Warren Jolly: Pivoting an ad agency to SaaS is difficult and expensive
Warren Jolly · EP 333: How Did He Make $15 Million from Managing Ads in 2015? · Jun 22, 2016 · at 10:31
Ad Quadrant CEO Warren Jolly explains to Nathan Latka why his agency does not plan to pivot to building SaaS software.
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“I think the pivot to SaaS in our space is actually really, really hard. It's RGS, RGUS, it's expensive to do, and there's some big key players.”
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