Digital Hollywood: The AI Summer Summit
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
2– 2:50 PM Eastern Time Zone
Session IV:
The AI Start-Up Dream Team: Strategies for Success: Unique Founders, PhDs, Genius Advisors, Venture Board
What are the difference makers. Where are the forks in the road, the decisive decisions taken by the ultimate winners and the 80% of start-ups who drift off and ultimately fade away. Facebook was not the first, but was by far the greatest of the Social Networks to enter the fray. Since all serious start-ups have brilliant and determined founders, wise and experienced advisors and investors, what separates that one shooting star from the group? Sometimes changing the world begins at a corner store serving a niche market in the community, like being a quality bookstore in a mall of Superstores or a seaside shack serving an upscale boating community and the opportunity reveals itself. But often, targeting a narrow domain, an underserved market, a foundational technology serving a unique need will provide the pathway to success.
Speakers:
Curt Doty, Founder, RealmIQ, Moderator
DMA Anderson, Founder and CEO, Korgi
Jeremy Toeman, Founder and CEO, AugX Labs
Mitchell Posada, Co-Founder, 3TGTM
Huipin Zhang, CEO & Founder, Visla, Zoom Founding Team
Jeremy Toeman
DMA Anderson
Curt Doty
Mitchell Posada
Huipin Zhang
Jeremy Toeman is a seasoned product leader and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in innovating at the intersection of media and technology. As the Founder and CEO of AugX Labs, he is pioneering the use of AI in video creation, making it more accessible to storytellers and content creators worldwide. As an entrepreneur, he led product development for over a dozen innovative products, while his consultancy, Stage Two, transformed concepts into successes for clients like Dropcam, Boxee, and Sphero. Before founding Aug X Labs, Jeremy led product and technology innovation at WarnerMedia, where he drove the development of groundbreaking products across multiple brands. His entrepreneurial spirit is evidenced by his successful track record of building and selling startups, including Dijit, Legacy Locker, and Mediabolic, to major companies. Jeremy's expertise extends beyond product development to include strategic leadership roles at companies like Joyn and Sling Media, where he was instrumental in launching key services and achieving significant user growth.
DMA Anderson, Founder and CEO, Korgi: DMA Anderson is a veteran TV producer and executive, multi-patented tech entrepreneur, and multi-sector strategic consultant. She has helmed top-rated programming for CBS, Bravo, BET, A&E, TLC and more, authored two entertainment books that are taught in media programs nationwide, written, produced and showrun over 100 hours of television, and served as an executive for Lee Daniels Entertainment, Walt Disney Television, and BET. Her strategic consulting clients have included Netflix, the City of Berkeley, Ukraine’s TET TV, and the Los Angeles Public Library. DMA most recently launched Korgi, AI-fueled all-in-one productivity and collaboration boards that integrate Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 apps. She is a graduate, with distinction, of Stanford University and is a career-long member of the Television Academy, the Producers Guild of America, and American Mensa.
Curt Doty, Founder, RealmIQ: Curt Doty, former studio executive and award-winning marketer, brings leadership experience across the entertainment and branding worlds. As a creative entrepreneur, his consultancy CurtDoty.co specializes in integrated marketing, multi-channel storytelling, branding, identity and user experience with client engagements with NCI, Wizard World, Topps, The Grammys, Maserati, AARP, Spalding, Z-Living, HighGarden Collective, enViibe, Starz, The Santa Fe International Film Festival and many more. Curt has specialized in mobile focused vertical storytelling, branded and original content with recent clients of Viacom, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, ClixTV, Snapchat and IGTV. Curt has an extensive legacy in television which began at Pittard Sullivan, having worked on broadcast design, network branding, and image campaigns for clients such as Warner Bros TV, TV Guide, Discovery, ABC, FX, StarTV Asia and SAT.1. His experience in movie marketing includes clientele such as Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Dreamworks, Focus Features, Miramax, and Warner Bros. His Fortune 500 clientele have included GM, Carl’s Jr., Bausch + Lomb, Pond’s, Covered California, Degree, GoGo, Genentech, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, TracFone, USPS, Ubisoft, Abbott, US Army, Housing of Urban Development and Motorola. Curt’s last 15 years have been focused on technology and innovation. With R&D projects with Apple, Toshiba and Microsoft, he pioneered interactive content (Advanced Content) for mobile, Blu-ray and multi-touch eBooks while leading divisions at Trailer Park and Bemis Balkind. As the web is evolving, Curt has recently focused on Web3, decentralization, blockchain and the creator economy through his branding, UX design and marketing. He is a successful fractional leader, acting as CCO and CMO for multiple startups. He recently launched MediaSlam, a content platform discussing the intersection of Design, Content and Tech and also launched RealmIQ, a change management consultancy focused on AI.
Huipin Zhang, CEO & Founder, Visla, Zoom Founding Team: In 2020, our founder, Dr. Huipin Zhang, former Zoom founding engineer and Chief Scientist, started building Visla, an all-in-one video storytelling platform that would help teams create high-quality videos without requiring any technical skills.