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Ashu Garg is a general parter at the venture capital firm Foundation Capital, focusing on start-ups in the marketing technology sector. He is currently on the boards of TubeMogul, Localytics, and AdRise, and was formerly on the board of Aggregate Knowledge before it was acquired by Neustar. Before going VC in 2008, Ashu was the general manager for Microsoft’s online advertising business, worked at McKinsey in software and digital media, and set up Unilever’s operations …

VC predicts marketing tech will grow 10X in 10 years Continue Reading »

This is a guest post written by Anand Thaker, an advisor, entrepreneur, connector and fellow futurist in the Martech ecosystem. In the spirit of illustrating how marketing technology is thriving beyond just the Bay Area and New York, Anand gives a glimpse of the thriving martech ecosystem in Atlanta. Several years ago, after leaving Atlanta for some time, my wife and I were deciding on our next move. The company I worked for was acquired …

Have a Coke and a… marketing tech company? Why, yes Continue Reading »

We’re 8 weeks away from this year’s MarTech Conference in San Francisco, and I’m very excited about how it’s shaping up. There are so many great speakers who have agreed to share their experience and perspective on marketing technology management and how to harness marketing technology to shape customer experience. I’ll do a more detailed write-up of the presentations next week (there are a couple of early previews of what to expect here and here). …

50 fascinating marketing tech companies, all in one room Continue Reading »

How is it even possible to have 2,000 marketing technology vendors? Surely, this space must consolidate. It’s not even conceivable that it would continue to grow, right? A bubble ready to burst? Well, maybe. Consolidation is the easy answer. And, hey, it may be the right one. Certainly there are powerful consolidation forces in this sector. But I’m hesitant to declare that outcome is imminent with the same conviction that others do. It seems more …

The system dynamics of 2,000+ marketing technology vendors Continue Reading »

UPDATE: The 2020 Marketing Technology Landscape is now available. There’s a lot of marketing technology in the world, my friend. The 2015 edition of my marketing technology landscape supergraphic has been released, now with 1,876 vendors represented across 43 categories. To actually read it, you need a hi-res version (be prepared to zoom and scroll, and then zoom and scroll some more): Marketing Technology Landscape — Hi-Res PNG (2800x2100px, 6.5MB) Marketing Technology Landscape — Hi-Res …

Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2015) Continue Reading »

It’s the closing of the year. A time for gathering together with family and friends. A time for consuming far too much food and drink. A time for celebration and reflection. And for me, it’s the time when I lounge by a fire pit and lay out the next edition of the marketing technology landscape. A logo wonderland… And in case you’re looking for some sitting-around-the-fire conversation topics — surely everyone in your family is …

Marketing automation as a bellwether of overall martech landscape Continue Reading »