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Mediaocean Uses Wonderlic Testing Exclusively and Only Hires Top 21% Scorers
“We use no external recruiters because we ask everyone to take a wonder like test. And 21% of the world's population gets an A or B on this test. We only hire A's and B's.”
Bill Wise Dec 4, 2017 ▶ 21:51 863 AdTech: $720m Valuation, The 50+ Year Unicorn Processing $160 Billion in Spend
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Wise: Vista Allowed 100% Equity Liquidity in Mediaocean Acquisition
“They allowed me to sell a hundred percent of my equity on their acquisition, re-upped me.”
Bill Wise Dec 4, 2017 ▶ 22:34 863 AdTech: $720m Valuation, The 50+ Year Unicorn Processing $160 Billion in Spend
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Mediaocean operates with only seven salespeople across all accounts
“So, because we have every single major agency, our sales department is looking for some smaller agencies. It's looking for connect partners. That's ad tech companies, data companies, supply partners, convergence. So, we actually only have about seven salespeop…”
Bill Wise Dec 4, 2017 ▶ 4:08 863 AdTech: $720m Valuation, The 50+ Year Unicorn Processing $160 Billion in Spend
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DDS contributed 102% of net assets in the MediaBank merger
“DDS contributed a 102% of the net assets of the deal. And they were five times our size.”
Bill Wise Dec 4, 2017 ▶ 11:47 863 AdTech: $720m Valuation, The 50+ Year Unicorn Processing $160 Billion in Spend
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Wise: Vista consults Mediaocean on all media advertising deals
“They don't do a single deal in this space without, you know, consulting with me saying, would this make sense as a standalone? Would this make sense within MediOcean? How would it play out?”
Bill Wise Dec 4, 2017 ▶ 26:17 863 AdTech: $720m Valuation, The 50+ Year Unicorn Processing $160 Billion in Spend
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