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With Manish Agrawal (ex-Dir. Engg, Google Ads).
May 21 (Thu) @ 06:00 PM       FREE
Venue, To Be Announced, SF

 
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Join Manish Agrawal, former Engineering Director at Google Ads, for an invite-only dinner designed for Founders & Senior Growth leaders at Shopify DTC Brands.

The "Old Playbook" of paid social media is dead. In 2026, brands are fighting a war on two fronts: Rising CAC & AI disintermediation (where AI apps like ChatGPT & Gemini become the new discovery layer, bypassing traditional brand loyalty).

Evening Agenda:

The Founders' Exchange: A peer-to-peer discussion into the 2026 scaling bottleneck. We will discuss growth challenges including rising CAC, brand disintermediation by new AI apps like ChatGPT & Gemini, attribution gaps, & agency inefficiencies.

Maya AI Preview: A short insider look at our Agentic Orchestration Engine for Shopify Stores. We will discuss how autonomous reasoning & coordination across paid & owned channels is recovering lost ROAS.

The Network: This is not a mixer but rather a small table of 5-7 leaders tackling the same growth hurdles.

RSVP now to secure your spot - seats are extremely limited. Dinner & wine are hosted by the QuietSpark team. Venue details will be shared with approved attendees 7 days prior.
 
 
 
 
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