Erik Torenberg sits down with film executive, producer, tech investor, and CEO/founder of Stampede Ventures, Greg Silverman. Riverside.fm is a presenting sponsor of Media Empires. Go to https://creators.riverside.fm/MediaEmpires + use code MEDIAEMPIRES for 20% off individual plans.

In this interview they compare and contrast the film and tech industries in all aspects, what makes a successful project, and investment practices.

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Episode Preview

(02:33) Why Greg got into the film industry

(08:22) Analogs of the film world vs tech

(10:45) Learnings from film versus tech

(12:20) Product launching in film vs tech

(13:39) Leverage in the tech vs entertainment world

(17:15) Where investments comes from in Hollywood

(18:15) Where did Stampede come from?

(23:11) Raising venture money

(26:50) Where does the money from hits come from?

(28:10) Moats in Hollywood

(29:27) Can the Hollywood approach work in tech?

(31:04) The cultural impact of the theater

(32:40) How similar is it with the music industry?

(33:44) The hints of a successful project (or resistance and persistence make for successful projects)

(37:05) How technology has changed the entertainment industry

(39:00) Will AI change the game of entertainment?

(41:48) NFTs and Web-3

(44:30) Greg’s Investing Practices

(47:21) What is the value in short form content?

LINKS:

Stampede Ventures: https://stampedeventures.com/

SOCIALS:

Greg's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregsilverman

Stampede Venture's Twitter: https://twitter.com/stampede_vent

Stampede Venture's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stam...

Erik's Twitter: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg