20VC: From Leading the BBC to Leading Venture Capitalist, The Biggest Similarities and Differences Between the Best Founders and the Best Actors & The Future of Media; Legacy vs New, The Creator Economy, The Rise of TikTok and more with Danny Cohen

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4.4 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Danny Cohen is the President of Access Entertainment, a division of Len Blavatnik's Access Industries. Access Entertainment’s corporate investments include film and television studio A24; Europe’s fastest-growing company Tripledot Studios; creator economy leader Spotter; and a new immersive arts’ experience launched in collaboration with David Hockney and Lightroom. Before joining Access, Danny was the Director of BBC Television where he had responsibility for all of the BBC's network channels and the greenlighting and production of the BBC's drama, entertainment, comedy, arts, history, science, educational content and documentary.

In Today's Episode with Danny Cohen We Discuss:

1. From Leading the BBC to Investing for Len Blavatnik:

How did Danny make his way from leading the BBC to investing for Len @ Access?
What was he most nervous about when making the transition to investing?
What has been the hardest investing skill to learn?

2. Great Founders are Like Great Actors:

What are the biggest similarities in what makes the best founders and the best actors?
How are the best founders different from the best actors?
Why does Danny believe the risk that an actor takes is so different to the risk founders take?
How does Danny feel both founders and actors can and should be managed?

3. The Future of Media:

What does Danny mean when he says he looks for "eyeballs and attention" when investing?
How does legacy media respond to the threat created by social media today?
How does AI change the future of content creation and distribution today?
How do the strikes in Hollywood impact the future of content supply?

4. Marriage, Children and Loneliness:

Why does Danny believe that loneliness will continue to be the biggest problem we face?
What are Danny's biggest pieces of advice from 17 years of happy marriage?
Why did Danny decide to not have children? What did that decision-making process look like?

Transcript

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0:00.0	What is it about founders that gives you the confidence to invest in them?
0:04.0	It's metrics, but it's also a question of emotional intelligence and an ability to read people.
0:09.0	Extreme drive, focus on quality, an ability to separate what really matters from all the other stuff going on,
0:16.0	and attention to detail, and flexibility of mind.
0:19.0	Because as conditions change, what do you do about that
0:21.6	if conditions change how flexible are you in changing your approach there is true of someone
0:25.9	acting on the stage at a 300 year old theatre as they are of a gaming company this is 20 VC
0:31.2	with me harry stebbings and i'm really excited for this episode today as we have a very different
0:35.1	profile of guest he previously led the BBC,
0:38.4	where he managed over 3,000 people and was at the forefront of the world of media,
0:42.5	before making his way into the world of investing as president of Access Entertainment
0:46.4	Lemlovanek's investing practice. And so with that, I'm thrilled to welcome Danny Cohen.
0:50.9	But before we dive into the show today, there is no shortage of helpful AI tools out
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1:21.6	Automate the tedious tasks like summarizing meeting notes or finding next steps, freeing you up to do the deep work.
1:28.2	It allows you to save time and write faster by letting Notion AI handle the first draft,
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