Microtransactions and Beyond
Mar. 28, 2018 – 3:51 – Former Microsoft chief strategy officer Mark Penn discusses Facebook’s response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and what Mark Zuckerberg needs to do to win over the American public.
The gun issue has exploded on the political scene as a result of the Parkland school shooting and mass rallies over the weekend. Yet, without bipartisan support of some kind, serious proposals to curb gun violence will likely go nowhere, regardless of who is elected to Congress.
Mar. 24, 2018 – 4:06 – Former Clinton strategist and ‘Microtrends Squared’ author Mark Penn shares his perspective on ‘Cavuto Live.’
Hillary Clinton no longer talks “about real substantive issues, the way that she used to talk about them,” says Penn, the candidate’s former chief strategist. He also disagrees that Facebook swayed the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor. Instead, Trump had a “message…one that he broadcast pretty clearly to […]
Balance of Power with Mark Penn
When you’re looking at what’s the next big thing, sometimes it’s best to look at what’s a current little thing. Mark Penn is president of the digital marketing company, the Stagwell Group, and has been a consultant and pollster for Hillary and Bill Clinton and Microsoft, among others. His new […]
The crystal ball predicted it, and we have seen Jerome Powell’s first interest rate hike. Steve Grzanich and Chuck Garcia (EVP & Director of Commercial Deposits/Treasury Management at Associated Bank) covered the update along with the coming developments with mobile banking in the Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation. Mark Penn […]
Mar. 21, 2018 – 5:45 – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s admitted to mistakes made, in regard to data protections. Is this another move by liberals to discredit Trump’s win in the 2016 election? Karl Rove and Mark Penn weigh in on ‘The Story.’
Former Clinton strategist Mark Penn criticized the Democrats stance on sanctuary cities: “This is the most out of touch policy with the rest of the public that I’ve ever seen Democrats support.” He joined The Brian Kilmeade Show to discuss his new book ‘Microtrends Squared.’
Politics and tech have long occupied uneasy, parallel worlds. Politicians are painfully clueless about the basics of technology; technologists are, as we are seeing, painfully naive about politics. Companies born in the ’00s and that grew up in the ’10s were, until recently, often under the blissful impression that what […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.