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$300M+ Houston Curtis, The Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist
$300M+ Houston Curtis, The Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist | Kardsharp Media & Creator of Many Multi – Million Dollar Entertainment Brands
Do what you love and the money will come
Tweet This
Houston Curtis joins the crew on Beyond 8 Figures, he has some great stories of life as a Former MTV network executive and Creator of niche-driven multi-million dollar entertainment brands, Houston Curtis has been called a “Visionary” and “trail-blazer” by his peers. Houston brings with him over 20 years of success and experience as a Producer, EP, Show-runner, Direct Marketing expert, independent Label President, writer, speaker, and entertainment consultant. Houston has built multi million dollar after multi million dollar business all in the entertainment space.
One of Houstons stories was about how he had created backyard wrestling, pre youtube, how he had to get people to mail him VHS tapes of the crazy backyard stunts, even MTV deemed these too much for TV. If Houston looked back now he says he would have put all his content on Youtube as soon as it launched and waited for a revenue model to be created.
Houston Curtis’s Founder and CEO positions have included start-ups Backyard Wrestling Inc., Xtreme Entertainment Group, Big Vision Entertainment and Legend Group Studios. Collectively, these companies have grossed over 100 million dollars in revenues from exploitation of all content rights since their 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2014 inception.
Houston has created and executive produced shows, films and a variety of television programming for FOX, MTV, CBS, A&E, GSN, G4, DirecTV, Warner Brothers, Sony Studios, and Twentieth Television among others.
Most notable Houston co-founded of the largest private poker game in Hollywood history along side actor Tobey Maguire. As they engineer behind the events that inspired the book and film Molly’s Game, Curtis new book Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist, tells the true rise and fall story of this now legendary poker game, and how when it all came crashing down, Curtis crashed hardest.
In this episode, Steve, Richard, and Houston discuss:
Key Takeaways:
Best Advice I Ever Received:
“Do what you love and the money will come”
Best Advice I’d Give To Someone Who Wants To Build A $10m+ Business:
“I’ve always taken an aim for the stars, land on the moon approach to growing a company. If you want to build a 10 million dollar business, set out to build a billion dollar business instead”
Connect with Houston:
Twitter: @Houston_Curtis
Website: https://www.kardsharp.com
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: youtube.com/user/buildmybusiness
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houstoncurtis
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kardsharp89
Follow Beyond 8 Figures:
Search for:
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$300M+ Houston Curtis, The Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist | Kardsharp Media & Creator of Many Multi – Million Dollar Entertainment Brands
Do what you love and the money will come
Tweet This
Houston Curtis joins the crew on Beyond 8 Figures, he has some great stories of life as a Former MTV network executive and Creator of niche-driven multi-million dollar entertainment brands, Houston Curtis has been called a “Visionary” and “trail-blazer” by his peers. Houston brings with him over 20 years of success and experience as a Producer, EP, Show-runner, Direct Marketing expert, independent Label President, writer, speaker, and entertainment consultant. Houston has built multi million dollar after multi million dollar business all in the entertainment space.
One of Houstons stories was about how he had created backyard wrestling, pre youtube, how he had to get people to mail him VHS tapes of the crazy backyard stunts, even MTV deemed these too much for TV. If Houston looked back now he says he would have put all his content on Youtube as soon as it launched and waited for a revenue model to be created.
Houston Curtis’s Founder and CEO positions have included start-ups Backyard Wrestling Inc., Xtreme Entertainment Group, Big Vision Entertainment and Legend Group Studios. Collectively, these companies have grossed over 100 million dollars in revenues from exploitation of all content rights since their 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2014 inception.
Houston has created and executive produced shows, films and a variety of television programming for FOX, MTV, CBS, A&E, GSN, G4, DirecTV, Warner Brothers, Sony Studios, and Twentieth Television among others.
Most notable Houston co-founded of the largest private poker game in Hollywood history along side actor Tobey Maguire. As they engineer behind the events that inspired the book and film Molly’s Game, Curtis new book Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist, tells the true rise and fall story of this now legendary poker game, and how when it all came crashing down, Curtis crashed hardest.
In this episode, Steve, Richard, and Houston discuss:
Key Takeaways:
Best Advice I Ever Received:
“Do what you love and the money will come”
Best Advice I’d Give To Someone Who Wants To Build A $10m+ Business:
“I’ve always taken an aim for the stars, land on the moon approach to growing a company. If you want to build a 10 million dollar business, set out to build a billion dollar business instead”
Connect with Houston:
Twitter: @Houston_Curtis
Website: https://www.kardsharp.com
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: youtube.com/user/buildmybusiness
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houstoncurtis
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kardsharp89
Follow Beyond 8 Figures:
Search for:
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August 25, 2020
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November 13, 2019
Rebecca Costa, Dazai Advertising Inc.
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$10M in Annual Revenue – TK Kader, ToutApp
October 30, 2019
Recapping the Quarter
October 23, 2019
Steve Olsher, Liquor.com
October 16, 2019
$140M in Revenue – Dave Woodward, ClickFunnels
October 9, 2019
$100M Exits – Kevin Harrington, several companies
September 18, 2019
$200M+ Annually – Chris Cicchinelli, Pure Romance
September 12, 2019
$20M Annually – Dr. Angela Lauria, The Author Incubator
August 28, 2019
$50M Exit – David Schottenstein, Astor & Black
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August 7, 2019
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December 17, 2018
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December 11, 2018
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September 24, 2018
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August 29, 2018
$20M in Annual Revenue – Anik Singal, Lurn
August 29, 2018
Billionaire Naveen Jain, Viome
August 26, 2018
Brian Smith | UGG Australia
August 24, 2018
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August 22, 2018
View more episodes HERE
Recent Comments
Steve Olsher on $10M+ in annual revenue- Sabri Suby, King Kong
PureLocal Marketin on $10M+ in annual revenue- Sabri Suby, King Kong
Melissa on $10+ M Exit- Melissa Krivachek, Melissa Krivachek Companies
Nancy Showalter on $20M Annually – Dr. Angela Lauria, The Author Incubator
Steve Olsher on $10+ M Exit- Melissa Krivachek, Melissa Krivachek Companies
Podcast Reviews
Awesome!
by from United Stateswmoore07
Steve does an amazing job of extracting the best of the best out of his guests allowing me as the listener to take the insights and put them into actionable items in my own life. I particularly enjoyed the episode on 6/10/20 with Will Moore of Moore Momentum. Keep it up!
by from United Stateswmoore07
Steve does an amazing job of extracting the best of the best out of his guests allowing me as the listener to take the insights and put them into actionable items in my own life. I particularly enjoyed the episode on 6/10/20 with Will Moore of Moore Momentum. Keep it up!
Archives
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.