Investors are discovering the upside potential of Creative Entrepreneurs hiding in plain sight across the UK as they fuel one of Britain’s most potent economic sectors.
Music is invaluable. Priceless. Having said that, the global music sector of the Media & Entertainment industry makes a lot of money.
The creator economy is just the tip of the iceberg as indie filmmakers, songwriters and artists of all kinds begin to generate value with their own IP as creative entrepreneurs.
Our interview with Julian offers a practical window into how value is actually created in Media & Entertainment today.
A simple attitude adjustment may allow media entrepreneurs to better align with early-stage investors.
There's a hidden corporate architecture in the U.S. that unlocks the upside to early-stage capital investing. Build without it and your business is all downside.
The fundamental instrument of human culture, economics and politics can be distilled down to one simple thing: strategy.
Professional investors provide more value than the money they invest. So, how do entrepreneurs in the creative industries find them?
A consortium of private equity giants recently undertook history’s largest leveraged buyout of a public company. It wasn’t a bank, oil or pharma. It was Media & Entertainment.
Capital markets are increasingly financing and valuing Media & Entertainment through royalty revenues rather than control over distribution.
The Marketplace of Ideas explains how narrative forms choice so consumers can allocate scarce currencies such as money, attention and credibility.
Whether you identify as the “founder” or the “money”, knowing how a media business generates revenue from audience is critical to unlocking success. The key is understanding how they fail to.
The UK has a startup investment proposal. It comes with up to 72% downside protection and unlimited upside potential? Worth the risk?
Many creator-led media businesses believe in “audience first” when in reality they are accumulating reach on infrastructure they don’t control.
From acquisition to monetisation and scale, audience-first media strategies underpin today’s digital-first media enterprise.
The theory of narrative economics describes how storytelling turns private thought into shared information and then into collective action.
The Year of the Crowd, Unfair Advantages and the Rise of Narrative Economics. Plus, a Decision-Grade Intelligence Platform Just for You.
As our industry breaks new records in annual global revenues, and as audiences demand ever more content, creative entrepreneurs struggle to raise capital. Needlessly.
The year 2026 has arrived. Is this a fresh start? Unlikely. Yesterday still matters and tomorrow is all about the story we believe. What comes next is narrative.
If money is the metric, M&E is near the top of the league tables. But add inherent control over all narrative, and we see all other industries bow before it.