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entertainment ecosystem that has been
radically disrupted by new technolo-
gies and demanding audience expecta-
tions.
Participants receive the following:
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$15,000 towards development costs
and $15,000 of in-kind services.
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Dynamic selection process via idea-
BOOST’s innovative online application
portal.
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Customizable part-time program
that offers flexibility to participants.
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Intensive business strategy and au-
dience engagement workshops with
experienced industry leaders.
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World-class thought leaders to su-
percharge your creative and business
vision.
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One-on-one meetings with executive
mentors, investors, and prospective
partners.
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Weekly meetings with your lead
guide and domain experts, face-to-
face, or virtual.
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Production and technical/design
meetings.
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Public demo events to gain audience
feedback.
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VIP launch event with the entire ide-
aBOOST community including part-
ners, funders, investors, and potential
customers.
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Unique focus on the digital enter-
tainment market, both content and
enabling technologies, giving partici-
pants the opportunity to learn from
each other.
ideaBOOST is a CFC Media Lab
initiative with founding partners
Corus Entertainment, Google, and
Shaw Media.
Please visit
for
more information.
LEAN CONTENT
CFC Media Lab’s first ever on-
line course for content creators, a co-
production with Ondi Timoner’s Inter-
loper Films/A Total Disruption and in
collaboration with best selling author
of The Lean Startup, Eric Ries. Pro-
duced by two-time Sundance award
winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner in
conjunction with the CFC Media Lab
and Eric Ries, author of the best-selling
book The Lean Startup, this 10-part
online course is designed to help film-
makers, musicians, visual artists and
writers survive and thrive in today’s
rapidly evolving digital economy.
Culled from hundreds of hours of ex-
clusive interviews with top disruptive
entrepreneurs (including the founders
of companies like BitTorrent, Seed &
Spark, VHX, Gumroad, SoundCloud,
Pandora, and Earbits among others)
Lean Content provides artists and con-
tent creators with hugely valuable best
practices, insights and lessons drawn
from the experiences of tech world
trailblazers.
Course Chapters:
Chapter 1. Intro: The Genesis of Lean
Startup
Chapter 2. Content as a Business
Chapter 3. Creating an MVP - AMini-
mum Viable Product
Chapter 4. Build, Measure, Learn
Chapter 5. The Pivot
Chapter 6. Building A Fanbase
Chapter 7. Financing Your Creativity
Chapter 8. Approaches To Distribution
Chapter 9. The Keys To Monetization
Chapter 10. Going Back To The Gate-
keepers
