Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Along with making sure your brand reflects your business, who your brand targets is also an important consideration. Mariery is the Panamanian founder of Mezclao Studio , a Latin American design studio focused on creating visual storytelling through brand identity, illustration, and surface design.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

Yap is a thriving serial entrepreneur whose businesses include Citrus Studios , Luxe Link , and the Orange & Bergamot. Kalika Yap , is founder and CEO of both Orange & Bergamot , a creative agency for female founders, and Citrus Studios , a branding and design agency. where he addressed the global pandemic. “Now,

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

As you may know we co-lead the first round of financing of Maker Studios, the largest overall producer for online video content, along with Greycroft Partners. Every politician in the country knows this as well as every consumer brand, every retailer, every restaurant and every media company.

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JUNE 8, 2014

Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. Angels & Recycled Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. This is always how we saw Maker Studios.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In other news we announced the closing of $61 million in funding at Maker Studios , which I’ll talk publicly about soon. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2016

20 months ago we sold Maker Studios to Disney for $500 million in cash plus a large earn out. And the problem is that 95% of the people I meet who comment about the industry actually have no idea what actually happened inside of companies like Maker Studios. We sold brand integration. Spoiler alert: MCNs don’t exist.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Motivated “Champions” – You need brand ambassadors for your city. In Seattle people like Dave Schappell actively recruit people like me to visit the city and when we do he becomes a “brand ambassador” for the city organizing great meetings, events & dinners. Maker Studios. Savings.com.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 24, 2019

They are one of the first things we walk clients through in our brand storytelling process because everything emanates from them. These core values are our non-negotiables, the things we won’t compromise on—at work. And, truth be told, core values are amazing. I can’t wait to see what that future looks like!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. You can’t build a brand on YouTube. I think most arguments miss the mark.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Because some of the most profitable NFTs are produced by celebrities with teams , it makes sense that music corporations, fashion brands and designers are venturing into the NFT market as well. Just this month, sneaker brand RTFKT Studios garnered $3.1 You can snap a photo of yourself wearing your Atari-branded NFTs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I’ve spent a lot of my career thinking about digital and online video (with investments in companies like Maker Studios) so for that reason amongst many, I was excited to open the Upfront Summit a few weeks ago by interviewing Meg Whitman about Quibi and the digital media space.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What is your company’s brand? Today’s savvy entrepreneurs know that brand goes far beyond logos, color palettes and taglines. In fact, a thoughtfully developed brand will reflect and guide your company’s mission, culture and values. Today, we explore how to identify, build and promote your brand.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

million to launch Kreatures of Habit , a lifestyle and wellness brand, with the goal of helping people establish healthy habits. The brand originally started out as a café concept, but Chermow pivoted to the consumer goods space when the global pandemic hit. “I It was a far cry from connecting to human beings around a brand.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

She did a bunch of research on it and finally found a small number of safe brands. Oh, and of course I shoot all of my videos at the ThisWeekIn studios which are located in the Mahalo offices. As the company began to grow, brand confusion became an undeniable issue.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 13, 2020

Kalika Yap , an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Los Angeles, is founder and CEO of both Orange & Bergamot , a creative agency for female founders, and Citrus Studios , a branding and design agency. She’s also an author and the host of EO Wonder podcast.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

Register Singapore-based global design studio XM HoldCo Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries, collectively known as the XM Group, have successfully concluded their latest fundraising round. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

They had to negotiate these rights with the major content owners – the studios. With Google building global sales forces that will over the next few years be capable of selling brand advertising in many countries around the world it will become economically viable for content producers to dub their shows from day 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 2, 2020

The show was named Marketers Anonymous, an extension of the brand name we already had for our monthly marketing meetups. Bartholomeusz records her show at PodBooth , a professional recording studio in Adelaide. All the of the production and editing is done at the studio by a very talented producer at PodBooth,” she explains.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Called the Re/Wire Health Studio, the program will eventually select six startups that will win access to nine weeks of mentoring, business development expertise and cash grants. . The Re/Wire Health Studio is designed for growth and early-stage startups focused on “everyday health.” What are two or three things you are looking for?

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Glenn Ginsburg holds the position of President at QYOU Media and launched and runs QYOU’s award winning Influencer Marketing Agency whose client portfolio includes Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Hasbro, Activision, Capcom, Hyundai and other leading brands. What are your future plans for your startup?

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2017

When you actually offer a service or product you built and own your customers directly, loyalty goes up, brand value goes up, and you can be your own platform to launch a lot of different opportunities--if you can do it well. Excited to see Tinkergarten get recognized as a special brand.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Brett Lovelady is the founder of Astro Studios , now a part of PA Consulting, a design-driven company that empowers designers and strives to capture the value of design in the product, brand, experience and company creation process. Branding, naming and communication systems. Brett Lovelady. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2018

Despite its humble studio setting, Marketing over Coffee attracts interviews with influential leaders like Simon Sinek and Seth Godin. Ask any brand expert and successful entrepreneur and they’ll tell you: Design impacts organizations at every level, not just their web site and business cards. Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

And as the recent VC fundings of Maker Studios, Machinima, Movie Clips, Big Frame and Fullscreen will attest – opportunities for massive growth in our sector are anything but moribund. The desktop web introduced banner ads that offered “brand advertising” opportunities akin to television. THAT is disruption.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

For example, even though consumer spending has dropped, people are still “drawn towards brands that build towards higher-quality engagements,” he said. “There is a real business advantage for D2C brands who’ve recognized this shift and know how to act on it.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

.” The list of new companies, as described by Snap, include: Bits of Stock —Is developing a cardless stock program that rewards users with fractional shares of stock on everyday purchases from the brands they love. Tiplay Studio — Is a rapidly growing game studio based in Turkey for mobile games like Water Shooty.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 7, 2023

This approach contributes to fostering brand awareness and driving meaningful engagement. The newly introduced features enable brands to showcase their products or services in real-time interactions, adding an interactive layer to marketing strategies.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Via their Mailchimp Presents production studio, Mailchimp continues to innovate and be creative in how they spotlight and showcase creators, entrepreneurs and small business owners. Editor’s Note – Huge props to Mailchimp for always INNOVATING. Mailchimp has long been committed to uplifting creators and supporting the underdog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

Kalika Yap , an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Los Angeles, California, is founder and CEO of both Citrus Studios , a branding and design agency, and Orange & Bergamot , a creative agency for female founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

David Cohen deserves much credit for building TechStars into an internationally recognized brand name for innovation. But every time I talk with senior executives a the big studios or talent agencies I tell the same story, “You know that your industry is being disrupted. It is possible and he’s showing people that.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

The influx of pre-seed venture dollars in circulation has increased competition with accelerators and influenced more funds to pursue a “ platform VC ” model, with some even having a venture studio (e.g., Importantly, a VC firm pursuing pre-seed funding escapes the traditional stigmatized accelerator branding due to more favorable terms.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Pod Foods is keeping grocery shelves full of the emerging food brands that consumers are asking for and announced today $10 million in Series A funding to continue developing its digital wholesale business-to-business marketplace. So the company leaned in on creating brand awareness. Pod Foods 2021 from Blank Space Studio on Vimeo.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Merama , which acquires or launches Latin American digital brands, hit a $1.2 Latin America is the fastest growing e-commerce region in the world yet brands are extremely nascent or non-existent,” Tyle told TechCrunch via email. Merama believes several multi-billion dollar brands will be created in LatAm over the next five years.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D-scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. The new SaaS product offers a suite of features, like AR try-on and fit and sizing recommendation tech, to help brands leverage AR technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

The Gurugram-based startup is building an Amazon-like platform to help brands quickly find relevant influencers for their marketing campaigns. It touts having more than 7 million content creators on the platform that brands ranging from FMCG to e-commerce can access. “We’re bridging the gap between brands and creators.

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