InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Academia’s arbitrary, bureaucratic structure, combined with its predominant focus on theoretical issues, causes many entrepreneurs to depart college early. Others, such as Walt Disney and Richard Branson never even enroll. Entrepreneurs are misfits.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Should millennial entrepreneurs go to college? Given the stellar startup careers of non-college graduates like Zuckerberg, Ellison, Disney, Gates, Jobs, Branson and Dell, the answer to this question might surprise you. I asked them to devise reasons an entrepreneur should remain in college.

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APRIL 27, 2018

Maverick, founded by Brooke Chaffin and Catherine Connors--both former Disney executives--said the seed funding came from Matt Robinson of Heroic Ventures plus Susan Lyne and Nisha Dua of BBG Ventures and Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn. Los Angeles-based Maverick , a new startup launching a social network for girls, has raised $2.7M

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

I want to invest in entrepreneurs that have the capacity to be number one at whatever they are doing, and do it within our skill base, which is direct-to-consumer. So, now, as a VC, I swore I'd never treat entrepreneurs like those VCs treated me. I love entrepreneurs. What's the theme of your investments? I know all of that.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 6, 2012

Saturday, May 12, 2012 -- Getting in the Game: Entrepreneurs and the. Panel includes: Joshua Glazer - Co-Founder and CTO, Naked Sky Entertainment; Matthew Hanneus - CEO and Co-Founder, Sleepy Giant; Brian White - Director, Technology, Disney Mobile. Video Game Industry. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

On why you should be an entrepreneur, “A lot of people do what they have to do. Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I think there is also no denying the role that Richard Rosenblatt has played in building the LA tech ecosystem and spawning great entrepreneurs who followed in his footsteps. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2016

Are you an entrepreneur that is thinking about dropping out of college? The startup careers of Zuckerberg, Ellison, Disney, Gates, Jobs, Branson and Dell make it seem that the path to entrepreneurial success is enhanced by avoiding a college degree. However, as made clear in Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2015

He was also surrounded by business colleagues: Maker Studios employees, Disney leaders, YouTube leaders, VC investors and so forth. And you could tell that even though his Disney relationships were formed in business there is a close mutual trust and respect of all of his colleagues. The others just got little pieces of it.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

To be a great entrepreneur you really do need talent. They told him that he had do go through Disney or Nickelodeon like Miley Cyrus or Miranda Cosgrove. As an entrepreneur getting traction, whose life are you going to change ? The movie shows Justin Bieber’s musical talents from the age of two years old. Bieber & Co.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners; and has a long history in the tech community, having been Chief Strategy Officer at RealNetworks and President of Disney Online. For example, some entrepreneurs might now know that sometimes it's better to say no to a deal, for many reasons that make sense, and it's the right thing to do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2015

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, Intel, and Savola. Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions. Marty Zwilling.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

My immediate family members were entrepreneurs from as far back as I can trace. So, it seemed perfectly natural that my brother and I find our separate callings as entrepreneurs from the very start. Are you a DNA-based entrepreneur? Dad was a jeweler, then a furniture store owner. The other was a grocer, then a jeweler.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Innovate or die.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2021

We all know entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, like the current pandemic or personal setbacks, and achieved success. There are famous people like Walt Disney and Nelson Rockefeller, who overcame learning disabilities, and people like J. Penney and J. I’ve always been interested in how this works, and why it’s true.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Techstars runs the Techstars-Cedar Sinai Health Accelerator in Los Angeles, and until recently had also run the Disney Accelerator, although that is now run in-house by Disney. The new program will include ten companies, and will provide $100,000 in convertible note funding, $20,000 in cash, and mentoring. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Angel City Data has deployed over 2,000 custom desktop, web and mobile software solutions for clients such as Apple, Disney, Warner Bros., Join us as David shares his founder success journey as an entrepreneur with advice for other founders, and his thoughts on what's next in the world of enterprise technology.

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LATechDigest

MAY 23, 2016

DISNEY Puts All Its VR in a Single App ( link ). NFTE Hosted Their Annual Entrepreneur Competition. EXPERT DOJO Investor Festival Brings Together Startups, VCs ( link ). PATIENTPOP Adds $10M to Its Series A ( link ). SPACES VR Launches with $3M Funding ( link ). HELLOTECH Merges with Geekatoo ( link ). pic.twitter.com/J03KX7bIvZ.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Imperson is based in Israel, but is backed by Disney and has been aiming use of its technology in Hollywood. Tell me about the product you have created with Disney and Miss Piggy? Eyal Pfeifel: We are launching a campaign with Disney around Miss Piggy. How was the experience with the Disney Accelerator for you?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

He’s a six-time serial entrepreneur whose sold telecom companies to acquirers like American Tower, Sprint and National Grid. But it’s not the capital that sets the firm apart, according to the pitch deck viewed by TechCrunch. Marcus has a long background in angel investing and company creation. Oculus, Snap, Tinder and others.

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MAY 20, 2011

The new site--the latest from entrepreneur Jake Winebaum --said that the funding was led by Mayfield Fund. Brighter.com is aiming at helping uninsured Americans find discounted pricing on dental procedures, providing upfront, pre-negotiated prices on major dental procedures nationwide. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. Andrew & Petri posed a question to me, “If Walt Disney were starting his company today, what kind of company would he build?” The Walt Disney Corporation.

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MAY 1, 2014

Lionsgate said that it has named digital media entrepreneur Peter Levin as President of its new Interactive Ventures and Games unit, which will help expand Lionsgate into video games and other interactive ventures. He also had been at Creative Artists Agency, Walt Disney, and Bellrock Media.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. Derek Norton and Jeremy Milken have known each other for twenty years.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based GoMeta , a new, augmented reality startup being led by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Shapiro, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, and launched its app out of beta. MySpace) as well as Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney). The funding came from Mike Jones (Science Inc.,

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APRIL 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the on-demand, in-home technical services company founded by serial entrepreneur and tech investor Richard Wolpert, said it is expanding into San Diego, and has begun offering up its services in the city. Wolpert has been behind LA's AmplifyLA startup accelerator, and was an executive at RealNetworks and Disney.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2010

We all know entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, like this current business recession or personal setbacks, and achieved success. There are famous people like Walt Disney and Nelson Rockefeller, who overcame learning disabilities, and people like J. Tags: entrepreneur power startup adversity business. Penney and J.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

Los Angeles-based Cyber Rain , the venture backed developer of smart irrigation controllers, has tapped an entrepreneur known for making waterless urinals ubiquitous in the US and around the world, as its new CEO. Krug has also previously served at Paramount Pictures and the Walt Disney Company, among other companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2022

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, and Intel. Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Mark Zuckerberg. For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Academia's arbitrary, bureaucratic structure, combined with its predominant focus on theoretical issues, causes many entrepreneurs to depart college early.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

“I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. Disney Acquires Maker Studios f0r $500 million and with earn-out potentially up to $950 million. And in an industry measured by a decade rather than a year it’s hard to refute so you mostly just move on in the conversation. None have exited.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Michael Dell. Ignorance is not bliss in business, but it does allow entrepreneurs to face the unknown with a measure of confidence. Ignorance is not bliss in business, but it does allow entrepreneurs to face the unknown with a measure of confidence.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg and Michael Dell. Make no mistake, successful entertainers are entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs and entertainers alike must address their fears. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 12, 2012

On Wednesday, April 18, the MIT Central Coast Enterprise Forum will feature a panel of entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses around their passion for music and technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Seek innovation that begets invention. Innovate or die.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

John Greathouse , Entrepreneur, Investor, Professor and Freshman In The School Of Life. The first one is Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first hit character. Universal thought the key was Oswald (the idea), whereas Disney knew the key was in the execution of the cartoon. My corresponding response is shown below.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

For the tech/startup ecosystem in SoCal, I am looking forward to continued momentum in addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workforce and support for emerging entrepreneurs. We do that by acting as a smart super connector bringing together key ecosystem stakeholders, so we can work together in a unified fashion.

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