Starting Your Own Entertainment Production Company

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A practical primer on starting a business, staying in business, and thriving, whether in motion pictures, television, or another entertainment industry venture.

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What you can learn.

  • Learn the practicalities of starting and running a successful production company
  • Understand essential issues in the implementation of business practices
  • Hear from guest speakers regarding pressing topics such as financing, intellectual property, union issues, and more

About this course:

A practical primer on starting a business, staying in business, and thriving—whether in motion pictures, television or another entertainment industry venture. This course addresses essential issues regarding the legal and business affairs basics, planning, implementation and management. Guest speakers include industry experts in entertainment financing, intellectual property, union issues, distribution, film and television production, and other matters relating to managing and operating an independent production company.

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