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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Distribution costs have, too. Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis' They read less than 30 minutes. The future of the Internet is video.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

Automatically, each owner gets an equal share of profit distributions, but with a personalized Articles of Organization or Operating Agreement, the owners can structure payouts based on other factors. An LLC offers greater control over how earnings are used and distributed, but even LLCs have to be reasonable in how they distribute (i.e.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for. were more distributed. We weren’t in enough cities to do national advertising campaigns yet we weren’t centralized enough to benefit off of our central marketing traction.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

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And this business is becoming LESS advertising driven -- transitioning from today's model of more than 85% of revenue being ad-based to less than 60% and trending down with the balance being generated by content payments, either for one-time viewings or via subscriptions. Annual U.S. in History from UCLA.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production. Nobody has figured this out better than AwesomenessTV who not only has built an enormous online media presence but also packages and distributes shows for Nickelodeon.

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My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

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Tran moved to Los Angeles and started his business in Chinatown with a need he personally had. By the way, he has never spent a dollar on advertising. I wonder how agressive they are with digital distribution. He noticed that Americans didn’t have good hot sauce. Provide something distinctive. Branding matters.

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