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VCs Are Looking for Entrepreneurs With Big Ideas: Tubis Farhad Massoudi Beet.TV [Video]

It’s not unusual for entrepreneurs to meet naysayers when they’re seeking seed capital to start a business. However, persistence can pay off for visionaries who are thinking about starting a business.

Farhad Massoudi went through various stages of growth as the founder and chief executive of Tubi, the ad-supported video on demand platform that Fox last year acquired for $440 million. He came up with the idea as advertisers shifted their media spending to digital platforms including social media.

“I thought that TV channels ultimately were going to be replaced with TV apps, and in that process, TV advertising will be completely disrupted,” he said in this interview with Beet.TV. He started a company called AdRise, which evolved into Tubi.

“I have to say, it was really hard to raise money for it,” he said. “In the early days, people didn’t believe TV would be disrupted. The power of the bundle was …

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Leadership at the Edge; Collaborative Leadership with Marsha Acker [Video]

Every month, the Institute of Leadership & Management's CEO, John Mark Williams, is joined by senior leaders from around the world to discuss their real-life experiences of everyday leadership practice, challenge outdated leadership practices and offer a fresh take on the issues that today's leaders face.On this live sesion of Leadership at the edge, the Institute of Leadership & Management’s CEO, John Mark Williams, joined by Executive Coach, Author and CEO of TeamCatapult, Marsha Acker, explore:Overcoming patterned leadership behaviourThe shift towards supporting people rather than achieving results, andWhether 'command and control' still has a place in 21st century leadership.We invite you to join the discussion on LinkedIn Live where you can submit questions, and share thoughts directly with both speakers.Join the conversation on LinkedIn Live.