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Sean Simon

Pioneer · DISC type DSI
Co-Founder at Blurbs
📍 Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States

Sean Simon is a MarTech veteran with over 25 years of experience, now serving as the Co-Founder of Blurbs and The Cogent Collective. A graduate of Rowan University, he is described by colleagues as innovative, resourceful, and solutions-focused. He aims to fix the broken discovery process in marketing technology.

Sean is a startup mentor at both Techstars and Plug and Play Tech Center, where he shares his industry experience with emerging companies and enjoys learning from creative founders.

He is on a mission to fix the first 20% of the MarTech buying journey, where he believes the process is broken but preference is shaped.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Sean shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Friendly But Fast
Driven But Considerate

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed

Priorities

Topics Sean cares about

Fixing MarTech Sales
He co-founded two companies, Blurbs and The Cogent Collective, to address the widespread distrust and inefficiency in how marketing technology is bought and sold.
Startup Mentorship
Actively mentors early-stage companies at Techstars and Plug and Play, sharing his experience to help new founders succeed in the industry.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Co-Founder
Blurbs
1-2020
Co-Founder
Cogent Collective
1-2024
Podcast Host
The MarTech Matrix Podcast
9-2021
Startup Mentor
Techstars
9-2019
Start-up Mentor
Plug and Play Tech Center
In the press

Media appearances

Sean Simon, of Blurbs & Cogent Collective, on streamlining the martech buying process. Featured in eMarketing Association
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Education
8-1991 - 11-1994
BA
Rowan University
BA
RMIT University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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