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  Bullish: The Greenwich firm behind GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial - GreenwichTime

  For GoDaddy, Bullish focused on making a memorable commercial that wouldn’t be as “polarizing” as the brand’s previous ones, Duda said. Since its pre-Super Bowl premier this week, the GoDaddy commercial has attracted praise for its lack of scantily clad women and even empowerment of females. Unbeknownst to GNC when it signed the contract for the commercial spot, according to an Ad Age report, the National Football League has the rights to approve or deny Super Bowl advertisements. Because fewer than 3 percent of GNC’s products include a couple of ingredients banned by the NFL, GNC won’t be allowed to participate. Landing a Super Bowl commercial spot, though expensive, is worthwhile for many brands because it’s one of the few times viewers watch commercials anymore, according to Tom Caporaso, CEO of a Connecticut-based marketing and technology company Clarus Commerce.

  GreenwichTime, 02/03/2017

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  Super Bowl 2017 Ad: GoDaddy Spot Includes a Shoutout to Women in Tech | Fortune.com

  GoDaddy, once known for its sexist ads, will give a nod to Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing during the Super Bowl.

  Fortune, 02/01/2017

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  LinkedIn, 01/21/2016

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  Deutsch Vets Open Creative Agency With Investment Arm

  Adland vets Mike Duda and Brent Vartan have launched a new agency called Bullish.

  Advertising Age, 01/21/2016

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  Who will Transform the Post Television Ad World in 2017?

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  Forbes, 12/09/2016

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We offer four core elements: strategy, innovation, creative and investing. We seek senior clients and owners who have a chip-on-their-shoulder and sincere respect for a vested practitioner in creative brand management to make a difference to the bottom-line. All of our partnerships have a material performance-based component to the relationship...and we are even willing to put our money behind our marketing recommendations.

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