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Jason Peterson is an entrepreneur, attorney, producer, and the current Chief Executive Officer of GoDigital Media Group (godigital.com), a multinational conglomerate that connects creativity to commerce across consumer passion points in music, entertainment and sports. Jason began his career as one of the original players in digital music, signing Master P at just the age of 24. He built GDMG as an innovator from there, becoming the first company to monetize music on YouTube and the first to build a cloud based digital media supply chain and is now connecting content, community and commerce. As a producer with 24 years of experience, Jason’s been named as one of the ‘Top 50 Indie’, ‘Top 40 under 40’ and ‘Top Latin’ Power Players in music by Billboard, ‘Top 40 under 40’ in home entertainment by Media Play News and as one of the ‘Top 30 entrepreneurs under 30’ by Los Angeles Business Journal. Artists and repertoire Jason has done work with include Janet Jackson, T.I., Jason Derulo, Pitbull, Psy, and Daddy Yankee. He has produced dozens of major music videos that have won “Video of the Year” at the Gospel Music Awards, MTV Latin Video Music Awards as well as “Best Directorial Debut” at the MVPA awards. Most recently he co-produced the video for Janet Jackson and Daddy Yankee’s “Made for Now”.
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No business is ever a total failure if you’ve learned something from it. It’s a sad reality that many businesses will fail — in fact, around 18 percent of businesses tend to fail within their first year of operation. However, a failing business doesn’t have to be a total loss for an entrepreneur. There are often many valuable lessons to be learned from a failed business — whether it’s your own or another brand’s. The key is figuring out what those lessons are and how you can apply them to your next business venture. As leaders in the culture space, the members of Rolling Stone Culture Council have seen many businesses come and go. Below, they share the notable lessons they've learned from the failure of a business and how that has impacted how they lead now.
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Discover how you can foster a diverse and inclusive network of peers to drive inspiration and growth. In the culture space, diverse perspectives are more than a "nice to have" — they’re essential for fostering continuous innovation that resonates with your audience. Building an inclusive network of peers can guarantee access to a wide range of ideas, experiences and viewpoints to enrich your work and inspire growth. However, creating such a network doesn't happen without intentionality and effort. To help, the members of Rolling Stone Culture Council share their expert tips on developing a diverse network to help broaden your perspectives and impact.
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Employees who take ownership often feel more valued, motivated and connected to company goals. Many companies often struggle with employee engagement. Employees may be “phoning it in,” not taking initiative or failing to do more than is required of them, and company leaders can’t figure out how to get them more invested not only in their own success, but in the success of the company as well. One solution is to build a culture of ownership. When employees feel they have control over their work and their future, they’re more likely to be productive and step up with ideas to benefit their team, as well as feel generally happier about their work. So what’s the key to creating such a company culture, and what steps can leaders take to build one? Here, business leaders from Rolling Stone Culture Council draw on their own experience improving employee engagement and offer up 10 strategies they’ve found to be most effective in empowering employees to take ownership of their roles and future success.
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You don’t necessarily have to sacrifice one to achieve the other. All companies must eventually make sales if they want to last as a business. And to make sales, you need to work on marketing — or getting your brand and products in front of potential customers and detailing the reasons why they should pass their hard-earned cash off to you. But while earning sales is one of the main goals of good marketing, some efforts can sometimes come off too “salesy,” turning off customers with far too insistent and persistent language and messaging. Today’s consumers crave more transparency from brands, so marketers must work to balance their sales pitch with their brand’s authentic voice. Drawing on their own experiences as business leaders, the members of Rolling Stone Culture Council weigh in below on how brands can balance authenticity and marketing when developing their unique brand story and why it’s so important to do so.
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Leadership skills can never truly be mastered, as they are something that should evolve over time. Professional development is often focused on improving yourself and your skills to help you move up in your career. The better you are at something, and the more skills you have, the higher on the ladder you can climb. But no one ever truly reaches perfection — not even leaders. Learning doesn’t stop once you become the boss. In fact, it’s even more important that you continue to learn as a leader if you want to grow, innovate and succeed as a business. So what are some of the things you can learn? Here, 12 business leaders from Rolling Stone Culture Council discuss the things about themselves they have had to work on improving over the years and why it’s so important other leaders do the same.
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Letting customers get to know your brand on a deeper level can drive long-term loyalty. Customers are more informed than they ever have been before — and they’d like to keep it that way. In fact, a recent study by Sprout Social found that 86 percent of Americans believe transparency in business to be more important now than ever. They want to know who they’re buying from, what they stand for and what it truly is they’re purchasing with their hard-earned dollars. This knowledge can help drive loyalty and trust among consumers, earning businesses repeat sales and a stable customer base. But what are some of the ways companies can give customers more behind-the-scenes insights? As business leaders in the culture space, the members of Rolling Stone Culture Council have a few tried-and-true tips to share. Consider their advice to incorporate more opportunities for transparency with customers and have a positive impact on your company's overall reputation.
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GoDigital Media Group
Company bio
GoDigital Media Group (“GDMG”) is a media and technology holding company engaged in intellectual property rights management and distribution through its operating subsidiaries. We support a community that flourishes through creativity and a culture dedicated to innovation. GoDigital Media Group has three divisions: MUSIC: - Cinq Music - Grammy winning record label, distributor and rights manager - VidaPrimo - Hispanic targeted music video multi-channel network - AdShare - The leading social media monetization service for music, film, television and sports rights holders - Sound Royalties - The leading provider of innovative financing solutions for music creators NETWORKS: - Latido Music - The #1 TV network for fans of all genres of Latin Music - mitú - The leading digital media company representing the Latino point of view - YogaWorks - One of the largest providers of Yoga instruction in the US