Xconomy

JUNE 12, 2017

Dragonfly Therapeutics, a stealthy startup formed by well-known cancer researchers on both coasts and backed by a high-powered group of family offices, has inked its first partnership. Celgene, of Summit, NJ, is paying Dragonfly $33 million up front for the chance to co-develop up to four blood cancer drugs.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

SheKnows was ranked number 49 on the list; other local companies ranked among the top 50 include Internet Brands (50), Demand Media (16), BUZZMEDIA (38), Disney Online (30), Break Media (31), and MySpace (44). READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

There are some communities in which “anything goes” is the norm (think Reddit) and others where a zero tolerance approach is required (Disney). I read this story on Ivan Kirigin’s blog that shows that Quora was posting which articles you’re reading to other people without your consent. Tred this line carefully.

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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. This week I was forced to reflect on it more fully.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2012

The following guest post comes from the blog of GraphEffect. GraphEffect has delivered billions of impressions, millions of fans and unparalleled ROI for a variety of global brands on Facebook and Twitter, including: American Express, Disney, Walmart Bacardi and VISA. I an investor in GraphEffect via Rincon Venture Partners.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In terms of global scope, I predict that vehicular autonomy will go from the stuff of tech blogs to mainstream discussion in 2017 as it starts to become more and more real and as people start to realize some of the profound implications that come with it. Previously, Cody established and launched the Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Blogging is like Venus Fly Paper. I have been blogging for years – even before BothSidesofTheTable. This is classic Fred.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

The first one is Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first hit character. After some initial success with Oswald, Universal Studios (who owned Oswald’s copyright) severed its relationship with Walt Disney, hired the majority of his creative team and began creating Oswald cartoons. Can you identify this image?

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 11, 2019

Mine is writing this blog post, indirectly. He was on his way to the Coachella Festival, after recording with a Disney talent. The funny thing about that is the famous YouTuber that inspires them never thought the same…she just became one. What’s yours? It reminds of the Mark Zuckerberg Facebook story.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

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. You can also check out my hands-on startup advice blog HERE. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Should millennial entrepreneurs go to college?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

By 2008, FanLib was sold to Disney , which shut the site down soon after. Today, Archive of Our Own prohibits its users from linking to sites like Patreon or Ko-Fi to solicit tips to keep writers protected from copyright complaints that could arise from monetization efforts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. Jonathan shared that experience in his blog post so I won’t repeat it.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. As any long-time reader of this humble blog knows, I am an ardent Beatles fan. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

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. billion deal to Disney. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

… should I avoid blog posts like this that might be outside my normal remit? He’s ex Skadden Arps (one of the top law firms in New York) and ex Walt Disney legal dept. … have you had similar experiences? UPDATE: Thanks to Scott Shapiro for pointing to the management team in the comments.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. We have amazing large companies that are an important part of the future of the Internet such as Disney, Warner, Fox, Universal, etc. I’m not.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

I wanted to spend the rest of the blog post telling you why we decided to fund the company, how we settled on the final product design and our unique way of launching the app. This accelerated after I co-led the seed & A rounds at Maker Studios, which sold 3 years later for $1 billion to Disney.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

What do Warren Buffet, Martin Luther King, John Wayne, Walt Disney, Harry Truman and Wayne Gretzky all have in common? He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com. All of these extremely successful individuals were paperboys*. You can learn more about his experiences at johngreathouse.com _. —

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. As I’m generally a believer in ‘pricing rounds’ I initially didn’t agree with the premise of the post. Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Xconomy spoke with Jacks and CEO and longtime tech entrepreneur Bill Haney about the venture, a cancer immunotherapy startup that is relying on funding from family offices—among them the Disney family—rather than venture firms.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

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. You want to get yourself to a position where you can do what you want to do&# (Chamillionaire).

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

MediaScience has mainly worked for companies such as Disney and ESPN, but this year it’s been inviting its panelists to watch videos of Clinton and Trump, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The use of biological metrics and neuroscience in marketing is starting to expand to political research and campaign strategy-making.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

Walt Disney. Check out one of my most recent blog posts: Fear of Failure. I could not be where I am today without the help of my family, friends and peers. Who are your three most influential entrepreneurs? Richard Branson. Henry Ford. What does “failure” mean to you? Failure is my motivation. What does “success&# mean to you?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Drug developers have long thought that targeting RNA with small molecule drugs was too difficult, but new insight into RNA biology is starting to change their minds. In the latest sign of this growing interest, a new startup, Expansion Therapeutics, today announced a $55.3 million Series A investment round.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

They told him that he had do go through Disney or Nickelodeon like Miley Cyrus or Miranda Cosgrove. There has been all sorts of discussions about marketing on blogs lately. But when I write a blog post I always allocate a certain amount of time to having debates in the comments section. That’s broadcast not new media.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Immigration policy has always been important to the tech industry, but this year is different. Under a steady barrage of nationalist, anti-immigrant policies promulgated by the Trump administration, the tech industry has been forced to respond like never before, in the halls of Congress, the courts, and the court of public opinion.

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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

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” Heather McPhaul is the founder of AgingGal.com , a funny little blog about aging and other inconveniences. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit. All great communication companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. Disney has already shown it has innovation potential on its own in the tech meets media world and being too tied to Hulu will only continue to create inconsistencies.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! We focused on Global 2000, blue-chip customers such as Microsoft, Visa, Disney and Proctor and Gamble.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Maker was bought to Disney and FullScreen by The Chernin Group (both for hundreds of millions of dollars) and both continue to grow and create new strategies. Nickelodeon and Disney in Kids. You’ll have to turn into my next video blog post to find out! They battled it out with FullScreen who was also very successful.

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