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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis' hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. The future of the Internet is video.

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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

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Your tech needs to add value to content producers, the audience and advertisers. Yet to develop audiences you also need to understand: compelling content, sound, special effects, etc which is why most online video startup digital media companies are in Los Angeles or New York and not Silicon Valley.

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Ventures

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In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. What's your prior experience and how'd you get into this?

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital

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In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. What's your prior experience and how'd you get into this?

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about. how to evolve our management team.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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We weren’t in enough cities to do national advertising campaigns yet we weren’t centralized enough to benefit off of our central marketing traction. Summary Startups are fun and exhilarating and filled with challenging problems to solve.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I started dabbling with a few ideas around online advertising, search engines and other random projects. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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