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M-GO's Take On The Digital Entertainment Streaming Market, with John Batter

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We caught up with M-GO''s CEO, John Batter , to hear about where M-GO fits into the streaming media market. Why a new, streaming service -- and how is this different from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc? Culver City-based M-GO (www.mgo.com) thinks so, with its own twist on providing content to consumers. What''s the story behind M-GO?

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How You Know You’ve Got the Right Startup Model?

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If you’ve watched any industry in the last 20 years where technology has begun to transform how the industry works the results are always predictable driven by what Clay Christensen appropriately called “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” (one of the most influential books that changed my thinking about markets).

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. That results in a drastically lower marketing and PA budget for the film. That's a massive amount of money to spend on marketing. What's your background?

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5 Reasons Growth Hacking is THE Most Important Function of a Startup

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For about 50 years, (…cough M) Ad Men, or marketing and sales individuals, have been the kings of organizational hierarchy … and then came the Internet of things and engineers took over the throne. A good example of growth hacking was Andrei Marinescu’s role as head of customer acquisition for Hulu.

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9 Popular Startup Business Model Variations For Scale

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It works best in a tightly defined niche market, like antique car owners, or rare-coin junkies, or woodworking enthusiasts, where experts hare hard to find, and members can gain from interacting with each other. All-you-can-eat content model. Do your homework before jumping in with both feet.

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9 Subscription Model Variations To JumpStart Growth

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It works best in a tightly defined niche market, like antique car owners, or rare-coin junkies, or woodworking enthusiasts, where experts hare hard to find, and members can gain from interacting with each other. All-you-can-eat content model. Do your homework before jumping in with both feet.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

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I use George Bush vs. Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to sink in a simple point about how to communicate with the market. They are incredibly smart and a huge command of details of complex markets and systems. Or what about your sales team? They have very accomplished backgrounds.