UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the ninth episode of Invent Penn State’s “Dare to Disrupt” podcast, host Ryan Newman interviews serial media entrepreneur and current CEO of Infolinks Media, Robert Regular, who received his bachelor’s degree in communications and business from Penn State.
Regular has founded, grown and exited four digital media technology companies with teams and locations around the world. He has been at the forefront of the creation of digital internet advertising and technology platforms from the beginning of the world wide web and e-commerce.
In this episode, Regular talks about how he entered the digital media space, convincing people in the late '90s that they needed e-commerce and news websites. He also discusses how he developed resilience, enduring and pivoting through the dot-com collapse, 9/11, and the 2008 financial crisis. Regular observed the digital advertising space evolve, and shares where he thinks it’s heading. His current company, Infolinks Media, has the mission of providing publishers with the most effective and powerful ad products.
Listen to this interview to learn more about Robert Regular’s journey.
At the end of each "Dare to Disrupt" episode, a current Penn State student is given the opportunity to speak with the successful Penn State alumnus and ask questions specific to the student’s startup and career goals. In Episode 9, Justin Leusner, a sophomore at Penn State studying Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, joins the conversation. Leusner is the CEO of YF Visuals, a YouTube creator consulting company offering creators feedback and guidance as well as in-depth courses to take their content to the next level. Leusner talks to Regular about the future of social media marketing.
Students can apply or be nominated to be on the show here.
About Dare to Disrupt
"Dare to Disrupt" is a podcast from Invent Penn State about Penn State alumni who are innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders, and the stories behind their success. The podcast is hosted by alumnus Ryan Newman, a graduate of the Smeal College of Business and a Schreyer Scholar alumnus who is now a managing director at Goldman Sachs.
Past episodes of "Dare to Disrupt" include interviews with Matt Brezina, David Rusenko and Jess Weiner.
New episodes of "Dare to Disrupt" release monthly. Learn more at invent.psu.edu/dare-to-disrupt and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play.
Invent Penn State is a commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation and student career success.