Today the "Bad Feminist" author Roxane Gay on Twitter reminded me of this note on a website contact form I saw when requesting a blurb for the Expat Harem book: ancient self governance planning from Dr. Fatema Mernissi, shown in a screenshot of her site below.
Media & publishing pros 'running with the ball', TBT
TBT, to the book launch of The Season Of The Witch
This was a fun night with Fast Company journalist EB Liza Boyd at the Elks Club for Salon founder David Talbot.
His book "chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when figures such as Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh helped usher it from backwater city to thriving metropolis."
TBT, reporting on UNESCO award-winning architectural restoration in Southeast Asia
SUBMIT YOUR FEATURE FILM: Second Screen is now seeking 50 founding filmmakers
Second Screen, where I am COO & Cofounder, is now accepting film submissions for consideration.
The first founding filmmaker is on board at Second Screen, and he's an award-winning ambassador for the 49 other feature makers this mobile streaming platform is now seeking, for equity! Do you know a filmmaker like Fernando Lebrija who is right for Second Screen?
FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES: become a Second Screen content partner
See more by visiting the Second Screen site.
A sneak peek: a new way to watch
A sneak peek at an email that goes out wide tomorrow.
Don't miss this part ...
ENTERTAINMENT + STARTUPS + TECH
How fun! Bringing together my experience in investment, media, entertainment, tech and culture, I've joined the Second Screen team.
I'll be heading operations at this exciting intersection of emerging platforms, innovative character-driven content formats, and millennial audiences.
We're currently raising a seed round.
Share this, and, talk to me!
Go see more at SECOND SCREEN.
VIP Mentor & Coach at Berkeley Law's PitchLab Workshops
Thrilled to be joining these speakers, coaches and founders at UC Berkeley PitchLab Workshops this spring.
The series of workshops for founders who attend Berkeley Law workshops is run by my fellow SCET-BMOE pitch judge George Kopas, and the PitchLab Leadership Team*, will address
- pitch deck models,
- elements of startup eco-systems,
- case studies from successful startups,
- coaching and mentoring for effective pitching, and
- founder and startup eco-system pointers.
The program will also include guest speakers - VCs, founders, judges, mentors, others - sharing their insights about elements of successful entrepreneurial efforts.
* The PitchLab Leadership Team
Silvia Segade Sanz, LLM, 2018 Berkeley Law
Felipe Saraiva Carneiro, LLM, 2018 Berkeley Law
Dax viviD, PhD UC Berkeley
Bruno Droghetti Magalhães Santos, LLM, 2018 Berkeley Law
Noha Yasmine, LLM, 2018 Berkeley Law
Luisa Scarpelli, LLM, 2018 Berkeley Law
Carlota Sáenz Guillén, LLM, 2018 Berkeley Law
Victoria Howell, Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series; former Director, SCET Bootcamps, UC Berkeley