Keisha DePaz – CEO and Founder of Punch Street
[quote style=”boxed”]Keep an organizer and organize your day. I like to plan my day and time allocation – it helps me stay on track. You get into this behavioral pattern…
entertainment
Entertainment is the business of capturing attention and holding it. The founders in this section do that in every medium imaginable. Film. Music. Gaming. Live events. Streaming. Comedy. The companies that make the things people do when they’re not working. Or when they’re supposed to be working.
These interviews cover the full entertainment spectrum. Content creation. Production. Distribution. Ticketing. Fan engagement. The technology that powers it all and the creative minds that dream it up. Entertainment sits at the intersection of art and commerce, and that tension makes every conversation here interesting.
The founders here are candid about the challenges. Content saturation. Piracy. Platform dependency. The economics of attention in a world where everyone has unlimited options and limited time. Building in entertainment means competing with literally everything else someone could be doing. No pressure.
You’ll find insights on content strategy, audience building, monetization models, and the creative process behind the things people love. Whether you’re building an entertainment company, working in the industry, or just curious about how your favorite content gets made, these interviews are worth the time.
Ryan Gerard – Co-Founder of Pickmoto
[quote style=”boxed”]Connect with your users. Use whatever means you can: email all new users personally, send survey’s, go to events where your users (or potential users) might be, and setup…
Scott Lindenbaum – President and COO of SPUN
[quote style=”boxed”]Stay product focused and use insanely intense project management software to keep track of development velocity. Without product you have nothing. Product has to be your number 1 priority.[/quote]…
David Redish – Co-founder of Slice Media
[quote style=”boxed”]Eliminate intolerance. People who aren’t taught that there are people who see the world and think differently than they do are the worst type of people.[/quote] David Redish is…
Zach Yungst – Co-founder of Cater2.me
[quote style=”boxed”]Try, fail, try again, and again, until you succeed.[/quote] Zach Yungst grew up in Sarasota, Florida before attending Penn’s Wharton School. Post graduation, Zach worked in investment banking at…
Georgette Blau – Owner of On Location Tours
[quote style=”boxed”]I babysat for a family of bird breeders, and they bred 650 birds in their home; I learned to always ask specifics about a job and a job’s environment…
Alicia Arinella – Producer of What You Can Do
[quote style=”boxed”]One of the great things about having a small business is you’re not on everyone’s radar when starting out, so you’re allowed to make more mistakes and learn from…
Katherine Fleischman – Founder of blink PR
[quote style=”boxed”]Be passionate in what you do. If there is no passion, you will not succeed in whatever you are doing.[/quote] Katherine Fleischman is a publicist and Founder of the…
Sandy Knox – Creator of Wrinkled Records
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have believed in the girl in the mirror more, and had more faith in her. [/quote] Wrinkled Records originated in a conversation between award-winning Nashville artist/songwriter Sandy Knox…
Jerod Mollenhauer – Co-Founder of Venuefox
[quote style=”boxed”]Be coachable and passionate. Take advice from people who have been there before and from people who have failed. [/quote] Jerod Mollenhauer built a successful career in the insurance…
Nate Lassiter – Co-Founder of Who’s In
[quote style=”boxed”]It is critical that you assemble a team of people who have the right skill sets and are interested in what you are trying to do.[/quote] Nate Lassiter has…
Scott DiGiammarino – Founder and CEO of Reel Potential
[quote style=”boxed”]Call someone who believes in you, when you’re having a bad day or bad moment.[/quote] Scott DiGiammarino is the CEO and founder of Reel Potential. For the past 25…