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Open Market

Open Market

Written by: Joe Zappa & Eric Franchi
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 Open Market is a podcast about building companies in the advertising industry. This is not another news podcast. Rather, hosts Eric Franchi and Joe Zappa dive into the stories of successful companies to help listeners understand how to replicate that success. Guests such as Brian O'Kelley, Jonah Goodhart, and the Vanderhooks join to share their advice.Copyright 2025 Joe Zappa Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Marketing Marketing & Sales
Episodes
  • 4 Steps to Crush 2026 as an Adtech CEO

    4 Steps to Crush 2026 as an Adtech CEO
    Jan 7 2026
    Eric Franchi and Joe Zappa discuss four ideas for how adtech CEOs can crush it in 2026: overcommunicate direction until you’re sick of yourself; tell a story about the industry, not just your company; design the company for AI; and center outcomes in your storytelling. Plus, Joe talks about getting punched in the face, physically and metaphorically.
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    26 mins
  • Luck, Alex Karp, and How to Create a Category

    Luck, Alex Karp, and How to Create a Category
    Dec 17 2025
    Eric Franchi and Joe Zappa commune 1:1 for a discussion of the role luck plays in entrepreneurship and how you can create your own luck, the unparalleled value of a charismatic, provocative chief evangelist (Alex Karp case study), and the three conditions required to create a category. Also, Eric offers a based take on us humans hurtling through space on a rock.
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    31 mins
  • Solving CTV Economics with Transmit CPO Scott Young

    Solving CTV Economics with Transmit CPO Scott Young
    Dec 10 2025
    Transmit co-founder and CPO Scott Young joins Eric Franchi and Joe Zappa to weigh in on the current state of streaming, why live sports are the crown jewel of CTV, how the YouTube TV-Disney controversy unfolded, and the role AI will play in the future of the channel. Plus, Scott makes Eric's day by de-aging him.
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    30 mins
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