Meet Keith, a former Rocket Scientist building Indy: www.indycinemagroup.com/
As a distinguished former Rocket Scientist, Keith among many other accomplishments won a DARPA Award, one of the most prestigious engineering competitions held in the world.
In spite of the accomplishments, Keith became fed up with corporate America and, of all things, bought a movie theater. Making a long story short, this has led to a 10+ year journey to uncovering a major opportunity to change the entire movie going experience for customers, theater owners, and everyone in between.
Thank you Keith for the time, and I hope all of you draw some amazing insight and inspiration from the story!
00:00 Interview Highlights
01:03 Introduction
02:00 Keith's Background
03:15 Career as a Rocket Scientist
06:39 Deciding to Leave Corporate America
11:20 Working at a Startup vs. Lockheed Martin
16:00 Quitting Corporate and Buying a Theater
20:07 Creative Ways They Saved the Local Theater
27:30 Almost Losing the Theater After Saving it
33:38 Pitching Hollywood Studios
36:24 The Original Idea for Keith's Tech Company
42:30 Early Struggles, Getting Humbled
46:53 Putting the Movie Idea on Hold
49:31 Reimaging a New Theater Technology Company
54:38 Building New Tech and the Opportunity at Hand
1:00:09 Rolling out the New Technology
1:04:56 Changing Human Behavior With Technology
1:10:45 Convincing Theaters to Take a Chance on New Technology
1:18:52 Building a World Class Team
1:21:47 Changing How the Movie Industry Defines Success
1:25:44 Unexpected Behavior of Movie Theater Customers
1:29:12 Reflecting on 10 Years of Entrepreneurship
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