5 Unfiltered Takeaways From Cannes 2026
48 leaders. 4 days. 1 heat wave. 5 takeaways. Over four days at SalientMG’s Innovation Sans Filter series at the Infillion Café in Cannes, 48 leaders from brands, agencies,...
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Day 4 at Cannes: The More AI Does, the More Human Marketing Becomes
The final day of Innovation Sans Filter at the Infillion Café wasn’t really about AI. It was about everything AI can’t do. Across conversations on leadership, creativity, and measurement,...
Day 3 at Cannes: Context Is the Competitive Edge
Day three at Cannes tackled some of the industry’s biggest questions: Can brand and performance finally be measured as one? What happens when AI-driven optimization becomes table stakes? And...
Day 2 at Cannes: The Best Marketing Feels Personal, Not Targeted
The second morning of SalientMG’s Innovation Sans Filter series at the Infillion Café in Cannes moved across leadership, creative, and commerce, all of which explored a similar theme: effective...
Day 1 at Cannes: Relevance is the Defining Advantage in Modern Marketing
Three conversations. Three very different topics. One common thread. The first morning of SalientMG’s Innovation Sans Filter series at the Infillion Café explored the future of streaming, the power...
Series C Doesn’t Kill Companies. Unpredictable Growth Does.
In my recent Fast Company article, How Series C founders can scale marketing into a predictable growth engine, I laid out why marketing becomes the hidden fault line at...
SalientMG and Hivekind AI Team Up to Drive Pipeline for Startups
New partnership helps founders turn pre-pipeline accounts into sales-ready opportunities with integrated strategy services, industry playbooks and agentic technology New York, NY — February 17, 2026 — SalientMG, a...
Why We Launched The StartUp MarketerⓇ
Over the last decade, I’ve spent thousands of hours inside startups and scaleups; working alongside founders, executive teams, VCs/boards, and marketers at the moments where marketing decisions matter most....