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The Story of MoviePass, Hollywood, and What It's Takes to be an Entrepreneur with Stacy Spikes l 🎙

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My Guest to Today is the Spectacular Stacy Spikes. Stacy is the Author of Black Founder - The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider. Stacy is also the co-founder of MoviePass.  MoviePass is a subscription-based movie ticketing service. Prior to MoviePass, Stacy worked at Motown Universal and was VP of Marketing at Miramax. He has worked with everyone from Eddie Murphy to Stevie Wonder.

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1:27 - MoviePass Documentary
3:07 - MovieGoing Experience
4:12 - Inspiring Black People in Film/Music
5:59 - Favorite Movies Growing Up
7:20 - Blade Runner
8:10 - Acting - stereotypical roles
10:13 - Clarence Avant
14:45 - Soundtracks Vs. LP Albums
16:00 - Spike
17:10 - Film Festivals and Urbanworld
20:44 - On Marketing
25:00 - Getting early users: MoviePass
28:02 - Founders Mindset
29:10 - Founder-Investor Relationships
31:05 - Get 117K users in 48hrs
33:33 - Returning to MoviePass
35:12 - Seasonality of Movies
37:12 - Writing "Black Founder" Book
40:40 - Movies you want to see on the Screen
45:22 - Founder's Toolkit
48:40 - Outsider's Toolkit
51:00 - Get the Book

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Episode aired Jul 30, 2024

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