I'm starting to think Lady Gaga might find her way into some very important business in the near future.
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What do Lady Gaga and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have in common? Well according to a very interesting piece in the New York Times by former TCr Evelyn Rusli, they’ve both invested in Backplane, a new startup founded by Lady Gaga’s business manager Troy Carter.
Schmidt’s Tomorrow Ventures and Gaga have partnered up to finance Cartier’s still in stealth startup, with Gaga being a 20% shareholder. Tomorrow Ventures is leading the angel round, which is currently at over $1 million. It is not clear yet as to whether it has closed.
The startup, which we hear is in talks with entities like the NFL and other musicians, will blend technology and entertainment, and plans to provide a platform for online communities by combining brands’ various social media presences into one platform.
Gaga is an advisor as well as an investor, and apparently has incorporated elements from her music videos and tours to add “authenticity” to the site’s design. Omg I can’t wait to see this.
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/05/lad...-in-a-startup/
Awhile back, Gaga also sent out a call for experienced software developers and engineers capable of building a new online community to house her social structure, fully scalable to millions of people.
Just something interesting to watch develop. To be honest, I think we're going to see that she's been doing a lot more than politely visiting a lot of these tech companies.
is her worst video IMO.
