He's having a lot of success after selling his first company, BitBite for 40 million bucks.

Then in 2007, launched owner IQ.

They're now serving about 600 brands that are sharing or borrowing or, you know, buying somebody else's data every month on his platform.

They've worked with about 1,000 in total.

But again, data is hot.

They've raised about 40 million bucks doing about 70 million top line gross, in terms of

gross revenue doing about half that. So healthy, healthy business. This is the top entrepreneurs

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We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to two point seven million.

I had no money when I started the company.

It was a hundred and sixty million dollars, which is the size of any IPOs. We're a bit strapped.

We have like 22,000 customers. With over 5 million downloads in a very short amount of time,

major outlets like Inc are calling us the fastest growing business show on iTunes. I'm your host,

Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode.

Hello, everybody. My guest today is Jay Habiger. He's the co-founder and CEO of Owner

IQ. He's a pioneer in digital media and advertising, having over 20 years of experience in the

space. He's built the queue from its humble beginnings to teaching and leading the industry and second-party data and has the leading programmatic solution for digital advertisers,

retailers, and brands. Previously, he was the CEO and president of BitPipe, leading the

company through its sale to Tech Target in 2004 in a $40 million transaction. Jay, are you ready

to take us to the top? Absolutely. Okay, they say it's hard to

motivate a rich man. How much money did you make on the $40 million transaction? Why do you stay

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