Building Disruptive Brands from Web2 to Web3 with Kate Rouch, CMO of Coinbase
On this week’s episode of Gen C, Coinbase’s Kate Rouch talks about how the brand is looking to not only attract new users but also improve the industry at large through technology and education.
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Kate was at the forefront of growing the Meta brand, formerly Facebook, and product marketing for eleven years prior to making the jump to Coinbase. She joins the podcast to discuss how working at an innovative and disruptive company like Meta helps to inform her work at Coinbase. She also gives us the insider scoop on how the infamous Super Bowl ad with the bouncing QR code came to be and what the results were. Avery and Sam also discuss AI Girlfriends, Pudgy Penguin toys and Nike’s first .Swoosh drop.
Links mentioned from the podcast:
CREATOR OF RENTABLE "AI GIRLFRIEND" SAYS IT'S GONE ROGUE
Nike Is Releasing Its First Digital Sneaker Collection on .Swoosh
Coinbase Forced Into Outage Following Super Bowl Ad After More Traffic 'Than Ever Encountered'
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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong and Eleanor Pahl. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.
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Sam Ewen is CoinDesk's SVP, head of CoinDesk Social, Multimedia & CD Studios

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