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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. 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. Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley and Who Will Win.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. I had the feeling of deja vu when reading some parts of it!

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COVID-19 – Accelerating The Destruction Of Corporate Arrogance

YoungUpstarts

They were bogged down by several-hundred-page compliance documents written in the eighties, they needed lawyers who took weeks to make small changes to contracts and they had timid executives that would sideline interesting projects with corporate politics. Small is the new big.