socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We had the notion that we could create a service that was aimed at the mass market, which was really user friendly, which provided a service to the consumer, and that helped bring back the fun in the entertainment experience, so that we could help the consumer bridge the digital divide. That''s how content deals work in Hollywood.

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Entertainment Netflix Marketing Content 197

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

My only relationship with LA was through the movies, so I naively synonymized LA with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and never really gave it a chance. I imagine the link with Ashton, Guy, and Ron really helped opened up doors for A-Grade? Do you think that helps in the venture investment world? Chris Hollod: For sure.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition. Sellbot helps online sellers sell through multiple platforms. Bigelow stated, “AIM was a very similar contest.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2016

Tongal offers up an online platform which helps brands, studios, and creators develop video content, including advertising and short films; the company says that it now has powered more than 1,000 campaigns. She has also served at The Associated Press and Massive Incorporated.

Marketing 100

Marketing Press Advertising Sites 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Greeene wrote the book while struggling to suceed as a Hollywood screenwriter, I wasn''t surprised. Mr. Greene''s book might be applicable to Hollywood''s super-competitive, mean-spirited culture. A more accurate title for the book is: 48 Ways To Be A Worldclass Douchebag. 1) Law 4 - Always Say Less than Necessary.

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Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

You’ll be able to rub elbows with people that can help you get where you need to go. We’ve also partnered with WeAreLATech , a startup resource that can help everyone from potential employees to budding founders to get acclimated to the LA ecosystem with job listings, event calendars, and startup profiles.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

We spoke with Kristztina "Z" Holly --most recently, Vice Provost for Innovation at USC--about what Mayor Garcetti''s EIR program is all about, and her vision for how it might help shape the industry in Los Angeles. We can help match Makers and venues, and we can really encourage the Maker movement.

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Los Angeles Startup USC Angel 216

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There are a lot of other competition shows and reality show, which are much more predatory and cut-throat, and it's nice for our entrepreneurs to not only get a real investment, but get great feedback. Lots of these guys come on the show, already have a niche market, but need some help to step it up to the next level.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? We really help them understand what their audience is all about. We realized that technology was very powerful, and could help us connect with great fans on the other side.

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. In terms of the market, we cover everything, but the big areas are contests and publications of every kind, literary agents, and also some Hollywood agents.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Every corporate transaction you’ll do will require somebody to help you to: Think through the options, negotiation terms, get other investors on board, talk with new investors/partners/companies you’re acquiring, etc. I know it sounds like that would benefit you by creating internal competition and higher prices.

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Startup Venture Capital Pricing Help 312

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Last year at this time I spoke at VidCon and gave this presentation in which I said YouTube was “the Walmart of Online Video” but I also commented that I felt YouTube was vulnerable to competition because their rev share to MCNs wasn’t high enough to allow MCNs to build a profitable business inside of YouTube.

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Invest Content Media Networking 291

InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

As the Flapper fashion trend fell out of favor, the company courted Hollywood actresses, including Elizabeth Taylor, to wear their bras in films, thus introducing brassieres to a national market. This public exposure drove wealthy customers to Enid Frocks. the target market which frequented Enid and Ida’s dress boutique.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Design Customer Custom 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

Knowing that now will help you greatly in your dark moments to know that you’re not the only one struggling. Also, make sure you know several partners at the VC firms who have invested in you because in tough times it helps to have very broad support. Back-channeling is also very effective in helping your process.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Course 238

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

Pressure Helps You Break Through Your Breakdowns. "Mickey "Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner." Just Start. "The

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Entertainment 277

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

But the reality is that most “conventional wisdom&# is a bit like Hollywood films. The world isn’t “all good&# or “all bad&# as it is in Hollywood films. Think it’s purely evil to fend off competition? I made my point a bit too sarcastically, which probably doesn’t help the debate.

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Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

Despite the relative dominance of product-oriented innovations, they seldom create sustainable competitive advantages. You may have overlooked an otherwise highly qualified Advisor, who can help you avoid rookie startup mistakes. Such innovations are often focused on making products stronger, faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

There is a world filled with professional producers of video content who are extraordinarily talented but lack access to Hollywood. They help find talented film makers globally, enter them into competitions and advance the best of them toward winners that get to produce full-length films. and again here. Done by the masses.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. And of course you have Hollywood. Sure, but it will be different than the Bay Area ones. Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

As should Eric Sikola and ExpenseBay who won the “Showoff&# judges competition ( Photos featured here taken by (cc) Kenneth Yeung – [link] ). I don’t) I think this guy has the chance to be the Digital Puffy if he can amass a team to help young artists own & manage their digital careers. photo credit to Brian Solis].

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Hautelook was able to help define--and conquer--the online flash sales category, in record time. I started in media technology, and built a number of companies, which I was able to build out and get the ball rolling, in digital, nonlinear editing and special effects technology in Hollywood.

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Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

The following week, I joined AT&T Hackathon at iO/LA in Hollywood and again pitched the idea. I faced the same challenge not being able to form a team because most people joined the competition with friends that they had already planned on working with. Luckily, I joined another team that eventually won 1 st Place.

Startup 100

Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since Donald Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” tape was released on October 7, Leerink Partners analyst Geoffrey Porges wrote, biotech investors have lost $50 billion. The drug system went off the market in 2015, leaving Mylan’s EpiPen without competition and setting the stage for the furor over Mylan’s price hikes.

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Pricing Conference News Study 40

InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

I was, however, very competitive when I was young, and had played football in high school well enough to get scholarship offers from what would be called division 1 schools in today’s world. I grew to love many things about skating as I got into the industry I helped to create. This was an inspiration to me.

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Mentor Pacific Palisades Startup Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

He’s helped shut down more companies than he’s started. . India’s Mobile first eBates and its digital assistant helps consumers find the best savings online. He was fortunate enough to attend three competitions: Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. He started his career promoting a newspaper ad campaign in the dirty streets of Delhi.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

I think because we're a Hollywood town, people haven't taken it all that seriously. The objective is to provide more mentoring for startups, and actually getting in and helping them. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. We're taking it seriously.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Noor Siddiqui – Remedy On Glass , helping doctors collaborate using Google Glass. Short-lived but an epic way to cap off our interview; Shaq showed his competitive side when he hilarious tried swatting away Chris’s game controller out of his hand. Mike Norman – WeFunder , bringing crowd investing to the world.

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). You dont have the same levels of fast turnover as a starting point, right?

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50