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Hi!

Am Raaghavv, and am looking for a technical co-founder for my company Starcast.

Am based b/w Mumbai & Bangalore, India, and am building a platform/community/market-network ecosystem ala angelist/airbnb for the media & entertainment industry which is focused, to begin with, on acting talent finding opportunities & resources.

Following the do-things-that-don't-scale approach, I dropped my career as an actor and started an actor management agency where I personally represent and manage other acting talent (pitching, negotiations, coordination), thanks to which I now have even more credibility and networks across all verticals in the industry (casting, production, direction, PR), as well as profitability based on our commission model.

Am looking for a technical rockstar who can benefit from my domain expertise and networks to help build a management software for actors as a starting point, as most actors in India are unrepresented until they become famous. This would track project information, dates, monies, contacts, and so on, and gradually we can add service providers and other members of the industry to create accounts and build workflows, micro tools and tech enabled services to create a sticky ecosystem which makes day-to-day functioning of the industry, which is currently run a bit ad-hoc, more streamlined, organised and systemised.

With the help of a technical advisor friend and an intern, I have managed to get built an influencer search engine as that’s what developed traction over covid, however, now that the industry is getting back to its feet, we’re expanding to allow for submissions of talent enquiries across other talent types as well (actors & models).

Please write to me at raaghavvchanana@starcast.com, and we can schedule a time to zoom.




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