BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9084761902ed8aa205f629d414e24152823 CATEGORIES:Silicon Beach SUMMARY:Silicon Beach Jan. Meeting DESCRIPTION:
Launching an Entertainmen t Startup during the Pandemic
Peter Shiao planne d a hopeful 2020 launch for his startup Immortal Studios – an independent cont ent studio focused on the martial arts-fantasy genre known as Wuxia. With m oney from bold-faced investors atop prominent public stages, Immortal Studi os was set to become a successful company. However, the pandemic introduced unique and difficult challenges. He used this opportunity to work cheaper and faster, and launched anyway. Seven months later, he and his team have b uilt the foundation of a digital native studio that is writing their own pl aybook to “Awaken the Hero in everyone.”
About the Speaker
Peter Shiao (UCLA political science 1990) is a serial entrepreneur whose career has been at the intersection of the East and West across entertainment, media, technolo gy, politics and culture. He founded and chaired the US-China Film Summit, founded the first Hollywood-China entertainment fund, and produced the firs t ever US-China movie co-production. From 2014-2018, he founded the Califor nia-China Initiative in partnership with California Governor Jerry Brown, t he Milken Institute and the LA Times to implement the California-China cros s industrial collaboration across seven industrial sectors. He was also res ponsible for the international content efforts of the Shaolin Temple, the b irthplace of Kung Fu, across all media verticals.
Please w
atch the training and read the documents on the BP ZOOM Res
ource Center, so you are prepared for the meeting.
Time will be set aside for attendee intro ductions, so using the video feature throughout the meeting is encouraged. Please watch the training and read the documents on the BP ZOOM Resource Center, so you are prepared for the meeti ng.
Cost: Free