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Talenthouse

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Talenthouse is a social media engagement platform, providing opportunities to the creative community to gain recognition and increase their social reach by connecting them with established artists, brands and industry icons.

Unique to the platform is the “Creative Invite” – where an artist or brand invites the Talenthouse community to collaborate on a professional piece of work. This allows global brands and industry icons to discover, collaborate and mentor emerging talent.

In each sponsored Creative Invite, one creative talent is selected to work directly with the hosting artist or brand. The Talenthouse community and the participating artists individual peers are involved in determining the best work. However, the final winner is selected by the inviting artist or brand. Talenthouse, unlike many other sites, does not take an ownership position in any of the artwork submitted.

Talenthouse allows artists and brands to interact with users and engage a dialogue with their audience in a targeted and relevant context. Talenthouse currently focuses on design, film, fashion, music, art, dance and photography.

Talenthouse has launched projects with global brands such as Nokia, Adidas, Prismacolor, Glamour Magazine, JPG Magazine, Island Def Jam, Universal Music, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Naomi Campbell, Stan Lee Foundation, Todd McFarlane, Sander van Doorn, Rusko, Virgin Mobile, Kelly Cutrone, Ryan Leslie, Taio Cruz, Anne Klein, Florence and the Machine, Miri Ben-Ari, Paul Taylor, and Lady Gaga.

The Talenthouse team is located in Palo Alto, Los Angeles, New York and London.

Milestones

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  Talenthouse added Ivan Nikkhoo as Board of Advisors.
  Posted 4/21/11 at 2:20pm
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  Talenthouse added Jeffrey Cole as Board of Advisors.
  Posted 4/21/11 at 2:20pm
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  Talenthouse added Yair Goldfinger as Board of Advisors.
  Posted 4/21/11 at 2:20pm
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  Talenthouse added Malte Goesche as Director of Global Marketing. (10/1/10)
  Posted 11/26/10 at 5:12pm
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  Talenthouse added Ashwin Navin as Board of Advisors.
  Posted 4/1/10 at 1:22pm
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  Talenthouse added Shaherose Charania as Director, Product Management. (7/1/08)
  Posted 3/27/10 at 11:13am
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  Talenthouse added Malte Goesche as Director of Business Development. (8/1/09)
  Posted 1/15/10 at 5:06pm
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  Talenthouse added Amos Pizzey as Founder and President.
  Posted 10/26/09 at 7:46pm
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  Talenthouse added Roman Scharf as CEO. (3/1/09)
  Posted 10/26/09 at 7:46pm
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  Talenthouse added Frederik Hermann as VP of Marketing.
  Posted 10/26/09 at 6:45pm
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  Talenthouse — Ron Faris has brought in Palo Alto-based agency Talenthouse to drive Facebook users to Lady Gaga's "Monster Ball" tour, which Virgin Mobile is sponsoring. (2/14/11)
  Posted 3/28/11 at 5:09pm via adage.com
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  Talenthouse — To expand its reach, the Paul Taylor Dance Company is partnering with Talenthouse, an online platform founded in 2009 that links aspiring artists and with established brands or companies — for the greater visibility of all. (2/19/11)
  Posted 3/28/11 at 5:09pm via wsj.com
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  Talenthouse — The Stan Lee Foundation and Todd McFarlane partner with Talenthouse to create a new superhero. (12/13/10)
  Posted 3/28/11 at 5:09pm via mtv.com
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  Talenthouse — Talenthouse launches the first online platform to allow aspiring creatives to collaborate with established artists, brands and industry icons. (7/30/09)
  Posted 10/27/09 at 11:13am via marketwire.com

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Screenshots

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Above: Talenthouse Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 6/15/09

Above: The New Talenthouse 2.0 Website
Uploaded: 10/28/09

Above: Creative Invites
Uploaded: 10/28/09

Sources

1. Talenthouse Launches First Online Platform to Celebrate and Liberate All Artists (marketwire.com) [edit]
2. Create A Superhero For Stan Lee and Talenthouse! (geek-news.mtv.com) [edit]
3. Paul Taylor Seeks Students via Web (online.wsj.com) [edit]
4. App-Happy Brands Bypassing Facebook to Build Content on It (adage.com) [edit]