John Gentry

President and Advisor, OpenX

John is currently the President of OpenX. Previously, he served as Chief Revenue Officer and President of Spot Runner Inc. Mr. Gentry oversaw all sales and business development activities, strategic partnerships, media, distribution relationships and customer care of Spot Runner. Prior to Spot Runner, he served as Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Corporate Development of Green Dot Corporation , where he was responsible for all sales and business development activities, including expansion of the existing retail distribution network, launching new channels of card distribution such as online and payment solutions, and expansion of the Green Dot Financial Network. Prior to joining Green Dot, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Affiliate Business Group of Overture Services and led the team. Prior to Overture, he served as an Executive of Walt Disney Company, where he developed distribution and sales strategy for Disney/ABC Cable Networks. He also held positions with Discovery Communications, parent company of Discovery Channel and CB Commercial Real Estate. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Authenticlick, Inc. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.

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Finance 101 for Early Stage Startup Founders with Debbie Rosler

In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. Finance 101: Why Should...

Engineering Customer & Product Feedback Loops with Holden Munson & Sofia Maravich

In this Mucker Growth session, Holden Munson and Sofia Maravich from Rethink Labs, explore how to develop a useful system of collecting customer data and integrating it into your team....

How Startups Can Win More Enterprise Deals Through Value Selling with Mike Genstil

In this Mucker Growth session, Mike Genstil with ValueCore delves into the concept of value selling and its application in enterprise sales.     Delivering value at every touchpoint of...

How to Keep Your Emails Landing in the Inbox with Google’s Updated Spam Policies with Daniel-wise Ojaide

In this Mucker Growth session, Daniel-wise Ojaide from Warmbox.ai delves into the changes to Google and Yahoo’s updated spam policies and how to ensure your emails and outbound campaigns are...

Best Customers, Best Results: Unlocking Retention-Driven B2C Growth with Julius Lai

In this Mucker Growth session, Julius Lai from ArtShare discusses customer retention, which is often overlooked but essential for startups facing growth challenges. The following content will provide practical recaps...

Leveraging a Financial Model for Fundraising Success with Steven Plappert

In this Mucker Growth Session, Steven Plappert, CEO and co-founder of Forecastr, tackles how to use your financial model to the best capacity when fundraising. Your financial model can be...

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