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JUNE 28, 2018

Until recently it was headquartered 2 blocks from our offices in Santa Monica so we literally saw it emerge under our feet and we proudly invested in the last 3 rounds of financing. And since the consumer demand has been insatiable it is really only supply that is currently a limiting factor on how fast the company can grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. margin range to more sustainable 50-60% margin businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. To say that the tech elite were cynical of Hulu’s launch would be an understatement , but by the time it launched just a few months later it was getting great reviews.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Njoku in April this year closed an $8m funding investment round from Tiger Global and another $2m from a Swedish firm, Kinnevik and still he says more is yet to come. Bastian was there from day one – he invested his life savings into the company at its inception. However building Iroko Partners was not a walk in the park.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. That's when it clicked for me, realizing that for some reason, everything online is on-demand. The underlying issue is we don't know what to watch, which makes on-demand a really bad experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it.

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