Hey tech folks, we are pleased to announce that Digital Future is hosting a meet-up with Michael Solana, VP Founders Fund in our conference hall on the next Tuesday, June 20th.

Michael is responsible for the firm’s brand and community building. Here is his short bio: http://foundersfund.com/team/michael-solana/

Founders Fund is a top-tier US #venture fund with $3b assets under management. It was founded by ex-PayPal people Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, and Brian Singerman, the founder of iGoogle. The fund was the first institutional investor in SpaceX and Palantir and one of the earliest investors in Facebook. Other very well known companies like Airbnb, Lyft, Spotify, Stripe are also in their portfolio.

Michael will have an open talk, followed with Q&A. In particular, he will talk about:

• the Founders Fund story as a contrarian narrative in the technology space;
• the importance of not just optimism but also determinate thinking and planning if you want to achieve large, important goals;
• case study, looking at a problem and the way most of the world thinks about it vs. the way two of our companies think about it;
• what is a valuable company.

Please register until Monday 4pm. Entry is free, the number of seats is limited. To get in, click “Going” + fill this form: https://goo.gl/X86wRJ

If you have any questions, please send a message to the page or directly to Volodymyr Nesterenko

See you all soon and prepare your questions!

Digital Future greets new portfolio company BeLive, a multifunctional app that allows people to go live on Facebook from their desktop and to interact with the audience directly through screen comments. More than 5,000 broadcasts are performed via BeLive every month.

We consider the deal to be essential in further expansion of broadcasting into new market niches and prospering of the company’s sales and marketing teams, product development.

According to the recent report conducted by Accenture, broadcasting industry is going to thrive through next years. Greatest growth rates from digital sub-segments (digital advertising and OTT streaming) are still predicted. The ability to understand the activity of the digital audience has proved challenging but new technology could make this a problem of the past.