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Accelerator
CREATED IN HAWAII, MADE FOR THE WORLD
The GVS Accelerator EMPOWERS Hawaii -based creative entrepreneurs to LAUNCH original, future -proof, impacting
media franchises for wide commercial audiences.
BRIDGING ALL
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
BRIDGING
ASIA &NORTH
Unique Hybrid Model
High tech startup +
entertainment
Empowering Creative
Entrepreneurs
Storyteller Owns IP
Transmedia
Diversity in Platforms
AMERIQ4
Hawaii's Potential for Innovation
Bridging North America and Asia
STUDIO HIGHLIGHTS 2014-2015
Screening room/telepresence suite
• pitches
•product testing
•virtual collaboration
•community events
In-house sound recording studio GVS Showcase (Demo Day)
•self-sustaining •workshops and panels
•serving cohort, •Hawai'i creative expo
•new moneymaker •Cohort presentations
Recognized by the U.S. Congress
& Representative Tulsi Gabbard
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Honored by the
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GROWTH IS CONTAGIOUS
Momentum created by GVS Accelerator's launch has triggered a chain reaction!
FOLLOW-ON MATCHING FUND: Accelerator graduates now have access to $ I ,5M follow-on fund ready to match private equity
monies raised up to $250K per startup,
BROADBAND PILOT: GVS Connect awarded $300K for a Broadband Pilot program showing how broadband connectivity, virtual
collaboration & digital asset management will UNLOCK Hawaii's latent potential for innovation industries.
• Funding hubs on the Big Island (rural) and Honolulu
• Serving current and future cohorts
• Piloting the virtual capabilities in the entertainment industry, telemedicine, distance learning,
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David L. Cunningham, Nil<I<i Nietz, and the GVSTeam have a
proven track record of pioneering, incubation and acceleration.
INTERNATIONALLY
NETWORKED CONTENT
CREATION STUDIO
1WAI'I-BASED TRANSMEDIA INITIATIVES ALREADY
ACCELERATED BY CUNNINGHAM AND HIS TEAM
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STUDIO
PIONEERED INDEPENDENT
FILMMAKING ON HAWAII ISLAND
INTERACTIVE E -BOOK
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APP STORE
WILL BE THE LARGEST PRODUCTION CITIZEN JOURNALISM MOVEMENT
& EVENT COMPLEX IN THE STATE OF HI
The GVS AcceleratorTeam is:
dedicated - flexible - passionate
- forward -thinking - team players
DAVID L. CUNNINGHAM- INTERNATIONAL,
INDEPENDENT & STUDIO FILMMAKER
CONCIEVED CONCEPT FOR -
MULTIPLATFORM TRANSMEDIA
CAMPAIGN FOR ORPHANS WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS
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Ralph Winter
Producer: X -MEN, Fantastic Four
CrouchingTiger. Hidden Dragon II
James Snook
Software Engineer and Technologist
Innovations for Starbucks
SOME OF OUR ALL-STAR MENTORS
Lance Priebe Mike Frank
Designer, Artist and Entrepreneur Entrepreneur; Executive for PepsiCo,
Co -Founder: Club Penguin Disney and co-founder Level 3
Tab Murphy
Screenwriter; Gorillas in the Mist,
Taman, Brother Bear
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Grant Curtis Scott Allendevaux
Producer: Spider -Man I, 2, 3 Innovator; Unified Communications
Oz:The Great and Powerful Founder of Iformata,Telepresence
Chris Lee
Producer; Superman Returns
Former President at Columbia/
TriStar Pictures
FrankTate
Business strategy Innovator: MindQuilt
MTV Super Franks Fun Adventure
Steven Okin
Strategic Growth Specialist/Executive in the
Entertainment Sector
Sony Music Entertainment & Sony Wonder
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Georja Skinner
Chief Officer: State of Hawaii Creative
Industries Division/DBEDT
Edwin Marshall
Film &TransMedia Producer
To End All Wars, Walter's Flying Bus,
After)-ife
William Kendall Sondra Haley
Digital Media Entrepreneur & Communications Consultant (with Disney, Gap)
TransMedia Producer Former Deputy Press Secretary forthe First Lady
Battlestar Galactica, Under the Dome
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Michael Palmieri Kevin Mills
Transmedia Writer/Producer Entertainment, Business, Internet Law
84th Academy Awards Series, Six Days, Legal Counsel; Republic Pictures, Independent
Seven Nights Artists Co., Hallmark Entertainment
Jeff Zacha
Executive VP for Worldwide Post Production
Formerly with Walt Disney Studios"'1120
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FLIPPINGTHE _)LD MODEL
Hawaii is more than a tourist or production
destination...
GVS empowers HI residents to develop, launch
and own their own transmedia franchises
Disciplined, Proven Industry Front -running
Development Pipeline Mentors & Coaches
You don't have to be in the big city to produce transmedia...
Based in Kona on the Big Island, GVS is proving that virtual
connectivity and collaboration are real game changers
OUR MODEL
$50K startup seed money Collaborative, Connected Empowered Hawaii
CoWork Space Creative Entrepreneurs
PIPELINE +
MENTORS +
SEED MONEY +
SYNERGY =
SUCCESS
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STATS & PROGRESS
Cycle One has been a blast and it's not over yet!
Our first cohort is just about to graduate and has now�.G '
begun fundraising for follow-on.A�
Number of applicants for Cycle One
Number & type of companies selected for
GVS Accelerator Program
lobs created by cohort companies so far
Accelerator jobs created (AcceleratorTeam)
Number of startups in residence at CoWork Space
Number of total CoWork Space & event attendees Cycle One
100 applicants started process, 52 made it to round two
5 selected: 2 Feature Film -driven, I Large Format/IMAX-driven,
I TV -driven, I Web/App-driven
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WHEN THE INNOVATION SECTORWINS-EVERYBODYWINS...
"...you don't have to be a scientist or an engineer to thrive in one of the brain
hubs. Carpenters, taxi-drivers, teachers, nurses, and other local service jobs
are created at a ratio of five to one in the brain hubs, raising salaries and
standard of living for all."
(Enrico Moretti, "The New Geography of Jobs")
SUCCESS for the GVS ACCELERATOR LOOKS LIKE
• a rich, competitive applicant poo
• Hawai'i-based IP ownership
• developed Infrastructure and cross-pollination
• breakthrough business models, platforms and technologies
• self-sustaining ecosystem
• economy stimulated at macro and micro levels
IF WE CAN PROVE THIS MODEL ON AN ISLAND, WE CAN DO IT ANYWHERE IN THE USA!
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