Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew & Petri posed a question to me, “If Walt Disney were starting his company today, what kind of company would he build?” Who wouldn’t want to emulate the extreme success of Walt Disney for the next 50 years? The Walt Disney Corporation. ” I thought that was a clever enough question to pose.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 8, 2016

They had a new company in mind and they posed a question to me “If Walt Disney were to try and build a movie studio from scratch today — how would he do it?” When they put out toys they did limited edition runs and kept the quality very high. I took the bait. They hire world-class animators and sweat every detail of the drawings.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

This accelerated after I co-led the seed & A rounds at Maker Studios, which sold 3 years later for $1 billion to Disney. Video editing tools. The challenge is that many mobile video apps with editing tools have proved to complex to users and thus slowed adoption. We will continue to experiment with this vector.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

The first talk kicked off with Rob Maigret (Founder of Digisynd , acquired by Disney) followed up by Dan Gould (Founder of Namesake , Chill.com , Ad.ly Also a big thanks to Efren Toscano of TechZulu for streaming and editing the event Sunday evening. Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Disney acquired Playdom and Club Penguin. They say that long-form storytelling will be where the ad money will flow and people will still want to consume professionally written, edited and produced content. I’m such a big believer in the power of writing, editing and producing. on the iPad now as they do Super Mario Bros.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I think that there was no question, however in putting a studio together that there has been huge price drops in equipment and editing tools, which have made it possible to have the audacity of a daily web show. It is a serious commitment. It's much more affordable than you would think. What's the next big goal on your horizon?

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

We also have zones where you can edit your nodes, etc.--there For example, you can customize your breast, and someone like Disney doesn't want that. So, when a participant goes to your world, when you go to the avatar creation phase, it opens up evolver to your liking and customization, so you can select relevant characters.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 26, 2018

The United States has a new Health and Human Services chief who is expected to weigh in on the country’s drug-pricing debate. But how Alex Azar, a former pharma executive at Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY ), plans to throw his weight around remains to be seen.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Zack Arnold is an award-winning film editor currently cutting the TV show Burn Notice on USA Network, and his professional background also includes editing feature films for studios such as Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros, and Walt Disney Pictures, as well as many independent projects.

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