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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

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We then acquire those videos directly from content owners. We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. We find the content they want, and we user our technology and people to service the show.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. And Danny switches to major shareholder, board member & advisor.

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Interview with Bong Koh, LifeCrowd

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We want to create the right mix of the types of activities, price points, and make sure we have high quality content and high quality activities. Enter the light bulb, which was that this was a real opportunity to create a new platform, which can facilitate connecting experts with users. Who are your other cofounders?

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

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You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. I had long ago ceded the knowledge and responsibility for making the detailed technical recommendations about platforms, databases, hosting solutions, etc. Skipping is insidious.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Photo: Barry Lieberman, President and COO; Eli Aizenstat, Founder & CEO; and Rob Patrick, CTO). Eli Aizenstat: Beatshare is a multimedia messaging platform, where we are bringing music into the heart of the communication space. Barry was a lead mentor there at Chapman University's Launch Labs, and we paired up.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

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The co-founder core team, including a CTO, should be fully formed and passionate enough to be working on the project full time. Blayze , the first online video audience development platform that empowers brands, YouTube channels, and media companies to buy and sell highly targeted new viewers.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. We noticed that many of those sites were not pre-populating the site with content, were not drawing from external channels, and were not starting conversations on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere. We have some great mentors now. It's actually uncommon to have a female CTO.

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