Sima sits down with the co-founder and managing partner of Oberon Securities, Nicole Schmidt. On this episode, they talk about Oberon, investments and the role perseverance plays in earning entrepreneurial success. “It’s really 90% perseverance and 5% talent and 5% luck because I think in a way, you make your own opportunities by sticking it ... Read more

Today, the CEO and founder of Gazelle Global Anne Brown sits with Sima Vasa. Together, they talk about the company’s beautiful 25 years from its conception to present celebration. Anne Brown – Taking Stock of 25 Years Anne says that this moment is incredibly opportune to take stock and look back where they started. When ... Read more

Today, P2Sample’s Chief Revenue Officer JD Deitch joins Sima Vasa. They have a fascinating conversation about JD’s transition to revenue functions from research and analytics, what has changed within the sample industry over the last ten years, and so much more. “So much of what we do is digital and the effort to try to ... Read more

On today’s episode, the Founder and Chief Experience Officer of MESH Experience Fiona Blades sits with Sima Vasa. She shares how she leveraged mobile advertising long before it became mainstream and how experiential marketing is even more relevant today. Fiona Blades – Company Founded on Encounters Fiona founded MESH for the same reason everyone else ... Read more

On today’s episode, Sima Vasa sits with Ted McConnell, SVP of Lucid. Together, they talk about his background, how advertising has changed and what marketers need to do to improve targeting. Finding His Way to Marketing Ted spent about the first half of his career in technology communications where he built networks and operating systems. ... Read more

The world’s insight exchange and management platform is evolving with the market research industry. On this first episode of our second season, Richard Thornton and Greg Dunbar join Sima Vasa in a conversation about the changes astride at Cint. A 20-Year-Old Vision Cint is a technology company headquartered in Stockholm. Built 20 years ago to ... Read more

On this episode, fellow market research industry podcaster Jamin Brazil joins Sima Vasa. He shares the story behind his company, Happy Market Research, and his eponymous podcast. Jamin Brazil – Birth of a Mantra Jamin has had the life mantra that sometimes, you just have to laugh. He intentionally injected smiles and laughter into his life ... Read more

On today’s episode, co-founder and CMO of Measure Protocol Paul Neto joins Sima Vasa. Together, they talk about the value blockchain plays in today’s market research landscape, and how Measure is promoting fair compensation and usage of consumer data. Paul Neto – Measure on Blockchain in MR There has been a lot of discussions about what ... Read more

Newly appointed President of EMI Research Solutions Adam Jolley joins Sima Vasa in this episode. He shares his future plans for the company, how the sample industry has changed, and how EMI is going to adapt to these key changes. Adam Jolley – Future of EMI Adam has been with EMI for more than a ... Read more

On this episode, CEO and Founder of Kork Robert Wensley joins Sima Vasa. They talk about the company’s conception, its mission, and how Robert is changing the data brokerage landscape with his dedicated team. Robert Wensley – Kork’s Mission Kork is one of the world’s first consumer sourced data brokerage companies. Presently, data brokers are ... Read more

For 2019’s first episode, Toni Clayton Hine, B2B marketer and former CMO of Xerox Corporation joins Sima Vasa. They discuss what it was like to market one of the most iconic brands in the world at a time when digital technologies were emerging and how data played a big role in defining their marketing agenda. ... Read more

On the sixth episode of this Attribution Acceleration round-up series, Lawrence Chan joins Sima Vasa. He talks about location intelligence and how persistent and accurate location data play important roles in market research and attribution. “When you have those types of signals basically dictating whether or not somebody went somewhere, without that persistent context of ... Read more