An Interview with Rennata LópezCo-Founder, Lopii Productions Most kids grow up watching stories that don’t quite reflect who they are. Rennata López is building a company to change that, not with token diversity, but by putting real kids, real stories, and real voices at the center. For those who aren’t familiar, what is Lopii Productions and what have you built?We’re […]
An Interview with Jeff Kohn Founder, TopFan What if your biggest fans weren’t just watching… but actually paying, participating, and helping grow your IP in real time? For years, creators have been told to chase views, subscribers, and algorithms. Jeff Kohn has built something different, TopFan. A system where ownership, access, and monetization are baked directly into the audience experience. […]
Ken Davenport Broadway Producer Most people think Broadway starts with talent. Ken Davenport knows it starts with a sale. For over 30 years, he’s built a career producing shows by doing something most creatives avoid at all costs. Raising money. Selling the vision. Getting people to believe before anything exists. While others wait to be discovered, he teaches creators to […]
Sixte de Vauplane Co-Founder & CEO, Animaj For decades the kids’ animation industry followed the same broken playbook. Pitch a show. Wait years for a broadcaster. Produce 52 episodes. Hope it works. Sixte de Vauplane believes that model is over. As the co-founder of Animaj, he’s building what he calls a next-generation kids’ media company. One that starts on YouTube, […]
An Interview with Álvaro Calmet Co-Founder & Director of Solar Balls | Telos Media Álvaro Calmet didn’t wait for Hollywood. He built an audience instead. Long before Solar Balls became a global animated brand with millions of viewers, merchandise, Patreon supporters, and streaming deals, Álvaro was a teenager in Peru animating videos on YouTube by himself. Writing. Editing. Voice casting […]
CEO, Uscreen Most creators spend years trying to get a platform to say yes. Allison Yazdian is building the tools that let them stop asking. As the CEO of Uscreen, she’s helping thousands of creators launch their own “Netflix-style” platforms where they control the brand, the audience relationship, the data, and most importantly the revenue. In a world where algorithms […]
Co-Founder of Studio NX Adam Jeffcoat is not waiting for Hollywood to say yes. Trained in classical Disney-style animation. Battle-tested in TV. Rejected for a decade by the gatekeepers. Then he flipped the model. Built his own IP. Launched it himself. Accidentally caught Amazon’s attention. Turned a failed monetization experiment into a Prime series. Then raised hundreds of thousands through […]
I chatted with filmmaker Kavan Cardoza at a moment when everything around him was moving fast. The kind of moment where momentum is real, but the pressure is too. Kavan is one of those rare creators who didn’t just use AI to make something flashy. He used it to tell stories. Real stories. Worlds. Characters. Lore. Watching his work, especially […]