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Michael Duda

Managing Partner @ Bullish Inc. | Marketing, Consumer Investment

New York, New York

Work Experience

2023

  • Board of Directors

    2023

  • Managing Partner

    2015

    Bullish is a Marketing Operating Partner focused on being in the growth business. One-part Creative Agency, one-part consumer investment Firm, we deploy capabilities from both worlds to help brands speed the transformation of opportunities into outcomes. Brand Agency campaigns for the likes of: Anheuser Busch, Walmart, GoDaddy, Pepsi, Nike, The Light Phone, TaylorMade. Capital investors in: Harry's, Casper (exited), Warby Parker , Peloton (exited), Primary, KiwiCo, function of beauty, Clare, Revtown, NomNom (exited), Hu Chocolate (exited), HumanCo, HoneyLove, Bubble Beauty, Sunday Lawn, Dirty Labs, rae wellness, Hally Hair, Cuup, Thousand Bike Helmets and other rising consumer disruptions.

  • Member

    2019

    Sunday Dinner Community is a resource for leaders of the marketing community to build a network of partnerships, exchange knowledge, and collaborate.

  • Founder, Managing Partner

    2010 - 2015

    See Bullish for core overview.

2013 - 2015

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2013 - 2015

    Lead a modern, creatively impactful independent advertising agency with clients that include adidas, Coca-Cola, Google, TripAdvisor, Mondelez, Goldman Sachs and others. Helped install new organizational principles and financial rigor in growing the Agency 21% in 2014 in a turnaround situation.

  • Partner, Chief Corporate Strategy Officer

    2005 - 2010

    Responsible for shaping Deutsch’s marketing, growth, acquisition/joint venture planning, developing Deutsch’s global footprint and corporate communications initiatives for the Deutsch network. He worked on dozens of phenomenal brands, ranging from Anheuser-Busch InBev, Under Armour and Vineyard Vines to Microsoft, DIRECTV and Expedia.

  • Partner, Director of Business Development

    2004 - 2005

1997 - 2004

  • Director | Vice President | Senior Vice President, Director of Business Development

    1997 - 2004

  • Various Account Management, Business Development

    1995 - 1997

1993 - 1995

  • Asst Project Manager - Account Executive

    1993 - 1995

    PR, B2B marketing, helped launch interactive division in 1994.