Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. The participants will receive up to $120,000 in investment from Disney to develop their ideas, along with mentoring from executives. Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. 2 3D-Printing Companies.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2014

The firm''s founder, Nicholas Woodman, is a graduate of UC San Diego, and came up with the idea for the company while surfing off of San Diego; the company''s investors also include Steamboat Ventures--the venture arm of Walt Disney--which looks to own something around 3 percent of the company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2014

The company--although based in San Mateo--has a number of Southern California ties, including founder Nicholas Woodman, who founded the company at UC San Diego, operations in San Diego (thanks to the acquisition of Cineform), and investors via Steamboat Ventures (the venture arm of Walt Disney). and $24.00 READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2022

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, and Intel. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2012

The team said that its idea it to create an app which takes advantage of all of the features of the iPad and iPhone, including voice recognition, accelerator, touch sensitivity, plus the iPad 3's Retina display. and Demand Media.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2018

and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners; and has a long history in the tech community, having been Chief Strategy Officer at RealNetworks and President of Disney Online. We had a one-on-one meeting, and he was requesting something of me related to Disney Online, which I was running. Richard Wolpert: There are many. It was a big deal.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The folks over at Perfect Market, one of the companies at Idealab, look to be addicted to the whole idea of Gangnam Style parody videos -- this one from Idealab's annual Halloween costume contest. Walt Disney Co. Pitch video for Chewse. Laffster's Mock The Vote Demo. Video demo of Laffster's Mock The Vote political news app.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Great Startup Ideas Come From Everywhere. "At Effective startup leaders allow ideas to percolate from within their company, rather than attempting to monopolize the ideation process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2015

We recently ran into a Disney Accelerator startup in Burbank, Decisive (https://decisive.is/), which has created software which is able to apply predictive analytics and software to do exactly those things, and more. What is is that makes you want to share one piece of content with your friends, but not another? How is this being used?

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

They claim that Mr. Zuckerberg “stole” their idea of creating a social network for the Harvard student community. The related question was: “ What should the Winklevoss twins have done to protect their idea?” The first one is Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first hit character. 348 votes by <redacted> .

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 8, 2016

They had a new company in mind and they posed a question to me “If Walt Disney were to try and build a movie studio from scratch today — how would he do it?” But the idea that you could start a new studio today — with the hundreds of millions required just to launch one blockbuster hit — is absurd. I took the bait.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. When the early teams: angels, lowercase capital & first round capital funded Uber they had no idea it would be one of the most revolutionary ideas of our time. Far from it. It was an early and smart bet.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The idea is to provide near-instant access to specialized providers of substance abuse treatment as a benefit that employers can offer to their staff. While Alcoholics Anonymous and rehabilitation facilities provide one solution, Bruno says that neither one has the scope to address the enormity of the problem. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Marty Zwilling.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 11, 2019

TED happened because the need to share great ideas and stories about achievement, wonder, and change, happened. Sharing those ideas was the goal, but the achievements came first” It starts with the idea, or the accomplishment, whether it’s the NHL or TED. It’s exactly what TED is NOT about.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Networks, Disney ABC TV) - Amber J. Our panelists include: - Jodi Binstock - Producer Web Therapy starring Lisa Kudrow; (formerly at E!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas. The afternoon began with a fireside chat with Albert Cheng, the Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer of Digital Media at Disney/ABC Television Group. Only 8 teams were chosen to pitch in the finals on September 17th.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2019

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, and Intel. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 105

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 105

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2012

The idea is to make the perfect engineering space: one giant room that fits thousands of people, all close enough to collaborate together. Walt Disney Architect. Mark Zuckerberg has hired World-renowned 83 year-old architect Frank Gehry to design the new Facebook HQ. It will be the largest open floor plan in the world.”.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The idea of entrepreneurship as a path and of technology as a change catalyst is taking root in cities and ecosystems all over the world. Previously, Cody established and launched the Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars.

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LATechDigest

JUNE 13, 2016

IDEAS LA ( -6/16). GIRLS WHO CODE Comes to Disney. Only a few hours away from welcoming @GirlsWhoCode to @Disney for 7 weeks! THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: see full calendar. Monday, June 13. Table Top Invitational. Tuesday, June 14. E3 ( -6/16). Hack for LA. Influencer Economy. SM New Tech. Maria Giudice. Wednesday, June 15.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2015

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, Intel, and Savola. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Tips Organization Ideas 106

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2012

GraphEffect has delivered billions of impressions, millions of fans and unparalleled ROI for a variety of global brands on Facebook and Twitter, including: American Express, Disney, Walmart Bacardi and VISA. While Ogilvy is a very smart man with great ideas, he probably didn’t have viral attribution in mind when he said this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, and Intel. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Tips Organization Ideas Social Network 52

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Ideas have to be implemented well to change a market, or the world.

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Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Competition 94

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Prior to running OrganicStartup, Sangster was responsible for strategic planning and corporate development at the Walt Disney Internet Group. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg and Michael Dell. Similarly, Wantrepreneurs who lack the courage to test their talents and ideas in the brutally unforgiving marketplace are destined to obscurity. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Tips Startup Entertainment Entrepreneur 204

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

And then of course our friends at TechStars launched an accelerator in collaboration with our friends at Disney so now there was six. Between the group of us we were probably helping launch 75-100 companies / year. None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators. And Jamie hers. And Adam his.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Given the stellar startup careers of non-college graduates like Zuckerberg, Ellison, Disney, Gates, Jobs, Branson and Dell, the answer to this question might surprise you. My response is almost always the same; I think dropping out is a very bad idea. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes.

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Entrepreneur Case Study Education Seed Funding 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

In the first phase of many industries, you have an explosion of new ideas and companies. This year, Disney Accelerator graduated Jaunt VR at its demo day at the Dinsey lot. What's the biggest lesson you learned this year? Kevin Winston: The biggest lesson learned is that LA tech is entering its second phase.

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Marina Del Rey Dollar Shave Club Beverly Hills Startup 100

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

Most of these guys have no idea who they are marketing to. If you look at the industry, it's a roughly $100 billion industry, with about 80 percent of the revenue coming from the big six studios, Warner, Paramount, Disney, 20th Century Fox, and so on. That's a massive amount of money to spend on marketing.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. This article previously appeared in Forbes. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Tips Startup Networking Entrepreneur 279

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

I knew change was inevitable, but I had no idea how stressful and exhausting maintaining my internal reality distortion field had been until they gave me permission to turn it off.” It is what he set out to build and he had huge initial success in landing big clients like Disney, Zynga, Gilt and TopSpin. It’s your baby.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

When we started discussing the idea behind the company, Guitar Hero and Rock Band were the talk of the town. I was producing video games for Disney, and he had a long stint producing toys and consumer electronic devices in China. What triggered your decision that this was the time to revive the idea?

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