Morten Lund sold his digital agency to Leo Burnett as their first digital acquisition
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Morten Lund is a Danish serial entrepreneur and early Skype seed investor. He describes the sale of his Scandinavian digital advertising agency to Leo Burnett early in his career.
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“Seven, six years later, we sold it to Leo Burnett, the advertising company, as their first digital acquisition,”
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