Yet-to-launch streaming media startup Quibi has been keeping up slate announcement at a fever pace, and its latest is a show that sounds potentially relevant to TechCrunch’s audience.
The series, which will be created, written, executive produced by and star Reno 911!
alum Thomas Lennon, will follow a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who turns away from tech and tries to turn around a different kind of business – a failing California winery and vineyard.
Described by Quibi as a “workplace comedy,” the show will follow lead Lennon’s “rag-tag” team of winery employees, and apparently none of them are very good at this particular task.
Lennon’s track record indicates that this should be worth checking out at least, from his work on the excellent cop workplace comedy Reno 911!
to his ongoing roles in Archer, Bob’s Burgers, and Drunk History, he has a strong track record of demonstrating great comedy chops, along with multiple supporting movie roles.
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Angel investment, for its part, also continues to occupy a meaningful portion of private investment.
So far this year, individual angels and angel groups in the U.S. have doled out $10 billion to startups.
So how do early-stage startups decide who’s money to take (if they have that luxury)?
In these frothier times, I encourage founders to interview investors who take a slot on their cap table with the same rigor they would a potential employee.”
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