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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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5 Keys To Capitalizing On Nondisruptive Business Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Not all innovations have to be as disruptive as the Netflix digital download was to Blockbuster’s DVD business. As a mentor to many business professionals, I find many who are risk-averse or not confident in their own abilities to make forward-looking decisions. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.

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6 Mistakes Often Made By Entrepreneurs Due To Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Blockbuster failed to recognize that their industry had fundamentally and permanently changed, and even NetFlix has struggles with the same issue, as video streaming takes over. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that.

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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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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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6 Ways To Doom Your Startup Despite A Great Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Blockbuster failed to recognize that their industry had fundamentally and permanently changed, and even NetFlix has struggles with the same issue, as video streaming takes over. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that.

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Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync

socalTECH

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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