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Most Google Ads accounts are a mess, and 95% of agencies are doing very poor work. In this episode, we break down exactly why businesses waste Money on paid search, what the biggest Google Ads mistakes are, and how AI is completely transforming campaign management, with David Porquiry, founder and CEO of Groas.ai.

David worked in venture capital and private equity before bootstrapping Groas.ai, an AI-powered Google Ads management platform that runs fully autonomous campaigns.

We cover:

– Why David rejected venture capital money to bootstrap his AI company.
– What he had to unlearn from his private equity days to run a fast-moving startup.
– Why “tool” is the wrong word for fully autonomous AI software.
– The biggest mistakes business owners make on Google Ads.
– Why you should almost never accept Google’s default campaign recommendations.
– The importance of keyword research and high-converting landing pages.
– How the rollout of Claude Opus 4.6 changed his engineering speed overnight.
– David’s tip: the one button to check in your Google Ads account today to see if your agency is actually doing anything.

Connect with David at groas.com or email him at [email protected]. 

Ready to grow and plan your exit? Visit www.BizExitGrow.com.

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00:00 Intro: Meet David Porquiry of Groas.ai
00:50 From venture capital and private equity to founding an AI startup
03:32 What he had to unlearn from private equity to move faster
04:37 Why he bootstrapped and rejected VC funding
09:08 The evolution of Groas.ai from a $99 tool to full autonomy
14:19 Why most Google Ads accounts are a complete mess
16:37 Tactical advice: The biggest mistakes in Google Ads
18:10 How AI and ChatGPT are forcing Google search to change
21:23 How David uses AI to speed up engineering and analyze calls
22:44 David’s tip: How to check if your ad agency is actually working

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I'm a former U.S. Naval officer with a UC Berkeley degree in Economics. I managed high-stakes logistics operations, leading teams up to 60 personnel and overseeing $320M in aviation inventory, boosting aircraft readiness by 20%.

I'm now a Managing Partner at GreenRock Logistics, our holding company. We consolidate lower and mid-market transportation and 3PL firms through acquisitions and partnerships, deploying shared services and tech for growth while preserving seller cultures and employee legacies.

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