Ep37: Venture Studios & Conscious Leadership; w/ Jesse Pujji Founder & CEO @ GatewayX — Product Market Fit podcast
PMF Podcast listeners' survey: https://rebrand.ly/zo6kxgy 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 (02:13) Meeting Mark Zuckerberg (05:41) Meta's new Threads app (09:14) GatewayX and the Venture Studio model (14:35) Key qualities of successful CEOs (17:38) The Venture Studio role (18:19) On finding product-market fit with Kahani (22:25) Are Shopify plugins different from standard SaaS businesses? (24:10) E-Commerce and performance marketing (27:45) What to change in the venture world? (29:46) What is it like to sell your business? (33:20) Conscious leadership (coaching vs. therapy) (39:35) How will AI change the digital advertising field? (42:32) Lightning round Guest Contact Info: Website twitter.com/jspujji 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. Get in touch with Mosheh: linkedin.com/in/moshehp twitter.com/MoshehP hello@pmfpod.com www.pmfpod.com