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Inov8 Next is a product innovation incubator and technology center designed to empower the brightest inventors by leveraging the power of industry experience, strategic resources and advanced mentorship.
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Mentorship
Founded on the core value of empowering the next generation creative tech minds, a series of mentorship programs are offered through its leadership and partners. |
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Coworking
Housed amongst a collection of innovators in the heart of Silicon Beach, studio partners will have the opportunity to work alongside a network of like-minded people and brands. |
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Community
The community aspect of the studio is built on of a variety of activities and initiatives such as technology workshops, product demos, guest speakers, events, and more. |
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Arabian Prince
Founder / Chief Innovator A songwriter, rapper, producer, DJ and technologist, Arabian is best known for pioneering west coast electro music and being a founding member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted rap group N.W.A. His passion for technology led to him create a 3D animation and special effects studio in the 90’s working with companies like Saban Entertainment and Fox; including 100+ video game titles for Fox interactive and Vivendi Universal. As a consultant, Arabian has advised many companies on bridging the gap between technology and the youth, while bringing new product innovations to market. |
Richard Ngo-Tran
Managing Partner In the early 1990s, Richard began his career as part of the experiential marketing movement at CBS Broadcasting, launching brands such as Red Bull and Earthlink. He then moved into the television industry with NBC TV Networks, before entering the technology sector in product management with Harman International in 2001. After roles at Gibson Pro and Avid Technology, Richard launched an integrated creative marketing agency that brought together the worlds of culture, lifestyle and technology, managing brands from Converse and Microsoft, to Sonos, Spotify and Disney. |
Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Smith
Head Audio Innovator Professionally known as Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Smith. A professional mixing and recording engineer, as well as a studio owner, for over 36 years. Starting at the end of the golden years in the late 70's working in the analog world of music recording. Evolving with the industry and has always been an early adopter of digital tech. Some of his most successful clients include N.W.A, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Arabian Prince, The D.O.C, Michel'le and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to name a few. Virtually All Ruthless records released up to Eric Eazy-E Wright's death were created and finished by Donovan at his Audio Achievements Studios. Currently working on various pop and R & B and hip hop projects, film and broadcast TV. His motto is "What's Next in tech" I'm in! |
Kelly "Keys" Armour
Director of Music A talented musician is his own right, Kelly Keys is also an accomplished songwriter, producer and composer. Being mentored by the incomparable Verdine White of the legendary group Earth, Wind, and Fire has been a great asset for Kelly as he uses that knowledge to further his career to higher levels and broaden his scope and influence for his artistry. Kelly’s vast musical experience gave him the opportunity to develop projects in multiple genres of music and allowed him to work with various Hip Hop, R&B, and Rock Artists. His expertise and talent has also led him to complete various projects as in TV promo’s, Pilots, and a host of reality television shows for the major networks such as NBC, CBS, ABC, The WB, “E” , and Animal Planet. Now working with fellow producing partner Arabian Prince ,Kelly is ready to take on a new task ,the tech world. |
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