Michael Taylor

Senior associate at Adams Street Partners

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Latest Articles

Medium•Jun. 2020

Fired for the last time

Careers
Growth
Marketing
Business
entrepreneurship
Medium•Aug. 2019

10 of the best ads of all time, reimagined as Facebook ads

Advertising
Marketing
Facebook Marketing
Facebook Ads
traditional advertising
Medium•Aug. 2019

14 Facebook ad examples from 7 years and $40m in ad spend

Advertising
Facebook Ads
Facebook Marketing
Creative
Ad Creative Strategies
Medium•May 2018

The Art of the Deal: How to Become a Master at Business Negotiations

Negotiation
Business
Marketing
business negotiations
negotiation skills
Medium•Jun. 2016

Things for Brits to do in New York

Travel
New York
Travel Tips
transportation in New York
tourist attractions in New York
Medium•May 2016

Marketing Plan And Chill?

Growth
Startup
Growth Hacking
PPC Marketing
marketing plan
Medium•May 2016

5 Quick and Dirty Tricks for A/B Testing on Facebook Without Wasting a Penny

Advertising
Marketing
Lean Startup
A/B testing
Facebook advertising
Medium•May 2016

Outsourcing: You’re Doing It Wrong

Management
Business
Startup
outsourcing
management strategy
Medium•Apr. 2016

Marketing Will Cease to Exist.

Startup
Marketing
Product Management
marketing evolution
information gap
Medium•Apr. 2016

Things for Americans to do in London

Travel
London
Things To Do In London
transportation in London
tourist attractions in London
Medium•Apr. 2016

Jack of most trades, master of one.

Entrepreneurship
Hiring
Marketing
specialization vs generalization
career development
Medium•Feb. 2016

Nothing New Under The Sun…

Movies
Creativity
Tech
Joseph Campbell's hero's journey
storytelling patterns
Medium•Jan. 2016

Being Lazy Scales

Entrepreneurship
Startup
business scaling
work-life balance
delegation
Medium•Nov. 2015

Brand Managers: Your In-Store Product Displays Suck.

Branding
Marketing
Design
brand management
in-store product displays
Medium•Aug. 2014

How I Forecast Performance for Six-Figure Marketing Campaigns

marketing performance forecasting
online marketing variables
extrapolation method
Efficient Frontier method
diminishing marginal returns
Medium•May 2014

The (other) Ten Books You Should Have Read By Now

book recommendations
decision making
business insights
leadership
innovation
Medium•May 2014

Hope Amidst the Gloom

crisis as opportunity
post-war societal changes
economic recession effects
housing market dynamics
unemployment and career change
Medium•May 2014

Lessons for Digital Marketers from the Leaked NYT Innovation Report

digital transformation
print journalism decline
NYT Innovation Report
social media traffic
SEO and structured data
Medium•May 2014

The Ten Books You Should Have Read By Now

books for marketing
web analytics
productivity
project management
lean startup
Medium•May 2014

The Earth is Not Full

technological optimism
population growth
Malthusian theory
Green Revolution
fracking
Medium•May 2014

Greed Is Good (Unless You’re Human)

Homo Economicus
altruism
self-interest
economic behavior
ultimatum game
Medium•May 2014

All Work and No Play

work-life balance
productivity
mental health
play and recreation
generalized anxiety disorder
Medium•Apr. 2014

Facebook Ad Cheat Sheet

Facebook Link Ad
character limits
dark post
Power Editor
best practices
Medium•Apr. 2014

Open-Source Tools for Performance Marketers

OpenAdTools
performance marketing
open-source tools
coding
A/B testing
Medium•Apr. 2014

Mobile App Launch Plan

mobile app launch
app marketing
App Store rankings
download velocity
organic downloads