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M‑Squared Collective

Incremental Outcomes: Make Marketing Investments You Can Defend

The M‑Squared Collective comes to Boston, built to be two things at once: genuinely enjoyable and genuinely useful. A relaxed evening to meet the room, then a morning with the brands and operators proving what actually drives growth, with real case studies, a candid conversation between marketing and finance, and a clear-eyed look at where AI helps.

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Date September 09– September 10, 2026
Venue Sheraton Boston

This is a small, invite-only gathering.
Submit your request to join us.

The idea

The conversation worth having

Most marketing teams have more data than ever and less certainty about what it means. The Collective is a room working through the decisions that actually matter: where to invest, what is really driving growth, how to defend a budget to finance, and where AI genuinely helps.

Real work on the table, with the people facing the same questions beside you. Not a product pitch. A shared, honest conversation about what is actually working.

Trusted by category-defining brands and operators
What you will leave with

What this day gives you.

A clearer view of results

A clearer view of results

See what is actually driving your results, beyond platform-reported numbers.

Defensible budget decisions

Defensible budget decisions

A sharper way to defend budget decisions to finance, in language both sides trust.

Real examples from peers

Real examples from peers

How peers are making and proving their marketing investment calls.

A clear-eyed read on AI

A clear-eyed read on AI

Where AI helps in measurement, and where human judgment still owns the decision.

1:1 Working Sessions

1:1 Working Sessions

Working session on your own numbers with the M‑Squared team. 1:1 meetings with peers, advising CMOs, publisher and agency partners.

Two Summer days in Boston

Mon, Sep 14 — Evening

The fun part.

Rhodes Wharf at 5:00pm for a ferry ride to Hingham for drinks and dinner around 6:00pm. Relaxed, social, and a chance to meet the people you will want to know.

Tue, Sep 15 — Morning

The deep dive.

A half-day workshop at the Sheraton Boston. A short primer to set a shared language, then client case studies and panels, a conversation on how marketing and finance defend budget together, and a session on where AI fits in measurement. Refreshments provided.

Tue, Sep 15 — Afternoon

1:1 sessions.

Working session on your own numbers with theM‑Squaredteam. 1:1 meetings with peers, advising CMOs, publisher and agency partners.

Primer 15 mins

Causal Attribution Foundations

Case study 30 mins (10 + 10 + 10)

The Perfect Jean, Laseraway

Ovadia Labaton — DTC Leader & Entrepreneur | The Perfect Jean, Kidbox, Liquorbox, VC/PE roles

Paul Baumgarthuber — CMO, Laseraway | Many ventures in digital marketing

Invited lecture 25 mins (15 + 10)

How a performance-marketing CMO executes data-driven creative innovation using causal attribution and AI

Paul Baumgarthuber — CMO, Laseraway | Many ventures in digital marketing

Fireside chat 30 mins (20 + 10)

How would Hollywood solve for creative innovation

Daniel Rosenberg — Hollywood Producer | Inside Man, Kangaroo Island, Responsibility Island

Case study 30 mins (20 + 10)

Cracking growth for Prenuvo using TV and natural experiments

Chris Taylor — PE Operating Partner | Etrade, 1-800-Flowers, Left Lane Capital

Scott Termini — Agency leader | Mynt, The Remnant agency, OptiConversion

Panel 30 mins

Unlocking upper funnel performance for CMOs

Suchit Majmudar — Agency & Marketing Leader | iBotta, Caribou Coffee

Greg Lieber — Media leader | Comcast, Snap, Twitter, VaynerMedia

Greg Glenday — Media leader | Acast, iHeart Media, Lightbox OOH, Undertone

Ian Yung — Growth Marketing Leader | Tonal, Parachute, Touch of Modern, The Black Tux

Case study 30 mins (20 + 10)

How Garden's Alive is using geospatial analysis and causal attribution to drive accountability and growth

J.P. Kinerk — Marketing leader | Garden's Alive, Curiosity Advertising

Katie Reed — CMO, Measurement leader | Casper, M‑Squared, Society6, Saatchi Art, Northwestern Mutual

Ken Sheehan — Geographic Information Systems Expert | US Geological Survey, University of New Hampshire, West Virginia University

Panel 30 mins

Combining intuition with data to make investment decisions

Jay Sung — PE Operating Partner, CMO | Brentwood Associates, Proactiv, Guthy Renker

Mark Fiske — PE Operating Partner | HIG Capital, Credit Karma, Gap, Ancestry

Timothy Surowiecki — CMO | Sono Bello, Horizon Media, Citigroup, Forbes

Scott Braun — CMO | P&G, Gillette, VistaPrint, SimpliSafe, Drizly, Tovala

Ariff Quli — Revenue leader | Yelp, CNET, Outbrain, CDW

Chris Marine — Agency leader | Campfire, Cox, Sinclair

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Your host

M‑Squared is a finance-grade marketing measurement and incrementality partner, built for marketers who want to understand what is actually driving results. The M‑Squared Collective: Boston is hosted solely by M‑Squared.

Founder of M‑Squared and one of the most recognized voices in marketing measurement, Madan Bharadwaj hosts the Collective in Boston.

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"We are in the age of outcomes. There is roughly $1 trillion in global marketing spend. Holding all of it accountable to results will be the most significant transformation of marketing since the post-war economic boom of the 1950s."

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Speakers

The people doing the work, on the record.

Top client brands and operators sharing how they put causal measurement to work. Announced on a rolling basis.

Greg Glenday
Greg Glenday
Chief Executive Officer | Acast
Greg Lieber
Greg Lieber
Head of Platform Partnerships | Universal Ads
Scott Termini
Scott Termini
Media and Advertising
Mark Fiske
Mark Fiske
Managing Director | H.I.G. Capital
Ovadia Labaton
Ovadia Labaton
Co-Founder | The Perfect Jean
Paul Baumgarthuber
Paul Baumgarthuber
CMO | Laseraway
Ken Sheehan
Ken Sheehan
Geospatial Analytics Expert
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
Chief Growth Officer | Left Lane Capital
Tim Surowiecki
Tim Surowiecki
CMO | Sono Bello
Kristen Cho
Kristen Cho
VP of Acquisition Marketing | The Real Real
Suchit Majmudar
Suchit Majmudar
Chief Revenue Officer | Mynt Agency
John Patrick Kinerk
John Patrick Kinerk
Gardens Alive
Who is in the room

Built for people accountable for decisions, not dashboards.

CMOs and senior marketers, accountable for where budget goes and how it is defended.
Measurement and analytics leaders translating attribution complexity into action.
Finance leaders partnering with marketing on investment and ROI.
Agency and brand leaders proving impact and winning on strategy.
Founders and operators driving growth efficiency.

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Request an invitation

Tell us a little about you and we will confirm your spot.

This is an exclusive, invite-only gathering. Tell us a little about you and we will confirm your spot. To keep the room right, we ask for your company and title, and invites go out on a rolling basis, so the sooner you apply the better.