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James DeJulio, Tongal // Future of Hollywood & Advertising, Impact of AI on Creative Work & Who Wins The Streaming Wars?

Jan 30, 2023

01:21:50

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Episode guests

James DeJulio

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Episode notes

Is There a Way to Get Talent?

03:57

What's the Product Market Fit?

02:38

The First Wave of Growth

03:26

Introduction

3min

Is Decentralized a Marketplace?

2min

Networking With Brands, You Know?

2min

Is Crunchbase a Good Place to Start?

2min

Is There a Best in Class Use Case of the Platform With a Brand?

2min

How Did You Become a Student at Paramount?

3min

What Are You Doing in Hollywood Before Tongle?

3min

I Don't Want to Be a Banker, but I Want to Be a Banker

2min

The Kidstays in the Picture by Harold Ramis

2min

10.

How Do I Break Into the Entertainment Business?

3min

11.

Is There a Way to Get Talent?

4min

12.

How Did You Get the Rights to That Cartoon?

3min

13.

Is There a Lot of Luck in Your Life?

4min

14.

What Makes Your Cold Emails Stand Out?

2min

15.

Is There Diversity in the Entertainment Industry?

2min

16.

Advertising

2min

17.

How to Get Your First Customers and Scaling Up

5min

18.

The Cool Thing Never Goes Away

2min

19.

What's the Product Market Fit?

3min

20.

K I v a Dot Org

3min

21.

Seed Round

2min

22.

Lean Is Good for Me, Right?

3min

23.

The First Wave of Growth

3min

24.

The Incentives - Is That a Big Mistake?

2min

25.

Is That a Mistake?

2min

26.

Can You Predict That Revenue More Easily?

2min

27.

The Future of Media and Advertising

5min

28.

The Future of AI and Streaming Walls

3min

29.

Is Netflix in Debt?

2min

30.

Is There a New Way to Bring Quality Hit to Audiences?

2min

31.

The New York Times - What's Up With the TikTok?

2min

Subscribe & watch on YouTube:https://youtu.be/FNCgWJNR9ok Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:24) - Start Of Interview
(00:01:55) - What Is Tongal?
(00:04:07) - Types of Content: Branded, Original + Advertising
(00:07:08) - Scale Of Tongal
(00:12:14) - Background in Hollywood
(00:24:57) - The Company Before Tongal
(00:34:54) - Power of Cold E-mail
(00:36:53) - Company Origin Story
(00:41:12) - Sponsor Break: Virtual Gurus
(00:42:12) - Getting First Few Customers
(00:46:49) - Finding Product Market Fit
(00:52:19) - Scaling + Growth Levers
(01:02:43) - Pricing Model Change
(01:08:14) - Looking Ahead
(01:13:35) - How AI Will Impact The Creative Work Force?
(01:15:44) - Streaming Wars (Netflix, YouTube, HBO, Tiktok)

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