Babayan: London ad agencies buck trend of poor corporate-startup partnerships
Nick Babayan · a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything · Jan 2, 2019 · at 27:06
Nick Babayan, co-founder of Lifecake, describes how London's advertising sector successfully partners with and invests in early-stage tech startups.
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“You know, in general, large companies do not partner well, especially with small companies, but I think big advertising agencies in London have proven that wrong.”
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