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Michael Ovitz

👤 Speaker
1591 total appearances

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The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

To me, packaging is a sine qua non of life.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I package everything in my life.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I put elements together.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Constantly.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I just put a business together by combining two disparate elements and it turned out to be a business from something that wasn't a business.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

It's no different than packaging a television show when I told you.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

You know, when Michael Crichton gave me the book of Jurassic Park, I put the right director with it, Steven Spielberg.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

There was no second choice.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

A friend of mine who I have unbelievable respect for, professor of AI at Stanford named Chris Ray, calls me up and said, Michael, I got a friend who's also a professor at Stanford, really bright guy.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And I want you to meet him.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And he's got really interesting technology, but he's having some trouble getting it off the ground.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And I said, OK, Chris, what is it?

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

He said, well, he's got a NFT company.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I said, Chris, I'm not interested.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And he said, why is that?

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I don't like NFTs.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I just don't like.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I'm an art collector.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I'm not.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

And they were hot at one time.