Creative Artists Agency cofounder says he’s on the “ultimate learning curve”

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Creative Artists Agency cofounder and Treville Capital Group Chairman Michael Ovitz told Fortune Brainstorm Tech he’s on the “ultimate learning curve.”

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00:00And it's exactly the same today. How do you get people to work together? We had that mindset,

00:09I had that mindset, and always loved the challenge of things when people said it was impossible.

00:17With respect to what's going on right now, I don't get up in the morning without looking forward to

00:23learning something. I feel like I'm on the ultimate learning curve. I'm sitting with people that are

00:29absolutely brilliant, that are well-read, they're articulate, they have high integrity. It's just

00:37extraordinary to be able to be in a room with these people and listen to their ideas and help

00:43them shape them and then help them build a culture, help them get financed. Think about it. You have a

00:49piece of material. You get that material, someone to execute it. That's a founder. You get someone to

00:56finance it. That's a VC. You get someone to distribute it. That would have been a studio.

01:02Now it's going to be either a consumer company or a social media company, or you're going to do it

01:07straight through marketing and you help them market it. It's exactly the same as making the kinds of

01:16things you listen to, read, or hear at home. There's no difference. None. Zero.

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