Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So the goal should be to have some formats that require talent who have become large in their own right and can demand rev shares of 70-90%. As I argued in this widely read piece, Hollywood content producers who don’t understand and develop technology prowess for the online & mobile media will fail to succeed in the future.

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Company Companies Technical Review Content 339

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We built the website The Numbers, which tracks daily and weekly box office grosses and DVD sales, and we also provider consulting services--primarily to independent filmmakers, or anybody in the industry who needs to get financial data in order to support their business plan or to make investment decisions. READ MORE>>.

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Beverly Hills Research Hollywood Sites 164

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

So, the first thing we're recruiting for is a strong sales team, that has a trusted relationship with the studios in LA. So it's going to be a sales team, a business development team, and helping our relationships with YouTube and Facebook. More and more, entertainment has transformed into a demand driven industry.

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

TechCrunch LA

MAY 26, 2018

It’s a matter of survival thanks to the persistent lack of demand from consumers. . Sales of head-mounted displays began to climb out of their doldrums late last year, and are expected to surpass 1.5 million head mounted displays sold in 2018, according to data from Canalys.

Torrance 180

Torrance Los Angeles Entertainment Platform 180

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Hollywood Walk of Fame. Spread through word-of-mouth as the company has no sales team, all engineers. -Offers virality optimization tools and A/B testing inside Facebook. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We're now doing revenue share on affiliate revenue, doing revenue share on DVD sales, or ads we run against that content. David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand. Our job is to help capture some of that demand. Beyond that, everything is just gravy.

Redpoint 201

Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Using this content model, we've made two sales. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software? The idea, initially, is not to go after the Hollywood market.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

We all went to Oakwood High School, in North Hollywood in Los Angeles. What we learned, is there is so much more demand from existing retailers and platforms that sell directly to consumers, and discovery platforms like Foursquare, who wanted to user our IP as a layer, versus a standalone product. We were friends from high school.

Pricing 113

Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

It's something like between $50M and $100M in sales per year. It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2015

My courses are rigorous and demanding. My speakers also help me counter the Hollywood meme that business people become successful by being dishonest. In my Entrepreneurial Sales class, students must put into practice the persuasion skills we discuss in class by conducting Object Lessons in the real world. Challenging.

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Entrepreneur Class Course Case Study 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

We tend to be better at things like team building, negotiations, sales, and fundraising – which are arguably the most important skills entrepreneurs should posses. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

We did a lot of investigative research — cold calling executives in Hollywood through networks at Harvard and networks through Johns Hopkins, the school where my brother graduated from. The film studios/distributors are an avenue for consumer adoption, but consumers can also create demand for your app.

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Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. Linda’s nickname is “the Lactation Consultant to the Stars” and she’s seen more A-list celebrities’ boobs than any director in Hollywood. B2B Demand Generation on Auto-Pilot – Metadata analyzes your inbound signups and automates b2b user acquisition by targeting new look-alike prospects.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

When I arrived in Hollywood, everybody had written a screenplay," he says. Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44