Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2013

The company now owns an empire of Internet fax, hosted email, email marketing, online backup, CRM software, unified communications--not to mention an entire publishing arm, which includes Ziff Davis and IGN Entertainment.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

AlwaysOn will proudly announce the sixth annual OnHollywood 100 -the top companies that are disrupting the Hollywood establishment and creating viable business models for the digital entertainment marketplace. This year’s OnHollywood 100 Companies are today’s leaders in in the global innovation community. Museum of Flying.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The bible of entertainment industry news, Variety , has been acquired by Internet entrepreneur Jay Penske, via his firm, Penske Media , the companies said today. Variety has been covering entertainment and Hollywood news since 1905. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

It is no secret that the IRS looks carefully below the surface for personal use of company assets (including cash) in its corporate income tax audits. The culture of a company is created from the sum of many parts, most all coming from the top.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 28, 2014

Yes, most of that is from NetFlix and YouTube and others delivering entertainment content. But an increasing amount is now coming from web sites and YouTube videos created by companies looking for an edge in their marketing efforts. Ninety percent of all traffic on the Internet is in video form.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2020

Like SonderMind , another startup which raised a pile of cash recently, the company offers services matching therapists with patients on the front-end and providing a billing and telemedicine solution for mental health practitioners on the back-end. And the Snap community has also rallied to back the company. Frame aims to do both.

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Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2019

It is an old warning in the entertainment industry. If you are the largest company in your niche, you might want to define yourself by relative size, which connotes success and staying power. If you are the quirkiest of suppliers in your niche, you could create a campaign around your company’s counterculture.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And investing in content companies won’t return money! For the first time in history content producers can build a direct relationship with views through subscribers, email addresses and mobile phone number. No matter how much it bothers you, people do like to entertain themselves with a “lean back” experience.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. Currently, the studio is funded in part by partnerships with Monster Energy and Snap’s 523 program , which supports small content companies and creators from underrepresented groups.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” Several things can be true.

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Frank Addante

JULY 20, 2012

If you want to manage a hyper-growth company, start with a great product. That is, a company that focuses all functions on the product. Great companies master this, average companies grow beyond one product, and those who lose sight of it fail. Here’s how. The best product wins. It’s a continuous cycle.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2012

When I was 19 years old I contacted the then most powerful man in the entertainment industry to be my mentor: Michael Ovitz. Once you have a lead, compose an email that is smart, grammatically correct, brief, and eye catching. Pinpoint, then Email. Just look on their company website. No listing on the company website?

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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. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros).

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA’s digital innovators in tech, startups, entertainment, fashion, marketing, and more!

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Make no mistake, successful entertainers are entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs and entertainers alike must address their fears. Women entrepreneurs need to take a cue from successful women entertainers, who also compete in what is largely a man’s world. The Company You Keep. Tweet this quote]. It’s not gonna be about my looks.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010 -- Inspired EthonomicsJoin Fast Company for a spirited conversation about the state of sustainability in entertainment, media and technology. Email lasalonrsvp@fastcompany.com.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), which operates the Mail.com email service and portal, as well as its own network of content-focused web sites, said today that it has acquired BGR.com , a mobile/gadget review and news site. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. BGR was formerly known as the Boy Genius Report.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We caught up with Dan to hear about how the firm is going beyond online sales, and making shopping online for fashion as much entertainment as e-commerce. Fascinating idea for a company. Can you talk about what Little Black Bag is and the origins of the company? What inspired you to create the company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

For today''s Insights and Opinions section, we are featuring a post from Jonathan Handel , a Los Angeles entertainment/technology attorney, who imagines one day when driver''s licenses will be obsolete (thanks to Google and Uber). Email us and let us know - and we may feature it here! READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2012

If only newspaper publishers, book publishers, record companies, and movie producers would have had the vision to see their future as we now see it, we might have become a digital society with much less disruption and loss of jobs than we have experienced these past years and continue to experience. Dave’s book: Positioning.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

One of our big mantras, internally, is to be the fastest responder when you see a customer email us. Even if you don't have the answer immediately, we'll shoot them an email right away, saying, we hear you, even if we tell them we have to find out the answer. So how big is the company now? Kevin Anderson. It's all in house.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 7, 2015

In the mid 90’s, Steve identified email as the next “killer app” and launched a successful enterprise messaging solutions practice and later became the first BlackBerry partner in the western US bringing mobile email to west coast law practices and entertainment industry giants.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. I get that Shark Tank is a TV show focused on entertaining its viewers. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

It was on par with DreamForce in attention to detail, networking potential, entertainment and speaker quality. Big conferences in part are about education and entertainment. I offered a term sheet to a company I met at Collision – the event Paddy’s runs in Las Vegas. Paddy brings the best. ” It is what it is.

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Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

We are constantly bombarded by ads in multiple types of media, to the extent that we most often tune them out unless particularly entertaining from the first moment (eight seconds.). Email readers, continue here…] How do you reach an audience that pays less attention to advertising then at any time in the past one hundred years?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit. More Is Less - I recently had lunch with a friend who is a highly successful entertainment industry executive. Entertaining slides are effective, as long as they do not distract from your story. What's Your Story?

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This nuanced approach can cater to the most specific of viewer moods and preferences, ensuring a seamless entertainment experience. This category encompasses a vast array of content, from emails and text documents to social media posts. Unstructured Data, as the name suggests, lacks a clear structure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2012

It is an old warning in the entertainment industry. If you are the largest company in your niche, you might want to define yourself by relative size, which connotes success and staying power. If you are the quirkiest of suppliers in your niche, you could create a campaign around your company’s counter culture.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

TechZulu is proud to team up with Digital LA and accelerators Amplify, StartEngine, Launchpad, local companies BetterWorks, PromoJam, start-ups and co-working spaces, all working together to create the first-ever Silicon Beach Fest to celebrate startups, tech, and entertainment! Email HERE with SBF as subject. GET INVOLVED!

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