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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

TechCrunch LA

Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement.

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Interview with Wade Eyerly, SurfAir

socalTECH

Think of it like Netflix. Those mentors and others have given us really tangible advice. The four partners at Muckerlab, Greg Bettinelli, Yanda Erlich, Will Hsu, and Erik Rannala just have incredible backgrounds, and an incredible ability to mentor companies. When you fly one of them, get you get another.

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5 Practices For Developing A World-Class Startup Team

Startup Professionals Musings

These include companies across multiple industry spectrums, notably NetFlix in entertainment, AirBnB in hospitality, and Whole Foods for groceries. A few companies seem to be leading the way in building and maintaining ultra-effective teams, sometimes called extreme teams.

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Silicon Beach at USC 2013 | Entrepreneurial Inspiration

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Pelv-Ice is a pelvic support device for post-partum mothers and a recent winner of the Accelerating Innovating Mentoring (AIM) 2013 incubator and pitch competition. The Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley panel came next and featured a heated discussion between a former employee of Netflix and Fox representatives.

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Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync

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Michele Ruiz: Robin Richards and I formed the company, after he approached me, after having been a business mentor for me for fifteen years. Here, we wanted to build a Netflix-like experience for this. Think Dateline, the Discovery Channel, and Netflix. How did the three of you connect?

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8 Negative Reactions To New Ideas And How To Prevail

Startup Professionals Musings

In many cases, the ideas may be small ones, such as starting a promotion to kick-start sales on a stalled item, or suggesting a huge strategy move to acquire Netflix and supplement an already healthy Blockbuster DVD rental business.

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Los Angeles’s Secret to Startup Success

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s other startup advantages include: A long media history: Companies such as Netflix and Buzzfeed are based in L.A. As LA’s startup scene matures, expect to see more companies like Cornerstone OnDemand take up the cause of mentoring the startup community and reinvesting experience into it. s Startup Future.