What can today’s martech leaders learn from building an agency in 2010—and how should they apply those insights in Q3 2025?

My retrospective on 15 years of building a scaling a global martech agency, from a “do it all” small shop to a WordPress enterprise vendor, through digital consultancy, HubSpot and Semrush key partnerships, scaling a dozen media networks past 100MM monthly views…

To the GTM martech consultancy today, leading with data pipelines, demand generation, engineering prowess, led by strategic planning & fast-paced experimental framework.

In this newsletter (going out to 27,000+ executives via email too), I’ve outlined the opportunities available in 2010 and what led to the foundation of DevriX.

Seeking market opportunities, and vetting “blue ocean” gaps, is paramount to reaching “product-market fit” – a strategy we still apply internally across our client portfolio.

And I’d never start the same project again fifteen years later!

Here’s a rundown of the thinking process, gaps that existed in 2010, the rise and fall of certain initiatives and opportunities since, and what we’re focusing on immediately starting this Q3.

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Mario Peshev is a 5x CEO and operator, founder of DevriX and Growth Shuttle, global value creation advisor, angel investor, and author of “MBA Disrupted.”

His original background in engineering rode the wave of IT entrepreneurship in the last 25 years, from product and service entrepreneurship through acquiring and selling businesses, to investing in global startups like beehiiv, doola, the Stacked Marketer, Alcatraz, SeedBlink.

Peshev spent over 10,000 hours in consulting and training contracts for mid-market and enterprise organizations like VMware, SAP, Software AG, CERN, Saudi Aramco since 2006. His books and guides are referenced in over 50 universities in North America, Europe, and Asia.


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