9. Phil Ranta (Wormhole Labs)

Phil Ranta is the COO at cloud based global-scale Social & Commerce platform Wormhole Labs. Phil is a pioneer of the digital media revolution, working as a pre-YouTube professional web video producer in 2005, video content app creator before the smartphone revolution in 2007, an early exec in the MCN (Multi-Channel Network) boom with two successful exits, and as the Head of Creators at Mobcrush, a technology and entertainment company at the epicenter of mobile gaming, live streaming and the creator-driven media revolution. Previously, Phil was the Head of Gaming Creators at Facebook and the COO of Studio71, one of the world's largest MCNs, growing the network from 1 billion to over 8 billion monthly views in 3 years with over 1,000 creators. Before Studio71, Phil joined Fullscreen as the Head of Channel Partnerships as the 9th employee, completing his tenure as the VP of Networks. He grew the network to the largest MCN in the world (on comScore) in less than 1 year. He was the recipient of Fullscreen's first "Founders Award" for his role in building the industry-leading company. As the 9th employee, he's also our 9th guest on the podcast. Instagram: @BattleApproved and @PhilRanta Linkedin: @BattleApproved, @CJamesMedia and @PhilRanta Twitter: @BattleApproved and @PhilRanta This episode of the podcast is brought to you by GrizzlyCoolers.com Get 25% Off almost everything Grizzly by using the coupon code: battle25