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Ali Aksu

FounderUntold

New York, NY

Member Since October 2023

Skills

Technology
Digital Media
Entertainment

About

Ali M. Aksu is an international film producer, director and entrepreneur. He is the executive producer of several groundbreaking projects, including the first-ever Hollywood feature film to cast digital media creators, Laid In America, that was distributed by Universal Studios. He is the founder of Untold, a FINRA member funding platform for media and entertainment content; Auteur Academy, an educational platform to empower independent filmmakers. Ali is the Southern California Young Professionals Ambassador at the United Nations Association of America. He is an MBA candidate at Chicago Booth School of Business. He holds a B.A. in Economics, with a minor in film, TV and digital media from UCLA, and earned executive-level degrees from MIT, Wharton and Singularity University.

Published content

Creator's Blueprint: Amplifying Impact in Mass Content

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In an era where digital content reigns supreme and more independent artists are being supported, the creator economy has emerged as a powerful force for social change.

Eight Tips for Pulling Your Team Out of a Post-Holiday Winter Slump

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Help your team beat their winter blues by taking these important steps. Once the celebrations of the holiday season are over, it can be easy to fall into a slump upon your return to work. The merrymaking is over, and the cold, gloomy feel of winter sets in — not the best recipe for a motivated staff. And while the winter blues can hit anyone — even leaders — getting their teams reenergized and ready to tackle the year ahead is essential for leaders looking to hit their business goals and encourage a happy, healthy culture. However, boosting employee morale is about more than just throwing pizza parties. According to the business leaders of Rolling Stone Culture Council, taking the following eight steps can ensure you not only help employees find their motivation in the short term, but help cultivate positivity and an overall better work environment that will last throughout the year.

The Future Belongs to Impact-Driven Creators: The Shift in the Creator Economy

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The future is not just in creation but in the impact of that creation. And that future starts now.

Eight Ways Marketers Can Be More Thoughtful About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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If you want more customers, you have to ensure they feel represented in your marketing first. No matter whether they’re marketing a product or a service, companies have to appeal to what their audiences want. In today’s world, that means diversity. Customers like to see themselves in advertising, as it allows them to envision themselves using the particular product or service and to understand how it might benefit them specifically. But customers can’t feel represented if marketers aren’t considering diversity in the first place. While many companies have gotten on board with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in their marketing, many others are still struggling to make the right changes. As business leaders in the culture space, the members of Rolling Stone Culture Council have advice to share when it comes to DEI. Here, they discuss eight ways business leaders can ensure they're being thoughtful about diversity, equity and inclusion in their marketing and why it's so important to do so.

Overwhelmed by Your To-Do List? 11 Tips for Tackling the Busy Holiday Season

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With these tips, you can enjoy the holidays and feel productive at the same time. During the holidays, both your personal and professional to-do lists can often feel never-ending. With gatherings to attend, shopping to do, projects to wrap up and tasks to try to complete before you take off on PTO, finding a way to get it all done can seem impossible. To help ease your work-life balance during the busy holiday season, it’s key to get organized at work and put systems into place to help you bring your workload down to a more manageable level. To help, 11 business leaders from Rolling Stone Culture Council each discuss one tip they'd offer business leaders for how to tackle a long list of competing priorities during this time of year and get a little more enjoyment out of the festive season.

Company details

Untold

Company bio

Untold is an impact investment platform in mass media. The FINRA member fractionalized ownership platform allows qualified issuers to raise up to $5M annually via general public.

Industry

Technology

Area of focus

Blockchain
FinTech
Impact Investing

Company size

2 - 10

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