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Former Apple Ad Guru Becomes ‘Storyteller’ for Tech Founders
By Alex Heath · Feb. 26, 2020 7:00 AM PST

James Vincent helped Steve Jobs come up with some of Apple’s most memorable advertisements, from its Mac versus PC commercials to an iPod campaign featuring dancing silhouettes. 

More recently, Vincent has turned himself into a brand whisperer to some of the most prominent companies in tech and media, including Snap, Vice Media and Airbnb. His consulting firm, FNDR (pronounced ...

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