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.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 3, 2009

The competition is drawing players from diverse marketsincluding digital media, internet services, and Telecom/IP communications companies. This is driving massive demand for new digital content distribution networks, in addition to an entirely new ecosystem of business and technology relationships. See [link] (more).

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum CalTech IP Content 100

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. I tried to treat it as a learning experience and refined my pitch for this competition.”.

USC 98

USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

ZEFR is the online media startup which runs MovieClips.com , and recently expanded into sports and other content. The group is offering up a $2500 first prize, $1500 second prize, and $500 third prize for entries in the hackathon.

Technology 185

Technology Southern California Startup Content 185

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The conference will feature rising leaders in entertainment, technology, new media platforms, entrepreneurship and investment. WHEN : Silicon Beach Awards – Venture Competition: Sept 12 (by invitation). Silicon Beach @ USC. WHO : Presenters will also discuss the unique advantages of launching new initiatives in Southern California.

USC 81

USC Southern California Conference Entertainment 81

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. and again here.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

The inaugural Splash LA event will be held on the evening of May 26, 2011, at The Highlands Hollywood. If have a company and are interested in being part of this event there is still time for you to enter the competition. Vator is bringing its popular Splash event to LA. You still have 2 days left! Go here to enter your company.

Rustic Canyon 61

Rustic Canyon Venture Capital ReachLocal Anthem 61

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. Do you see a lot of competition from current US services? We're looking at distribution and marketing, which is the core of Hollywood and Southern California's core competencies. We have over 4 million fans on Facebook in the U.S.,

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Startup Paramount Entertainment Netflix 164

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. photo credit to Brian Solis].

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

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?

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

As an added bonus, media partners The Wrap was also in the Tech Cafe House and brought a touch of tinseltown to the city of weird with a fully stacked lineup of their own actors/celebrities, to talk scripts, life, and upcoming projects. Big ups to the Twitch.TV guys for making it happen! To the Trade show Floor!

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

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. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Although Jason currently is employed at DreamWorks Animation, he has previously worked at Digital Domain, Luma Pictures, SW Digital, CIS Hollywood, Ring of Fire, and yu+co. President, Katalyst NetworksAnthony runs Katalyst, a team of storytellers that creates digital and television programming media for some of the world’s biggest brands.

Technical Advisors 89

Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

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. But, we can competitively position the same product, the same fashion, in the same context, at a significantly lower price.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Hollywood has even made a movie about the founding of Facebook that glamorizes startup life instead of showing what it really is: a day in day out marathon of work with very little glamor. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I love learning first hand about the differences in analytics platforms, social media conversion, the effectively of copy, how to cultivate an audience, etc. 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.

Blogging 250

Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

A lot of people think of Los Angeles--rightfully so--as a creative hub, and just equate us with media and entertainment. That makes the opportunity for creating physical things much more akin to creating things like media. And, one crazy thing I''d love to see, is for Hollywood to play a role.

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Los Angeles Startup USC Angel 216