Brian Kane

The e-learning market is set to hit nearly $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, but current tools for multi-language video content are fragmented, complex, and expensive. Enter Braiv, the startup founded by Ben Radcliffe and James Xabregas that's transforming how educators and businesses scale their video content and break down language barriers. 🌍 With growing global demand for more inclusive and effective learning tools, Braiv's AI-powered platform simplifies the complex process of translating, dubbing, and captioning videos. Find out how Braiv is tackling one of the biggest pain points in online learning and content creation in Startup Daily👇 https://lnkd.in/gYz7xUfA Learn more about the Antler residency and founder journey by joining one of our upcoming AMA sessions: https://lnkd.in/gASG3uQW

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Back in 1997, The New York Times highlighted a “Roundtable in Multimedia” attended by senior media executives. They lamented that apart from a few exceptions like pornography websites and Amazon, no one had cracked the code for a viable 'interactive' media business model. Fast forward to 2024, and Fable has launched Showrunner, a revolutionary platform known as the “Netflix of AI" , which allows users to create their own TV shows with just a few prompts. 📺✨ The way we create and consume content has evolved dramatically. But what does "interactive media" really mean today? We break it down, exploring how it intersects with massive shifts in technology, culture, and new media. And how with a growing "Swipe before Type" generation, there is now an ingrained expectation of interactivity in all digital experiences. We dive into the future of interactive media and gaming and see where we're headed next! Link in comments. #InteractiveMedia #Gaming #AI #TechRevolution #ContentCreation #NewMedia

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INTERVIEWS OF 2024 SXSW PITCH WINNERS: Dhavel Patel of Lotus Every March in Austin, 50 of the world's most impactful startups showcase their talents at SXSW Pitch. Today we begin a series of short interviews with some of the category winners from the 2024 event. Founder and CEO Dhaval Patel has been growing Lotus for three years. At this year's SXSW Pitch, his San Jose based startup emerged as the winner of the "Smart Cities, Transportation & Sustainability" category. Patel's short answers to our questions are below. SXSW: What is Lotus?  Patel: A wearable ring that controls objects at home by pointing. See https://www.getlotus.com/ SXSW: What community does Lotus serve? Patel: Folks with limited mobility -- older adults, veteran soldiers, people with disabilities.  SXSW: Who is your all-time favorite entrepreneur? Patel: Warren Buffett. SXSW: Best startup-related advice you have received? Patel: Don't start building first, find the need first. SXSW: Current entrepreneurial trend that excites you the most? Patel: Desire for tech that is intuitive and simple. SXSW: Fail fast or perseverance? Patel: Persevere in failing fast repeatedly. SXSW: Favorite VC? Patel: Andreessen Horowitz. SXSW: Favorite gadget or device? Patel: Apple AirPods. SXSW: Government can best support startups by Patel: Moving faster. SXSW: Most over-hyped technology at present? Patel: AI. SXSW: Most under-hyped technology at present? Patel: Consumer hardware. SXSW: What did you enjoy most about your experience at SXSW? Patel: The people -- each person wanting to make the world a better place. SXSW: What is your best trait as an entrepreneur? Patel: Simplifying complex problems. SXSW: What is your best advice for other startups? Patel: Focus (say "no" to more). Learn more about Dhaval Patel of Lotus plus other 2024 SXSW Pitch winners by listening to the audio of their session at this year's event. See https://lnkd.in/gHtwQB8n Applications for SXSW Pitch 2025 will open in late summer. See https://lnkd.in/gE2hcVPK #sxsw, #sxsw2024, #startups, #founders, Chris Valentine, Dhaval Patel, SXSW, #venturecapital, #entrepreneur, #entrepreneurs, #startup, #founderstories, #sxswpitch, Lotus (Techstars'23), #techstars, #Austin, #ATX, #creativity, #innovation, #hardware, #consumerhardware, #pitch, #accessibility,

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A killer blueprint for how to maximize value on premium domains. Friend.com founder @AviSchiffmann recouping his $1.8M investment in less than a week? I’d call that a win! 🏆 #domains #branding #growthhacking

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Episode 1 of the "Worthy Successor" series on The Trajectory is with none other than, Nick Bostrom. Themes: -- Nick's Worthy Successor criteria -- How AGI might be able to preserve some degree or "human values" -- What Nick hopes for (and doesn't hope for) around AGI governance See the full episode on YouTube, and be sure to comment with your thoughts: https://lnkd.in/eXCSJvnC Subscribe to Apple podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eqps-YaN The Trajectory newsletter (never miss an interview) http://bit.ly/TrajectoryTw I respect Nick tremendously. It is safe to say that, 13 years ago, there were 3 driving forces that lead me to dedicating myself to the cause of a worthy successor: - Emerson's essays - Kurzweil's "How to Create a Mind" - The early papers of Bostrom He's a genius. I'll be bringing some of the insights from these discussions into my upcoming talks / meetings with the UN / OECD.

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This is an excellent article. In my humble opinion, the forgotten trials model does not contribute to building a successful business, and startups should steer clear of it. 👍 I actively reach out to customers who are not deriving significant benefits from our platform or have forgotten to enable account sharing protection. This ensures that they either make use of our tools or decide to cancel. 💪 Maintaining a healthy customer base not only improves your retention numbers but also provides better insights into who your ideal customers are. 📈

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It's uncommon to see innovation in a product that has been chugging along at the same level for decades. But Mark Adams, Keeri Tramm, Holden Page, and Bo Frize are building something special with our RealTrends Verified business. For those that don't know about RealTrends Verified, it's the one real estate rankings program that uses double-verified data (from the agent and their brokerage). Steve Murray and Tracey Velt had been operating the rankings for decades before we acquired the business. Ever since we acquired the business, we've noticed that our ranking pages have pretty impressive SEO juice. Try searching for "best real estate agents" or "best real estate agents in Texas", and you'll see a RealTrends page pretty high your results. This year, we're going to start leveraging this SEO juice with an expansion of RealTrends Verified into city pages. Now people will be able to search for "best real estate agents in Dallas", and find top agents in their city. We'll drill down even further into neighborhoods and zip codes in the coming years. If you're a brokerage or team leader, or a top agent in your city, please check out our new city pages! https://lnkd.in/eTGVHsaN

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"Sayings from Chairman Jobs" (shared by Steve Jobs at a retreat in 1983: 1. Real artists ship. 2. It's better to be a pirate than join the navy. 3. Mac in a book by 1986. Numbers 1 and 2 should probably on the walls of every startup. __ P.S. If you're fascinated by innovation and what it takes to build great businesses, join +120,000 by getting The Generalist delivered to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eJMp5T9

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Last night, while in town for GAI Insights #GenerativeAIWorld, I co-hosted a dinner with long time friend Dave Balter and True Ventures, gathering top minds in AI, VC, and entrepreneurship in Boston. BrandRank.AI CTO Matt Cox (based in Boston w/our tech team) and investor Bill Hildebolt of gen.video joined us. We dove into how AI is revolutionizing productivity across industries. The consensus? AI literacy is becoming as crucial as digital literacy was a decade ago. Our discussion centered around four key themes: - AI'S IMPACT ON BUSINESS: From automating tasks to enhancing decision-making, AI is transforming how companies operate and compete. - HUMAN-AI COLLABORATION: We explored the potential of AI as a creative partner and decision-making tool, and the implications for various industries. (Perfect timing for CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI) one-year anniversary celebration today.) - THE FUTURE OF WORK: We debated which jobs might be displaced, which new roles will emerge, and how to prepare for an AI-driven workforce. - ETHICAL AI AND BRAND PERCEPTION: Our work at BrandRank.AI is showing how AI can reveal uncomfortable truths about brands, raising questions about transparency and authenticity. (Are LLMs are too smart for BS!) What jumped out in the conversation is that AI isn't just a tool – it's becoming a collaborator, creator, and potential competitor. Are we ready for AI in boardrooms, creative processes, and as the primary interface for brand interactions? The entrepreneurial energy was palpable as we explored opportunities in AI-driven health monitoring and human-AI creative collaboration -- this balanced with ethical considerations and the responsibility we bear as leaders in this space. The future of business is AI-collaborative. Are we prepared to be good partners? This discussion echoed the conference's sentiment, bolstered by outstanding presentation by MIT and HBS faculty: we're in an unprecedented moment of disruption. It's not just a technological shift, but a fundamental reimagining of work, creativity, and interaction. (Amazing conference so far Paul Baier, John Sviokla Liz Vanzura) Great time to be an entrepreneur! And the ultimate test for leadership! Thanks Dave, Gus Coldebella and True team for great and timely conversation. Kelly Cohen Hank Hudepohl Carl Fraik Aftab Pureval Kendra Ramirez Christopher Brock Jon Salisbury Helen Todd (Human) Jon Salisbury Jack Wyant MJ Price 🌱Lauren Morgenstein Schiavone Judy Zitnik Christopher Morse Christy Page Jocile Ehrlich Lee Beech Tracey Cooke Sherrie Kinderdine Adriana Altuve Chetan Parekh Diana Takach Jonathan Carson

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“Celebrity culture serves as a constant reminder that we can’t believe everything we see online” Nope. It’s a reminder we can be more conscious. We can demand to be empowered with tools that make us conscious, and more resistant to those who want us to believe that nothing is true. For inspiration, check out the work of the Content Authenticity Initiative and Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA)

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Some Tuesday morning business strategy musings. Endeavor Labs is an AI-focused consultancy and development agency. The success and ongoing existence of such a company depends on "AI consulting" being something decision-makers will continue to buy. The skeptical, no-nonsense engineer in me has placed a big question mark next to that premise, wondering if it will survive the current hype cycle. Is "AI" really a viable service category? As some of the "GenAI" hype has arguably started to cool over the last few months, I've become more optimistic that it can and should be. Why? Because companies are learning from their initial failures and disappointments deploying AI. And the lesson learned is generally not "AI doesn't work". It's been that "AI is harder and more expensive than I thought." And despite those learnings, those companies are still anticipating a growing role for AI in their industries. Just over a longer timeframe, with a bit less "low hanging fruit" then they were expecting. So yes, AI can be hard and expensive. It can also be easier and cheaper than it otherwise would be, if you work with an experienced partner who can help you focus on what matters, avoid technical dead ends, and access high-end global talent to help execute. (Even better if that partner is not also a major AI infra/tooling vendor, who will just invent problems that their product can "fix" for you.) So yeah, we'll keep being an "AI-focused consultancy and development agency" for now. It seem to be working.

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More AI insights from our research with HumanX via Variety: We're seeing a paradox emerge when it comes to AI strategy in corporate America: Despite heavy investment, the strategy behind these efforts is still largely under development and in most cases outright experimental. It's a technology searching for concrete use cases by trial and error. Analyzing our sweeping study of AI adoption among business leaders in various industries, Audrey Schomer of Variety notes that U.S. entertainment and media leaders are most likely to implement generative AI versus other, more systemic AI technologies. They have less familiarity and internal use of LLMs and GPTs, suggesting either confusion or preference for tools off the shelf. Entertainment decision makers are also more likely than those in other industries to face challenges related to internal culture and change management. Sharing the full report: https://lnkd.in/ePkrc9Gc

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What an awesome conversation just premiering on Ben Reinberg's "I Own It" show today. Here is the first look as this begins to syndicate along with the rest of his season on The C-Suite Network and more this Fall. https://lnkd.in/gCrgPhe3 Thanks to Alliance Consolidated Group of Companies, LLC. nBrain AI ATOM!Q AMILYA ANTONETTI Ben Reinberg for the opportunity to share my thoughts on #leverage #ai #appliedknowledge and #business today!

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Friends, we're looking to meet adtech companies investing in blockchain technology to interview on the #Web3Unpacked podcast. Our friends at Blockboard are at the top of the list, along with Precise.ai HUDI Human Data Income, and Dock.io. More recommendations would be much appreciated! #DesignStrategy #DesignInnovation #GraphicDesign #WebDesign #UXDesign #logo #brandsystem #usercentereddesign #Branding #BrandStrategy #BrandIdentity #BrandDevelopment #BrandMarketing #BrandManagement #BrandConsulting #BrandVoice #richardpasqua #MVMT #MVMTMEDIA

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It's been a four-year journey 🤔 Curious about how it all started? # Chapter 1 - (100 Videos in a Minute and an Almost Enterprise Pilot) # Back in 2020, while reading an article about Google DeepMind’s experiments with turning webpages into videos, a simple yet groundbreaking thought struck me: What if every text in the world could be transformed into videos? While we initially offered these Social Widgets for websites, We learned from early users that not all businesses had websites, but almost all of them were active on Instagram and Facebook. I was fascinated by the portability of video formats, realizing that our widgets could live in many environments, not just the web. Curiously, this epiphany came just as I was diving into marketing trends for 2021, which proclaimed short video content as king. Coming from a front-end development background, we were seasoned in dressing data with user-friendly interfaces. But was creating a video any different? Initially, I thought of it as just adding a "moving front-end" at 24 frames per second 😅 Oh, how naive I was! I lately learned that videos had many more dimensions: - storytelling - script - voiceover - music - media Not to mention the processing time and server-side costs. (In the early days, my partner Alberto Roman cautioned me about the complexities of video production. I was eager to push ahead quickly, but I soon realized the value of his insights. Looking back, I'm profoundly grateful for his patience and understanding as we navigated those challenges. ) I posed a challenge to Kenazo Anthony and Yulier Camilo Garrido Garrido: "Can we generate 100 videos in a minute?" They nailed it, using some AWS magic that has become a core part of our secret sauce to this day. We also brought on Luis Ernesto Reynaldo Jordan to design and implement a landing page with static data to showcase predefined videos created by Jorge Sibila and Emmanuel Arias Ibarra for demo purposes. Following this, Julio Jimenez and Olga Roman crafted our first UI and Bel Koffman as our business development rep (really shined—she's a rock star at it.). With such a dynamic team and cutting-edge product, the stage was set to conquer the world. I reached out to knowledgeable friends in product, marketing, and sales for feedback. Thanks to Darren D. Sturges, Philip Rothaus, Jonathan Liu, Marcela Ganem, Simon Yule and many others. They helped shape our early ideas, and we almost landed a big enterprise project because of it. Our first version of the product was simple—an Excel file. Each row had video specs. Fill in the columns, and suddenly, you have as many videos as rows. But during a user interview, Jonathan Liu pointed out a big gap: "Ok, guys, we can make 100 videos now, but how do we link everything? Where does the info come from?" It took us until January 2023 to crack that code. To be continued... Drop a comment if you're curious about how we solved it! :)

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I'm building my second startup. Why? I had a panic attack at my first. I spent a few years and so much of my own money figuring out how to learn the skills to come down from high stress situations, clear my head, stay happy, and (as a result) make great decisions. It's a journey every busy human goes through. After building those skills (an ever evolving journey), I have built a world-class team to help me bring an everyday solution to busy women: smart Moodrings (Moodring Tech). I took the Founder Mental Health Pledge because I know, first hand, what needs to be done on the individual's level to care for themself. It's not affordable and it's time consuming. We have to test solutions for ourselves inch by inch and we have to build solutions to make it easier and, even, feasible to care for ourselves. Join me...

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