
Kid Entrepreneur Catherine Cook On Building A Company At Age 15



We had the opportunity to ask Dan Goodman and Bill Masterson, co-founders of digital entertainment company Believe Entertainment, about their take on the appeal web video and what they think is in store for the future of web series. Find out what they had to say after the jump.
Join us on July 31 for our Social Curation Summit in New York, where you'll learn new strategies to connect and engage with your audience using visual communities such as Pinterest, BO.LT, and Tumblr. Speakers include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shane Rahmani (Thrillist), and Elias Roman (Songza Media). Register by June 7 and save. 
I had the opportunity to ask YouTube sensation Denny Blaze, aka The Average Homeboy, a few questions about his rapping, his life, and what it was like to become a viral sensation on YouTube. Find out what he had to say after the jump!

Six years ago, at age 15, Catherine Cook and her brother Dave came up with the idea for myYearbook—a new way to meet classmates at her new high school. Today Catherine is 21 years old, recently graduated from Georgetown and just sold her company for $100 million! I had the opportunity to ask Catherine a few questions about myYearbook, her success, and the advantage and disadvantages that young entrepreneurs have to deal with.

So you want to act in a web series but you don’t know how to get started, eh? I had the opportunity to ask actor Drew Lanning, known for his work on Beak A Leg, Leap Year and the 7-Eleven Road Trip Rally, a few questions about his experience with web series acting, including what advice he would offer to those of you looking to break into the biz.

Web series pioneer Yuri Baranovsky talks about how he broke into the industry, his path to success and what advice he has to offer to others looking to follow in his footsteps.

Vzaar is a professional video hosting platform designed to help businesses enrich their customers’ eCommerce experience through online video. With vzaar, businesses can integrate professional, customized video players into their sites to engage customers. But aside from being one of the leading video platforms for eCommerce and business sites, vzaar can claim something that no other online video platform can—film director Oliver Stone is an investor.

Interactive video fanatics—prepare to be wowed! Digital media startup Interlude is revolutionizing the world of interactive video with their choose-your-own-adventure-esque online video technology.

If you haven’t seen the latest video from Improv Everywhere, the NYC-based performance group known for its strange public displays and flash mobs, then I suggest you stop everything you’re doing and watch it right now.

Would you attend nude gaming parties if they were real?

When Hannah Hart uploaded her first drunk cooking video to YouTube she had no idea that in two short months she would be a YouTube Partner with over 16,000 subscribers and over 1 million views, but that’s exactly what happened. Who says you can’t drink your way to success?