IDEAS INTO CASH: Making Money with Roku and Connected TV

From the Desk of Phil Autelitano
Founder/CEO, Mediarazzi
phil@mediarazzi.com

September 30, 2016

Dear Fellow Entrepreneur,

My name is Phil Autelitano and I need your help… I want you to be my partner in an exciting new opportunity called Connected Television. I’ll tell you a little more about that in a moment, but first…

Four years ago, I had a totally different job. I’ve been a coder since I was 12, and up until four years ago, that’s what I did. My specialty, over the years, evolved into developing ecommerce applications and solutions for the printing and graphics industry. (I’m also a graphic designer, among other things.) I did very well for myself. My primary product, an ecommerce solution for printing and sign shops became the de facto standard for the printing industry.

About ten years ago, I was invited by a friend to do some work for a big-budget Hollywood movie. I’m a huge fan of TV and Movies, and the idea of working on a movie appealed to me. Hanging out with movie stars, on a movie set, working on a movie crew, being a part of something like that, something you know millions of people will see — there’s a lot of excitement there. I was quickly bit by the “bug.” After that, I was…