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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last night, Amazon.com jumped into the movie business, with its own, online film submission site, Amazon Studios , backed by the help of a number of notable USC Film School advisors. Hollywood Heavyweights: Jack Epps, Jr., Hollywood Heavyweights: James Caan, Scott Caan, Robert Duvall, and Mark Rydell. Founder: Dmitry Kozko.

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MARCH 2, 2010

But, there was no good for Hollywood to find them. I got to talking with Will Schroter, who was an old business associate of mine and old friend, and we thought it could be very interesting to create a place where Hollywood could reach out to find people. News, ABC competition game shows, feature films, etc.--people

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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 their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. We are trying to keep it competitive.

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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. and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook.

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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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JANUARY 30, 2012

Despite the relative dominance of product-oriented innovations, they seldom create sustainable competitive advantages. Along with Amazon, Dell was also an early pioneer of web-based customer service. You may have overlooked an otherwise highly qualified Advisor, who can help you avoid rookie startup mistakes. Look around.

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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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