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Epoxy Inks Deals With Fullscreen, AwesomenessTV, Others

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Epoxy is venture backed by Upfront Ventures, Time Warner Investments, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Advancit Capital, Greycroft Partners and Robert Downey Jr.''s s Downey Ventures. Epoxy''s founders came out of Team Downey. marketing platform tools social hollywood content youtube downey team epoxy'

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How Epoxy Is Helping Content Creators Make Their Video More Social

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We spoke with co-founders Juan Bruce and Jason Ahmad about Epoxy''s mission, its roots from projects at Team Downey, the production firm of Robert Downey Jr., One of our small clients there was Team Downey, the production firm of Robert Downey Jr., We had been looking at for use at Team Downey, internally.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. ” Still. None have exited.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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This followed an investment late last year by Time Warner in the company in a round totaling $36 million , led by Rachel Lam , head of their investment group. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. Why I Invested in Maker Studios in the First Place. Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis'

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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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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LA TECH SUMMIT Celebrates Los Angeles’s Phenomenal Growth

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Davis talked about Loot Crate’s incredible trajectory, growing from shipping Avengers cologne as one of its first mystery box items to having none other than Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr, as an investor a mere four year later. Packed house for startup marketing panel at #latechsummit pic.twitter.com/m69V5KEJhr.