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Marc Eckō Built A Creative Empire, Almost Lost It All, + Came Out On Top

IDEA GENERATION

CHAPTER

The Shame of Echo's Failure

At the same time that we are flying to LA to meet with Pharrell to figure out complex con one, Rich is concurrently negotiating the sale of complex to Verizon and Hearst. We all exit for 300 plus million dollars, reportedly, according to the Wall Street Journal. And you've talked about the shame that you experienced at the end of Echo and having to deal with that going bust in a certain way. What was the sort of emotional payoff for you to then six years later put this tremendous W on the board? Well, it felt great.

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