CEO at Peopleforcinema
Paris Area, France
- Current
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- CEO at Peopleforcinema
- FOUNDER at MyMajorCompany
- Past
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- CopyWriter at Rapp Collins Paris
- Head of Music And Arts at "3 couleurs" at MK2
- Education
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- Ecole des hautes Etudes en Sciences sociales
- Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I)
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Simon Istolainen’s Summary
Strong experience in entrepreneurship (ex-CEO of mymajorcompany and current CEO of peopleforcinema) and internet industry.
Skills :
Online sponsorship (made deals with Samsung, Credit Mutuel, Heineken, MSN...), web marketing (lead, SEO - SEM, affiliation...), entrepreneurship back office (lawyers, accounting, team management, fund raising - in charge of a round of more than 3 millions euros closed with Financière Lov on December 2008)
Simon Istolainen’s Specialties:
Web, Entertainment, Sponsoring, Branding, E-CRM, Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Simon Istolainen’s Experience
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CEO
Peopleforcinema
(Entertainment industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
After the success of MyMajorCompany in the music industry (500K albums sold of our first artist, Gregoire), Peopleforcinema is a similar project of crowdfunding for the movie industry.
On the website, people will discover and fund a selection of new movies, mainstream production distributed on a large scale. Each investor will receive a part of the incomes and sales.
Will be launched autumn 2009 -
FOUNDER
MyMajorCompany
(Music industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
MyMajorCompany, Music is your business.
MyMajorCompany is a project that aims to change the way we produce, market, and distribute music to the public. Our idea is simple: empower an online community of fans to produce their favorite unsigned artists from a pre-screened selection. The most popular acts receive funding and professional help to produce original music and promote it on a global scale. -
CopyWriter
Rapp Collins Paris
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
October 2006 — July 2007 (10 months)
Accounts : Bouygues Telecom / ING Direct / Air France / Imagine'R
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Head of Music And Arts at "3 couleurs"
MK2
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2006 — December 2006 (1 year)
Articles / Think Tank for the renewal of 3 couleurs, the official MK2 magazine.
Simon Istolainen’s Education
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Ecole des hautes Etudes en Sciences sociales
MASTER , ARABIC , 2005 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- IISMM INSTITUTE /
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Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I)
Master , Culture and History , 2002 — 2006
Additional Information
Simon Istolainen’s Websites:
Simon Istolainen’s Groups:
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Music 2.0
Simon Istolainen’s Contact Settings
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