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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

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The headlines in the media are filled with that latest stats. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

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Or will the convergence of content, internet, mobile applications, games and social media be the onrushing asteroids that will soon destroy the movie dinosaurs? How about Internet Video? revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year.

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Do Movies Even Matter Anymore?

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NEW media has become the home of innovation and imagination. Or will the convergence of content, internet, mobile applications, games and social media be the onrushing asteroids that will soon destroy the movie dinosaurs? How about Internet Video? Learn What Hollywood 4G Will Look Like Nothing is more important to U.S.

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It’s Better to Beg for Forgiveness than to Ask for Permission

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Having grown up in Northern California and living near a Japanese family when I was really young, I always had a fascination with Japan and wanted to live there. In 1999 I was working in the London offices of Andersen Consulting. Both Tyler & I are Nihon -files. It was right up my alley in terms of skill sets and interests.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

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By way of anecdote, from the time Dave Lavinsky and I founded Growthink in 1999 through 2008, more than 95% of our firm’s clients and investors were U.S. Entertainments in all their wondrous forms – Movies, Video Games, Social Media and Networks (think LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter). Almost completely shrouded in the anemic U.S.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. We’re the largest fund in Southern California.

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The REAL Story Behind Growthink

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It was a sunny day in August 1999 (I remember that because I was living in Santa Monica, CA at the time and every day was sunny). When I first moved to California from New York in 1996 I saw the success of juice bars. back to August 1999. But I also realized that I needed a story to pitch the media. It was August 1999.