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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

Both Sides of the Table

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. So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take.

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How To Write An Effective Answer On Quora: Communications 101

InfoChachkie

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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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

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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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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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. In LA we have entertainment, finance, textiles, aerospace, transportation, fashion and so forth.

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Five Startup Tips From The Beatles

InfoChachkie

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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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

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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TZ Startup Hot Seat | Keith Petri Co-Founder of iGottaGuide

Tech Zulu Event

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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