Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Mom wrote books and articles from her college days until she could no longer see the keyboard. We tell the story that dad was offered the general store franchise in the brand-new park in Anaheim soon to be built by – you guessed it – Walt Disney. My immediate family members were entrepreneurs from as far back as I can trace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2021

There are famous people like Walt Disney and Nelson Rockefeller, who overcame learning disabilities, and people like J. We all know entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, like the current pandemic or personal setbacks, and achieved success. Penney and J. K Rowling who struggled through personal bad times before finding their true legacy.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Richard Wolpert is the author of A Soul Of A Deal, a book on deal making, and is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry. On Demand).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2021

I’ve heard many views on how to fix this, but I was most impressed with the specifics in a classic book, “ The Workplace Engagement Solution ,” by David Harder. He speaks from years of work with companies now leading the way, including Walt Disney, HBO, and Morgan Stanley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2022

I like the recommendations in the classic book “ Orbit Shifting Innovation ,” by Rajiv Narang and Devika Devaiah. 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.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even software have seen the sales of physical media such as DVDs plummet. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sr. See [link] (more)

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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?” It started with a series of books and is now a multi-billion dollar franchise with products, theme parks and games. I took the bait. Look at Harry Potter.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even software have seen the sales of physical media such as DVDs plummet. Moderated by Ned Sherman, Digital Media Wire. See [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers.

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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. Despite the book’s shortcomings, it contains a number of insightful lessons for budding entrepreneurs. Book Verdict. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 27, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. I recently reviewed Richard Courtney and George Cassidy’s published business book, Come Together – The Business Wisdom of The Beatles in the first entry of this series. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Mom wrote books and articles from her college days until she could no longer see the keyboard. Email readers, continue here.] We tell the story that dad was offered the general store franchise in the brand new park in Anaheim soon to be built by Walt Disney. Dad was a jeweler, then a furniture store owner.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2011

What do Warren Buffet, Martin Luther King, John Wayne, Walt Disney, Harry Truman, Wayne Gretzky and Tony Hsieh all have in common? Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay), Founder & CEO of Zappos, discusses the litany of childhood jobs he created for himself in his book, Delivering Happiness. Note: This is part V of a five part series.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

sold to Disney for $670 million and since our first investment was at < $10 million valuation we did quite well. The second founder, Rob Duva , created another company called Fin & Field to book hunting & fishing excursions. Maker Studios?—?sold Still, I begged the CEO and the founders not to sell. Entrada Ventures? —?that

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

The concept comes from a Stephen Covey book called “ First Things First ,&# which is a worthwhile book ( Wikipedia overview here ) but if you haven’t read his seminal book “ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People &# you should start with that. When I first discovered the concept I found it enlightening.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Berkonomics books available at www.berkus.com. ” Just visited Disney this week, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. I think that comes from our ability to truly understand the problem and to propose technically realistic solutions.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

These innovative products ranged from digital comic books to sports data analysis. The afternoon began with a fireside chat with Albert Cheng, the Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer of Digital Media at Disney/ABC Television Group. Startup Pitch Competition.

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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? Other entry-level experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads. All of these extremely successful individuals were paperboys*. I’ll sell them at 20?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Lu’s books, which are set in the future, foreshadow impending climate catastrophe , so her readers are clued into the discussions around the environmental cost of minting NFTs. By 2008, FanLib was sold to Disney , which shut the site down soon after.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney. We hired the ex-CTO of Sears, and other senior executives out of Disney in software. I don't know if you've read my book, but I started my career writing trading systems in a software company. As a result, I really saw Visalus as a technology company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2019

I like the recommendations in the classic book “ Orbit Shifting Innovation ,” by Rajiv Narang and Devika Devaiah. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2019

I first saw this approach outlined well in the new book, “ Customer-Driven Disruption ,” by Suman Sarkar, former A.T. Disney, for example, has managed to maintain its broad entertainment appeal by evolving from Mickey Mouse cartoons, to Old Yeller type movies, Pixar animation movies, to Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

There are famous people like Walt Disney and Nelson Rockefeller, who overcame learning disabilities, and people like J. We all know entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, like the recent business recession or personal setbacks, and achieved success. Penney and J.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

If you look at the industry, it's a roughly $100 billion industry, with about 80 percent of the revenue coming from the big six studios, Warner, Paramount, Disney, 20th Century Fox, and so on. I was selling products to Live Nation, Demand Media, Kelly Blue Book, Rovi, and the Screen Actors Guild. We're targeting just below the big six.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Harris, in his new book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2015

I like the recommendations in a recent book “ Orbit Shifting Innovation ,” by Rajiv Narang and Devika Devaiah. 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.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

I did that, and the company was acquired by Disney to provide the Go Network, and I became part of Go Network at Disney. There's an interesting book called the Loyalty Effect I read as well, suggesting if you take that 12 to 15 percent, and increase it by just five percent, you can double your profits.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. If she promoted a book, product, movie or diet, it was because she was a fan, not because she was earning a promotional paycheck. This article previously appeared in Forbes.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

With Health In Reach, we help people find doctors which match their criteria, allow you to book online at any time of night or day, and then pre-pay for the service. Most recently, prior to Organic Startup, I was with Walt Disney Internet Group, doing M&A, and buying startups. How's the company funded?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Standing still is tantamount to giving up. It is not an option.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

I like the recommendations in a new book “ Orbit Shifting Innovation ,” by Rajiv Narang and Devika Devaiah. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2017

I’ve heard many views on how to fix this, but I was most impressed with the specifics in a new book, “ The Workplace Engagement Solution ,” by David Harder. He speaks from years of work with companies now leading the way, including Walt Disney, HBO, and Morgan Stanley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I like the recommendations in the classic book “ Orbit Shifting Innovation ,” by Rajiv Narang and Devika Devaiah. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2010

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

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. As is often said if you don’t get at least a few fellow VCs (and entrepreneurs) scratching their heads you may not be funding ideas with enough upside.

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