Darren Herman

I’m not going to recap the entire event play by play, but do want to highlight some of the interesting tidbits.  The hashtag (twitter) for the event was #fashion20, so you can follow the tweets here.
Of the 5 companies presenting, I found 3 of them interesting – they just happened to be the B2C plays.  [...]

As many readers of this blog know, I’m a big fan of the fashion world.  I enjoy many different types of fashion (everything from conservative prep to sporty) and especially enjoy how the fashion world is being infused with different technologies.  I’ve been meeting with companies that provide custom shirts all the way down to [...]

I am about shoulders deep in the mobile space due to some cutting edge work we’re doing at work for some of our clients.  We’ve had some great success that has even landed our work on CNBC of all places.  Since 1998, we’ve been hearing “this is mobile’s breakout year.”  If I were to make [...]

My friend Jay Sears (@jaysears) sent me an invite to the AdClub/ContextWeb event on Agency Demand Platforms a few weeks ago and was impressed to see the high caliber speakers but was bummed out that MDC/VMM was not asked to participate as well, as, my friends at Havas.
The event was packed – almost every seat [...]

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AdClub / ContextWeb Event
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I’m heading to the AdClub/ContextWeb event tomorrow at the NY Times building.  Should be a great event but not sure why they are only highlighting IPG, WPP, Omnicom, and Publicis.  MDC Partners (our holding company) and Havas are also doing some really interesting things in the Agency Demand Platforms space and are [...]

I get a handful of people contacting me through this blog each week and I encourage it as much as possible.  I also try and get back to each legitimate request within 24 hours of submission.
Recently, someone from Peachtree Media Advisors, Inc., a boutique digital media investment banking firm based here in NYC reached out [...]