March 2016 – As a precursor to the first Silicon Valley Comic Con, Keith Arem held a screening of his first film “Phoenix Incident” which he wrote and directed. The “found footage” style science fiction thriller, focuses on a story that is based on the actual reported UFO sightings. The actual incident took place on…
March 2016 – One of the major challenges for companies in the global marketplace is the management of billing and recognition of review. To address this challenge, Chargebee created an on-line billing system that is on a scaled cost basis, starting with a full feature free version for startups under $50,000. A number of the…
January 2016 – Prior to the start of the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, we had an opportunity to sit down with Jerome Perrod global President of Buffet Crampon and Francois Klok President of Buffet Crampon USA to talk about the directions of the industry as their company approaches its 200th anniversary. The company…
The Women’s International Music Network was founded in 2012 and it came about in an organic fashion, stated Laura Whitmore, its founder. As a journalist, she interviewed many female musicians and she came across the same stories again and again. One story literally blew her mind. Whitmore heard from a 70-years old female performer. After…
January 2016 – This February, the next installment of the annual Digital Entertainment World Expo is being held. Once again in Los Angeles over the 3 days of Feb 9-11, the event is covering the areas of gaming, TV, film, branding, advertising, licensing, music and innovation. The digital media marketplace is in the middle of…
June 2015 – Ori Inbar is the organizer of the Augmented World Expo and the Executive Director of AugmentedReality.org. After a slight delay from the scheduled time at the show while Ori was addressing physical realities of the dynamics of a several hundred attendee show logistics on opening day, we sat down for a short…
January 2015 – Paul Reed Smith is a master luthier and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars which is considered one of the top makers of high quality guitars in the United States. Carlos Santana, Orianthi, Jimmy Buffett all claim their PRS guitars are their favorite instruments. Ted Nugent has owned a PRS guitar…