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Sherman
Ventures, LLC
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phone:
512-633-4132 fax: 512-692-2532  |
P.O. Box 200489 Austin, TX 78720-0489 |
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Sherman Ventures is the entrepreneurial holding company of Christopher V. Sherman. Since 1994, I've founded a number of businesses spanning media, events, web networks and services, online music and electronic commerce. Industries covered have included electronic entertainment (video games), entrepreneurism, the beauty industry, film and recording industry. |
Current Business Ventures
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Show Initiative, LLC is a producer of specialized conferences and events.
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Virtual Worlds Management, a division of Show Initiative, LLC, is a leading producer of the leading provider of trade events and media for the emerging virtual worlds industry.
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Beauty Show Management, LLC (BSM) Launched in partnership with The Propaganda House, BSM operates the Texas Beauty Show which maintains a focus on qualified attendees, world-class education and exhibits for salon and beauty professionals in the south central United States.
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Previous Ventures and Activities
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The Game Initiative and Austin Game Conference A leading producer of conferences and events for game industry professionals. The Game Initiative’s crown jewel, the Austin Game Conference (AGC) featured 2,400 attendees from 20 countries and 150 vendors. Game Initiative's speakers included Michael Dell, Film Producer Jon Landau and Blizzard's Rob Pardo and others.
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Texas Entrepreneur Initiative (TEI) Creates education and communication channels so community members can make contacts, uncover opportunities, and find answers that will help them grow their businesses. Key elements include high quality events and the AustinXL email newsletter which reaches over 5,000 readers daily.
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Leading online media network for entertainment coverage. Reaching 1 in 10 men on the Web with approximately 10 million monthly unique U.S. visitors, UGO is a dominant force in the male focused online entertainment category. Created the UGO E3 Awards (now Game Critics Awards).
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eDedication.com, LLC Original concept merging online greeting cards with on-air radio dedications. Launched during the time of Napster, eDedication merged ecommerce with viral community building.
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Multimedia Wire (MMWIRE) Ground breaking the daily subscription based fax newsletter for the computer and video game industry. Launched a the birth of the commercial internet. MMWIRE was the first original news source for game industry professionals.
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Business Growth Conference An original new event focused on small business owners and aspiring small business owners. Launched at a time of economic change in the Austin, Texas area - after 9/11 and at a time when 25,000 Central Texans lost their jobs due to downsizing and layoffs.
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Nightly.net Message board for fans dedicated to science fiction and fantasy media - timed with the media frenzy leading up to LucasFilms launch of Star Wars Episode I.
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Launched in 2003