InfoChachkie

JANUARY 27, 2014

In addition to the lack of go-to-market assistance provided by celebrity investors, VCs discourage the involvement of celebrities because such investments often come with egregious demands for Hollywood-style "sweeteners," such as "advisor options," which reduce the cost of the celebrity''s investment while diluting the other investors.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The funding was led by Tonn Investments, and also included un-named high net worth individuals and firms. Los Angeles-based Oncam , a new startup developing group video calling apps, has raised $7M in a funding round, according to the company.

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.Net Entertainment Los Angeles Invest 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The firm had a net GAAP loss of $16.6M. Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, released its results Thursday, saying its Q3 2011 revenues rose to $57.8M, up 91 percent from Q3 of of 2010, when it reported revenues of $30.2M.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2012

Amazon said it will option one new project a month--worth $10,000--and will pay $55,000 plus 5 percent of Amazon's net receipts from toy and t-shirt licensing, as well as other royalties to any proposal it decides to make into a full-budget series. Amazon Studios launched in November of 2010.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2015

and also was heavily involved in Hollywood Media, which was acquired by The Times Mirror Company, in addition to a number of other companies. Tony Farwell:We're just about to hit our fourth year, and we have grown very quickly in terms of both net members and revenues. Tony told us a bit about GovX: Explain what GovX is about?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

At the time, few people in Hollywood thought the Beatles would be remembered in three years, let alone in a decade and half. Box Office Mojo estimates that since 1980, the films have netted over $10 million in theatrical re-releases and at least that much in collective VHS, DVD and Blu-ray sales. This option cost Mr. Shenson nothing.

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Miramar .Net Sales Entrepreneur 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley and Who Will Win. Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. The Future of the Digital Living Room.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

The net of it, is we're really in the big data business, and we're taking what was formerly a totally monolithic piece--a single DVD, or video game, or sports game--and converting that into something that is consumable in the social web. David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. We're already producing videos on a weekly basis, and hope to produce hundreds, if not thousands, a month. That's really our business plan.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

Put it out on the Net, see what the reactions are…If you build something that starts to resonate, then you can start to… get into tech blogs and talk to the press and tell everybody what you are doing.” It was kind of like producing a film in Hollywood. ” 5. . You had no idea if you had Waterworld or Titanic.”

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Entrepreneur Startup Conference Santa Barbara 272

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

But throughout the transition I had my safety net. Coming from the world of academia, did you feel you had to overtly fight the Hollywood stereotype that business leaders have to be greedy and vindictive to win? . “In The transition [from Citrix Online] to RightScale was similar. Hiring is difficult no matter where you are.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A few sponsorship spots still available for early 2010 events: TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. You’ll receive recognition as a thank you for your sponsorship.

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

I think because we're a Hollywood town, people haven't taken it all that seriously. What is a net loss for us, is when Sequoia or Benchmark flies down on their corporate jet, meets with a company, and tells them to relocate to Northern California. We're taking it seriously. I'd like to see the community working together.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

What Hollywood hasn’t been able to deliver in film or television has seen generational break-out successes like Lin Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” or the astounding success of Despacito , now the all-time most viewed video on YouTube approaching 4 billion views. Latinos drove 69% of total net increasing in U.S. So is Herb a Genius?

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Media Content Course Technical Review 269

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

One or both of your parents may have the personality of an entrepreneur, but if their parents were struggling entrepreneurs who put in long¬-hours and netted meager returns, then your parents may have rejected their latent entrepreneurial tendencies. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

When I arrived in Hollywood, everybody had written a screenplay," he says. Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC).

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

The net result of my posts plus the comments forms a tighter view of my evolving belief system. But the reality is that most “conventional wisdom&# is a bit like Hollywood films. The world isn’t “all good&# or “all bad&# as it is in Hollywood films. Life is complex.

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