Episode 49: Lewis Gersh - Founder & Chief Stamp Licker at PebblePost

Welcome to Episode 49 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Lewis Gersh, Founder & Chief Stamp Licker at PebblePost. Lewis is a serial entrepreneur and investor, having founded a seed stage investment firm in New York City. His latest startup is called PebblePost, a company that has invented Programmatic Direct Mail. The company provides a solution that combines the new with the old. Their platform takes consumers’ online interest and intent data and ultimately uses that information to send out highly targeted and meaningful direct mail programs on behalf of brands and retailers. PebblePost recently announced a $25M Series C round of funding led by Advance Venture Partners. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: -Lewis’ background story and the details on his first company, Worldly Information Network. -His experience as an investor and focus on B2B marketing & eCommerce technologies. -The aha moment that led him to start PebblePost, plus the details on how their platform works. -What entrepreneurs should know before starting a company. Hint… it has a lot to do with focus. -Plus, a lot more! Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!