The $750M Company Simplifying Payments For Hollywood | Ali Javid

Solving Hollywood’s pain with vertical fintech.Ali Javid, CEO and Co-founder of Wrapbook, and his team want to make sure no one gets left waiting.In this episode of Change Order he joins Jason Shuman to reveal how Wrapbook helps production teams handle payroll and accounting more smoothly and quickly.On the docket:• how Wrapbook digitized payroll from end to end • why trade wars must factor in America’s soft power in film • why founders can't think like VCs • how merit is the gate and then DEIB very much mattersConnect with us here:1. Ali Javid- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alijavid/2. Jason Shuman- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonshuman/3. Change Order- https://www.linkedin.com/company/change-order/4. Primary Venture Partners- https://www.linkedin.com/company/primary-venture-partners/00:00 Introduction00:17 Trailer01:20 Strengths and weaknesses07:56 Global problems in Hollywood11:36 Chasing paper15:29 Hard tech and an exit18:36 Confidence in conviction22:53 Trust, payroll, character31:56 Challenging wartime moments34:40 MrBeast, Apple TV+, AI42:25 Change, thanks to AI?48:32 Scaling and culture50:47 Rhetoric has changed53:44 Every person is created equally57:33 What would you change?59:51 Outro