11: Brian O'Kelley - Forging Billion-Dollar Companies with Unlikely Allies
Brian O'Kelley shares his journey from building to Right Media to founding AppNexus to leading today at Scope3 – revealing key deals that sparked 9 and 10 figure exits with tech behemoths.
Episode Summary
In Episode 11, we dive into Brian O'Kelley's extraordinary tech journey. From founding AppNexus to leading Scope3, Brian shares insights from pivotal billion-dollar deals that made companies – as CTO of Right Media, and as CEO of AppNexus.
He opens up about his relentless drive for innovation and talks about how he was able to build strategic partnerships at the biggest companies in the world – without a product.
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