The Hollywood Method to Find Business Ideas

[loop101]

Hollywood hates taking chances, and you should to.

Learn from the masters that gave us:

And many others.

Using the proven formula of letting someone else do all the research, and then beating them to market, you too can soon be Living La Vida Loca !

It just takes 4 simple steps:

1. Get a list of recently funded startups.
2. Filter out ones you could not copy.
3. Filter out ones that are not potentially Fastlane.
4. Filter out ones you cannot add a USP.

You should be left with a list of startups that venture capitalists deem good bets, and that you are able to copy and improve upon.

Some resources:

http://dngeek.com/2016/01/37-newly-...omain-names-bumper-com-hotify-com-payable-com

http://dngeek.com/2016/07/68-newly-funded-startups-domain-names-brillen-de-netki-com-mpb-com

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/500-startups

https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-rounds

 

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[GuestUser450]

If you personally had the VC money backing these ideas, you wouldn't need to start anything.

Point being: this would yield a good startup idea list, assuming your goal is to get funded. Otherwise you're following a recipe without any of the ingredients.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Meh.


The "Hollywood Method" is the reason we got only so few great movies in the last decades.

Many of them are just rehashed crap and sequels with a shitty story and lot's of CGI.

Only a few originals with a real fanbase like, for example, "The Big Lebowski".


Little innovation.

Hollywood is money-chasing.

And the Walk Of Fame is just a sidewalk after all

 

[Fox]

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The difference in being first to market with revenue versus budget is huge. I don't follow.

Have you used this method yourself with a business?

 

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[mws87]

Or you can just make horror movies. Even the bad ones make money back (sometimes). Ever hear about those shitty movies on the Sci-Fi network? They are terrible. God-awful. Yet people still watch them.

Check out Platinum Dunes' numbers, even for the terrible movies (attached). Sure, a lot of them are piggy-backing on well-established franchises (TCM, Nightmare on Elm St, etc.) but check out the numbers for Ouija, The Purge, and The Unborn.

*edit: I know this thread isn't about making movies, more about a business strategy. Still thought it was interesting, though.*

 

[loop101]

Meh.


The "Hollywood Method" is the reason we got only so few great movies in the last decades.

Many of them are just rehashed crap and sequels with a shitty story and lot's of CGI.

Only a few originals with a real fanbase like, for example, "The Big Lebowski".


Little innovation.

Hollywood is money-chasing.

And the Walk Of Fame is just a sidewalk after all

I thought The Big Lebowksi was a remake of the The Big Sleep with Marlowe being replaced by a character based on producer Jeff Dowd?

 

[loop101]

Or you can just make horror movies. Even the bad ones make money back (sometimes). Ever hear about those shitty movies on the Sci-Fi network? They are terrible. God-awful. Yet people still watch them.

Check out Platinum Dunes' numbers, even for the terrible movies (attached). Sure, a lot of them are piggy-backing on well-established franchises (TCM, Nightmare on Elm St, etc.) but check out the numbers for Ouija, The Purge, and The Unborn.

*edit: I know this thread isn't about making movies, more about a business strategy. Still thought it was interesting, though.*

I had a film production teacher that had made a super-bad "Americana" horror film that was completely paid for by a large Japanese company. Half of our final exam was to write a 10 page brochure outlining the investment opportunities for potential investors. I don't think I've seen anyone on this site talk about using micro-budget indie films as a Fastlane business. Basically you are using other people's money to finance your film company, and they get more money back the earlier they put money in, and the longer they wait to get it out. After all the investors are paid off, its 100% profit for you, and you own the asset forever. Horror and Romance will always play in theaters, since teens need a dark place to go. All other genres people can watch in their house.

 

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[loop101]

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The difference in being first to market with revenue versus budget is huge. I don't follow.

Have you used this method yourself with a business?

The movie that comes out first benefits from the novelty of the idea, and the marketing budgeting of both films. The movie that comes out second, nobody cares about because they've already seen the idea in a movie.

Using your numbers, the first movie spent $70M and got a 130% profit. The second movie spent $150M and got a 36% profit. So the cheaper movie came out first, and made a much better profit.

Another example:

As for your VERY IMPORTANT UNDERLINED BOLDFACE question, I no longer discuss what I am doing on this, or any other, website.

The purpose of this thread is to point out that there are sources of semi-vetted ideas, for people who have no ideas. Or for people who want examples of "good" ideas. VCs are like people who finance movies, they are trying to minimize risk. It is unlikely they would drop $1M on a startup without having done more market research than a typical forum member could ever do. Film studios copy scenes and even entire movies from eachother, because they know it is unlikely that another other studio would risk $100M on an unmarketable idea (unless it Arnold having a baby).

 

[loop101]

If you personally had the VC money backing these ideas, you wouldn't need to start anything.

Point being: this would yield a good startup idea list, assuming your goal is to get funded. Otherwise you're following a recipe without any of the ingredients.

The money that backs the idea needs anything to start the funding list. The recipe's ingredients follow the point being the assumed startup.

 

[GuestUser450]

The money that backs the idea needs anything to start the funding list. The recipe's ingredients follow the point being the assumed startup.

 

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[theag]

It just takes 4 simple steps

How many successful businesses did you start by using this method?

 

[Jake]

Or you can just make horror movies. Even the bad ones make money back (sometimes). Ever hear about those shitty movies on the Sci-Fi network? They are terrible. God-awful. Yet people still watch them.

Check out Platinum Dunes' numbers, even for the terrible movies (attached). Sure, a lot of them are piggy-backing on well-established franchises (TCM, Nightmare on Elm St, etc.) but check out the numbers for Ouija, The Purge, and The Unborn.

*edit: I know this thread isn't about making movies, more about a business strategy. Still thought it was interesting, though.*

Paranormal Activity - Budget $15,000 Gross $193,355,800

Nailed it

 

[Dwight Schrute]

I thought The Big Lebowksi was a remake of the The Big Sleep with Marlowe being replaced by a character based on producer Jeff Dowd?

Didn't know about that movie, thanks for mentioning.


On topic,

Rocket Internet seems to do exactly what you described in your OP,
and they are definately not lacking money.

Point for you.

 

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[loop101]

How many successful businesses did you start by using this method?

How many ducks did you sick today?