lazy Differentiator
What SaaS Startups and Home Builders Have in Common
Ep. 52 - Building Brands that Stick: Lessons from the Rise and Sale of Backcountry.com
EEp 51 - Category lessons from the Supreme, Luxottica, Meta deals
EEp. 50 - Why Category Strategy Scares the Sales Team
Apple Delivers A Master Class In Category Design with Apple Intelligence
Can Ai Be Strategic? Do You Have a Small Language Model?
Ep. 47 - Hubspot Acquires Clearbit: Will Their Category Change?
EEp. 46 - Unpacking Humane's "AI Pin" Launch & New Tech Category Lessons
EEp. 45 - From B2C Psychology to B2B Category Design (with Eddie Yoon of Category Pirates)
EEp. 44 - Klaviyo's Rise From Shopify App to Juggernaut IPO
EEp. 43 - Building Up & Tearing Down Front's $200 Million Category Strategy
EEp. 42 - Democratizing AI? Databricks' Billion-Dollar Bet on MosaicML
EEp. 41 - "Remote Work" is old and so are you. The implications and expectations inherent to an antiquated category term.
Ep. 40 - "I Am Not A Fraction" (with Bridgio CEO Paul Jones)
EEp. 35 - Where Do Community and Category Collide?
EEp. 34 - Your Brand Is Not Your Branding (And Vice Versa)
EEp. 33 - Perfecting Your Pitch in Uncertain Times
Ep. 32 - The Trap of Domain Expertise (When Your Focus Ruins Your Focus)
EEp. 31 - Strahl Lightning Strikes to Prove Their Glassware "Unbreakable" | 2022 B2B Cannes Lions Minisode #4
EEp. 30 - Heineken Goes Green(er) with "Unwasted Beer" | 2022 B2B Cannes Lions Minisode #3
EEp. 29 - Spotify's ABM Campaign Targets CMOs with Custom Hits | 2022 B2B Cannes Lions Minisode #2
EEp. 28 - Dole Creates a Category with Piñatex | 2022 B2B Cannes Lions Minisode #1
EEp. 27 - "UnNew Outdoor" - A B2C Category Success Story (with Aaron Provine, President of Geartrade)
EEp. 26 - Punching Up By Selling Different (An Intel Messaging Teardown)
EEp. 25 - How To Socialize Your Strategy (And How Not to...)
Ep. 24 - Which Marketing Role Should A SaaS Hire First?
EEp. 23 - Creeping on the Competition (with Russ Somers, CMO of Lytho)
Ep. 22 - Kill Advertising to Conserve Cash?
Ep. 21 - The Clubhouse "Social Audio" Category Conundrum
Ep. 20 - PR: FTW or WTF?
Ep. 19 - When the Brand Strategy Rubber Hits the Road (with Bridget Quinlan, CRO at PFL)
EEp. 18 - Mosaic's Co-Founder on the Road to their Series B Round
EEp. 17 - Product Positioning Will Never Build a Brand
EEp. 16 - B2B Super Bowl Ad Strategies - The Best & The Rest
EEp. 15 - Has the Startup Culture of Collaboration Gone Too Far?
EEp. 14 - Our B2B Brand Strategy Crystal Ball for 2022
EEp. 13 - Saving Time and Money Aren't Superpowers...
EEp. 12 - The Baggage of Titles and the Future of Marketing - With Winston Binch of GALE Partners
EEp. 11 - Finding Product-Market Fit In A Lightning Fast World
EEp. 10 - Strategy Isn't Marketing's Problem (Or is it?) - With Mike Troiano of G20 Ventures
EEp. 9 - What The Hell Is "Product Led Growth"?!
EEp. 8 - Strategy Isn't Marketing's Problem
EEp. 7 - "Liquid Death" Murders Their Message (And Your B2B Brand Can Too)
EEp. 6 - What Can B2B SaaS Marketers Learn From B2C Marketing?
EEp. 5 - Why Did SurveyMonkey Rebrand As "Momentive"?
EEp. 4 - Category Benefits Go Beyond Just the Bucks
EEp. 3 - Category Creation: Unlocking the Attention Economy with Hybrid Experience
EEp. 2 - Strategic Narrative, Category Design, or Brand Strategy? Which is it?