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54-561: Series creator Fred Seibert ordered 13 half-hour episodes (39 7-minute segments) for the series, which was originally announced in 2005 as the fourth season of Oh Yeah! Cartoons . Production on the series started in 2005 and ended in 2007. Originally slated to air on Nickelodeon by the end of 2007, it was later halted for release in 2008 on the separate Nicktoons Network channel. The shorts were first released on air and online individually in January 2007. Unlike Oh Yeah! Cartoons , there

108-562: A "one-stop shop" for entrepreneurial support. Within European Union countries, there are different EU and state funded programs that offer support in form of consulting, mentoring, prototype creation, and other services and co-funding for them. In India, the business incubators are promoted in a varied fashion: as technology business incubators (TBI) and as startup incubators—the first deals with technology business (mostly, consultancy and promoting technology related businesses) and

162-744: A Teenage Robot ), Cartoon Network ( Pendleton Ward 's Adventure Time ), and Cartoon Hangover ( Pendleton Ward 's Bravest Warriors , Natasha Allegri 's Bee and PuppyCat ), and Kevin Kolde's production of Castlevania for Netflix . Seibert created 250 short cartoons between 1995 and 2018 at Hanna-Barbera , Frederator Studios , 19 of which were continued as series at Cartoon Network , Nickelodeon , Cartoon Hangover , Netflix and YouTube . Seibert has also created several Internet channels featuring cartoons, including Channel Frederator , Cartoon Hangover , and Next New Networks . After starting Frederator Studios in 1997, Seibert brought together

216-441: A business incubation program must apply for admission. Acceptance criteria vary from program to program, but in general only those with feasible business ideas and a workable business plan are admitted. It is this factor that makes it difficult to compare the success rates of incubated companies against general business survival statistics. Although most incubators offer their clients office space and shared administrative services,

270-506: A business. These hurdles include space, funding, legal, accounting, computer services and other prerequisites to running the business. According to the Small Business Administration's website, their mission provides small businesses with four main services. These services are: Among the most common incubator services are: There are a number of business incubators that have focused on particular industries or on

324-499: A channel on YouTube which consists of various animated shorts and series. Cartoon Hangover gained a much larger audience with the revival of Bravest Warriors by Pendleton Ward on November 8, 2012 which originally aired as a pilot on Fred Seibert's Random! Cartoons on Nicktoons Network in 2009. In 2014, Channel Frederator was revived as a multi-channel network focused entirely on animation, signing one of YouTube's biggest animation channels, Simon's Cat . By September 2014,

378-450: A company spends in an incubation program can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including the type of business and the entrepreneur's level of business expertise. Life science and other firms with long research and development cycles require more time in an incubation program than manufacturing or service companies that can immediately produce and bring a product or service to market. On average, incubator clients spend 33 months in

432-506: A first look deal at VIS Kids. The company is in various stages of production on five reboots of vintage Seibert productions, including a live-action The Fairly OddParents for Paramount+ and a CG animated version for Netflix . The company is developing several adult and children's original animated properties, furthering Seibert's philosophy of creators first, always original, and producing your next favorite cartoon. In March 1999, MTV Networks CEO Tom Freston tapped Seibert to become

486-430: A full-length series on April 5, 2010, on Cartoon Network . The Bravest Warriors , under the new name Bravest Warriors , began airing on November 8, 2012, on Cartoon Hangover . Fanboy , under the new name Fanboy & Chum Chum , began airing as a full-length series on November 7, 2009, on Nickelodeon. Random! Cartoons is the third Frederator Studios short cartoon shorts "incubator". Frederator has persisted in

540-415: A group of investors in a failed attempt to save the troubled underground / alternative comics publisher Kitchen Sink Press . Seibert's production of the first season of Natasha Allegri 's Bee and PuppyCat for his Cartoon Hangover streaming channel was the most backed animated project on Kickstarter for several years. Season 2 was accidentally leaked onto Seibert's Vimeo channel in early 2020, but

594-471: A key purpose of Socrates is to assist government economic planners in addressing the economic and socioeconomic issues (see above) with unprecedented speed, efficiency and agility. Many for-profit or "private" incubation programs were launched in the late 1990s by investors and other for-profit operators seeking to hatch businesses quickly and bring in big payoffs. At the time, NBIA estimated that nearly 30% of all incubation programs were for-profit ventures. In

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648-423: A late 1970s stint with media promotion innovator Dale Pon at New York's WHN Radio, Seibert began his work at Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment in 1980, original owner of Nickelodeon and The Movie Channel and would go on to launch MTV: Music Television on August 1, 1981. Initially, MTV had none of the kinds of programs that were thought of as "television," only more than 160 hours (there are 168 hours in

702-635: A logo that did not remain constant, but the approach ultimately prevailed. The 10-second network IDs and the promos ultimately influenced graphic design and advertising for years to come. Within two years of launch, Seibert led the team that developed "I Want My MTV!", creative direction by his mentor Dale Pon, and it became one of the most famous advertising campaigns of the late 20th century and immortalized through Dire Straits ' 1985 hit song " Money for Nothing ". In 1983, with partner Alan Goodman , Seibert founded Fred/Alan Inc. in New York City as

756-467: A major effort to address the ongoing economic crisis of the US, legislation was introduced to "reconstitute Project Socrates ". The updated version of Socrates supports incubators by enabling users with technology-based facts about the marketplace, competitor maneuvers, potential partners, and technology paths to achieve competitive advantage. Michael Sekora, the original creator and director of Socrates says that

810-643: A particular business model, earning them their own name. More than half of all business incubation programs are "mixed-use" projects, meaning they work with clients from a variety of industries. Technology incubators account for 39% of incubation programs. One example of a specialized type of incubator is a bio incubator . Bioincubators specialize in supporting life science -based startup companies . Entrepreneurs with feasible projects in life sciences are selected and admitted to these programs. Unlike many business assistance programs, business incubators do not serve any and all companies. Entrepreneurs who wish to enter

864-1108: A program. Many incubation programs set graduation requirements by development benchmarks , such as company revenues or staffing levels, rather than time. Business incubation has been identified as a means of meeting a variety of economic and socioeconomic policy needs, which may include job creation, fostering a community's entrepreneurial climate, technology commercialization, diversifying local economies, building or accelerating growth of local industry clusters, business creation and retention, encouraging minority entrepreneurship, identifying potential spin-in or spin-out business opportunities, or community revitalization. About one-third of business incubation programs are sponsored by economic development organizations. Government entities (such as cities or counties) account for 21% of program sponsors. Another 20% are sponsored by academic institutions, including two- and four-year colleges, universities, and technical colleges. In many countries, incubation programs are funded by regional or national governments as part of an overall economic development strategy. In

918-412: A week) of music videos that were about three minutes each, and with no set schedule that could be promoted. Seibert had to develop an alternative promotional strategy that was completely different than traditional networks. The promos and network identifications his team produced did not resemble anything TV had every seen before, focusing on an approach that subtly made a series of "promises" to viewers in

972-447: Is an organization that helps startup companies and individual entrepreneurs to develop their businesses by providing a fullscale range of services, starting with management training and office space , and ending with venture capital financing. The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) defines business incubators as a catalyst tool for either regional or national economic development. NBIA categorizes its members' incubators by

1026-541: Is no host. On January 10, 2006, ASIFA-Hollywood hosted an advance screening of six shorts as well as a Q&A session with the filmmakers at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, California . Two of the shorts were selected to become television series and one of the shorts was selected to become a web series. Those shorts were Adventure Time , The Bravest Warriors and Fanboy . Adventure Time began airing as

1080-427: Is to "aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns." In addition, the charter ensures that small businesses receive a "fair proportion" of any government contracts and sales of surplus property. SBDCs work with any small businesses at any stage of development, and not only with startup companies. Many business incubation programs partner with their local SBDC to create

1134-479: The Multi-channel networks . Along with their affiliated Indy Mogul , Barely Political , Channel Frederator and several other networks, the company's superdistribution allowed it to become among the most widely distributed video in the world, and to become YouTube 's top professional content provider. By the end of 2010, Next New Networks had YouTube's top two videos. In March 2011, Next New Networks

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1188-571: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (presenters of the Emmy Awards) announced his induction into their "Gold Circle," defined as performing "...distinguished service within the industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership, and professional accolades for 50...years, respectively. They represent the best and the brightest in the television community." Business incubator A business incubator

1242-523: The World Bank . The first high-tech incubator located in Silicon Valley was Catalyst Technologies started by Nolan Bushnell after he left Atari . "My idea was that I would fund [the businesses] with a key," says Bushnell. "And the key would fit a lock in a building. In the building would be a desk and chair, and down the hall would be a Xerox machine. They would sign their name 35 times and

1296-453: The ADT ( Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Innovations-, Technologie-, und Gründerzentren e.V. ). San Francisco and Silicon Valley are home to 'founder houses.' These involve a collective of founders sharing an apartment or house while working to get their companies off the ground. Similar to tech/hacker houses in the same area, the founders collaborate to promote one another's success while enjoying

1350-516: The Cowardly Dog , My Life as a Teenage Robot , The Powerpuff Girls , and Adventure Time —for most of which he has served as executive producer. Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and has received a Grammy Award nomination. In his time working in cartoons at three studios, Seibert has helped jumpstart

1404-402: The Cowardly Dog , The Fairly OddParents , Nite Fite , Fanboy & Chum Chum , Adventure Time , Bravest Warriors , Rocket Dog , and Bee and PuppyCat . Fred Seibert cartoon shorts filmography Fred Seibert Frederick G. Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor . Seibert was the original creative director for MTV . He also served as

1458-1022: The European Commission in 2002 identified around 900 incubation environments in Western Europe. As of October 2006, there were more than 1,400 incubators in North America, up from only 12 in 1980. Her Majesty's Treasury identified around 25 incubation environments in the UK in 1997; by 2005, UKBI identified around 270 incubation environments across the country. In 2005 alone, North American incubation programs assisted more than 27,000 companies that provided employment for more than 100,000 workers and generated annual revenues of $ 17 billion. Incubation activity has not been limited to developed countries; incubation environments are now being implemented in developing countries and raising interest for financial support from organizations such as UNIDO and

1512-578: The United States, however, most incubation programs are independent, community-based and resourced projects. The U.S. Economic Development Administration is a frequent source of funds for developing incubation programs, but once a program is open and operational it typically receives no federal funding; few states offer centralized incubator funding. Rents and/or client fees account for 59% of incubator revenues, followed by service contracts or grants (18%) and cash operating subsidies (15%). As part of

1566-461: The cable TV industry for several years. He was employed by Turner Broadcasting as the last president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, then as a consultant for almost 15 years at Warner-Amex successor MTV Networks , and as a producer of several animated series for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Seibert began his media career in college radio at Columbia University 's WKCR-FM in 1969. According to Seibert himself, he spent most of his time in college at

1620-403: The company would be incorporated." All the details would be handled: "They'd have a health care plan, their payroll system would be in place, and the books would be set up. So in 15 minutes, they would be in business working on the project." Since startup companies lack many resources, experience and networks, incubators provide services which helps them get through initial hurdles in starting up

1674-615: The company, and served on its board before its acquisition. Seibert was the original angel investor in Sawhorse Media in 2010, the company that created the Shorty Awards and MuckRack, a public relations management platform that enables organizations to connect with journalists to generate media coverage. After creating Channel Frederator as the "first cartoon video podcast" and migrating it to youTube in 2007, on February 21, 2012, Fred Seibert launched Cartoon Hangover ,

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1728-523: The creator careers of over 100 animated filmmakers, including Genndy Tartakovsky . From 1992 until 1996, as the last president of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio, Seibert was able to reinvigorate the company's creative reputation with the establishment of the animation incubator What a Cartoon! . Modeled on the Golden Age of mid-20th century cartoons, the 48 short films from creators around

1782-432: The end of 1985, at the request of Nickelodeon president Geraldine Laybourne Seibert and Goodman conceived a radical rethinking of television networks by creating Nick-at-Nite , pitched as "the first oldies TV network." Over the nine years of the company's existence they also did extensive work with The Movie Channel , Lifetime , Showtime , Comedy Central and Mosaic Records . Seibert continued involvement with

1836-478: The financial benefits of co-living in one of the most expensive regions of the country. These collectives are typically located in San Francisco or near to Stanford University's campus. Many of the founders have dropped out of Stanford University to pursue their careers– in fact, there is a more than a 1 in 10 chance that billion-dollar startups have one or more founders who attended Stanford. In addition to

1890-428: The financial incentives of co-living, founders share investor recommendations, funding strategies, VC contacts, and other elements critical to a startup company's success in its early days. These set-ups allow for largely virtual work, eliminating the burden on new founders to find a physical space for their company. Due to the collaborative nature of these spaces, residents who have failed companies often pivot to taking

1944-432: The first president of the new MTV Networks Online, soon to split into MTV Interactive (The MTVi Group) and Nick.com. Building on this new media success, in 2007 Seibert co-founded Next New Networks (with Emil Rensing, Herb Scannell , Tim Shey, and Jed Simmons), a pioneer in streaming video, with over 2 billion video views and as of 2010 over 200 million views every month, making it, along with Maker Studios , creators of

1998-595: The following five incubator types: academic institutions ; non-profit development corporations ; for-profit property development ventures; venture capital firms , and a combination of the above. Business incubators differ from research and technology parks in their dedication to startup and early-stage companies. Research and technology parks, on the other hand, tend to be large-scale projects that house everything from corporate, government, or university labs to very small companies. Most research and technology parks do not offer business assistance services, which are

2052-522: The following year. Seibert played a key role in the ascendance of the modern cable television age (1980-2010). As MTV's first creative director, Seibert was responsible for a complete rethinking of how the entire television industry was able to think of themselves as “brands.” He guided his team to develop the original voice and visual identity for MTV, and went on to do the same at Nickelodeon , Nick-at-Nite (which he invented with his long time creative partner Alan Goodman ), and Comedy Central . After

2106-484: The hallmark of a business incubation program. However, many research and technology parks house incubation programs. Incubators also differ from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers (and similar business support programs) in that they serve only selected clients. Congress created the Small Business Administration in the Small Business Act of July 30, 1953. Its purpose

2160-731: The heart of a true business incubation program is the services it provides to startup companies. More than half of incubation programs surveyed by the National Business Incubation Association in 2006 reported that they also served affiliate or virtual clients. These companies do not reside in the incubator facility. Affiliate clients may be home-based businesses or early-stage companies that have their own premises but can benefit from incubator services. Virtual clients may be too remote from an incubation facility to participate on site, and so receive counseling and other assistance electronically. The amount of time

2214-779: The later deals with promoting startups (with more emphasis on establishing new companies, scaling the businesses, prototyping, patenting, and so forth). The formal concept of business incubation began in the US in 1959 when Joseph L. Mancuso opened the Batavia Industrial Center in a Batavia, New York , warehouse. Incubation expanded in the U.S. in the 1980s and spread to the UK and Europe through various related forms (e.g. innovation centres, pépinières d'entreprises, technopoles/science parks). The U.S.-based International Business Innovation Association estimates that there are about 7,000 incubators worldwide. A study funded by

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2268-590: The network was distributing 688 channels, with over 65 million monthly views and 10.5 million subscribers, and by 2017 announced it had reached 1 billion monthly views on YouTube. Seibert and his Frederator Networks partnered with John Borthwick and Betaworks ; Jonathan Miller , Jason Ostheimer, Shari Redstone ; and entrepreneur Yoel Flohr to form Thirty Labs in 2014, a startup studio based in New York City to develop and invest in video based technology businesses Seibert served as its CEO until its dissolution

2322-478: The president of its MTV Networks Online branch, and as a consultant. He founded the production company Frederator Studios in 1998, as well as its spin-off entities Frederator Networks , Channel Frederator Network , and Cartoon Hangover . Having held numerous executive positions for Viacom Media Networks , he was the final president of animation studio Hanna-Barbera from 1992 to 1996. He has since co-founded Next New Networks , Bolder Media , and launched

2376-549: The production company FredFilms. Seibert is an angel investor in technology and media-based startup projects. He was a seed investor for the website Tumblr , and has executive produced for various animated and live action projects. He created the animation incubator anthology series What a Cartoon! in 1994, Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, and Random! Cartoons in 2008; all three have spawned successful television programs as spin-offs, including The Fairly OddParents , Johnny Bravo , Dexter's Laboratory , Courage

2430-565: The radio station headquarters rather than attending classes, and thus never graduated. While at Columbia he co-founded his first company, Oblivion Records with partners Tom Pomposello and Dick Pennington, releasing LPs by Mississippi Fred McDowell ( Live in New York ) and Joe Lee Wilson . Simultaneously, he produced numerous jazz and blues albums for independent companies such as Muse Records , JCOA Records , and Birth Records (owned by instrumentalist/composer Gunter Hampel ). Seibert

2484-529: The tradition of surfacing new talent, characters and series with several cartoon shorts "incubators," including (as of 2016): What a Cartoon! ( Cartoon Network , 1995), The Meth Minute 39 ( Channel Frederator , 2008), Random! Cartoons ( Nickelodeon / Nicktoons , 2008), Too Cool! Cartoons ( Cartoon Hangover , 2012), and GO! Cartoons (Cartoon Hangover, 2016). These laboratories have spun off notable series like: Dexter's Laboratory , The Powerpuff Girls , Johnny Bravo , Cow and Chicken , Courage

2538-1154: The wake of the dot-com bust , however, many of those programs closed. In NBIA's 2002 State of the Business Incubation survey, only 16% of responding incubators were for-profit programs. By the 2006 SOI, just 6% of respondents were for-profit. Although some incubation programs (regardless of nonprofit or for-profit status) take equity in client companies, most do not. Only 25% of incubation programs report that they take equity in some or all of their clients. Incubators often aggregate themselves into networks which are used to share good practices and new methodologies. Europe's European Business and Innovation Centre Network ("EBN") association federates more than 250 European Business and Innovation Centres (EU|BICs) throughout Europe. France has its own national network of technopoles , pre-incubators, and EU|BICs, called RETIS Innovation. This network focuses on internationalizing startups. Of 1000 incubators across Europe, 500 are situated in Germany. Many of them are organized federally within

2592-514: The wildest and most creative ways possible. The network identifications, 10-seconds each, were based on the MTV logo he commissioned and approved, designed by the Manhattan Design collective (that included his oldest childhood friend, Frank Olinsky). The logo mutated its design hundreds, thousands of ways, sometimes within one short animated film. Some senior network executives objected to

2646-495: The world's first media branding company. Goodman had been one of his key creative lieutenants at MTV, and they had worked together in college radio a decade before. Together, they successfully adapted the MTV branding and promotional strategy to overhaul the then-floundering children's cable channel Nickelodeon between June 1984 and January 1985, moving it from worst to first in the ratings in six months, and continued overseeing network branding and promotion for eight more years. By

2700-820: The world, Hanna-Barbera was able to launch seven hit series after a dry spell since the launch of The Smurfs in 1981 for NBC. The shows included Genndy Tartakovsky 's Dexter's Laboratory , David Feiss ' Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel , Van Partible 's Johnny Bravo , John R. Dilworth 's Courage the Cowardly Dog , and Craig McCracken 's The Powerpuff Girls . After Ted Turner included Hanna-Barbera in Turner Broadcasting 's 1996 sale to Time Warner , Seibert established Frederator Studios as an independent animation producer based in Burbank, California. Frederator has created cartoon series on Nickelodeon including Rob Renzetti 's My Life as

2754-411: Was acquired by YouTube. In 2004, then-unknown web developer David Karp interned at Frederator Studios at its first New York City location, and built the company's first blogging platform. In 2007, Karp launched Tumblr from a rented desk at Frederator Studios' Park Avenue South offices, along with chief engineer Marco Arment . Seibert was one of Tumblr's first bloggers, an angel investor in

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2808-536: Was an early employee of New Music Distribution Service , a non-profit distributor of musician-owned record company started by composers Carla Bley and Michael Mantler , before going on the road with Bley's big band as sound engineer and road manager. Seibert announced the revival of Oblivion Records in 2021 for a digital release of a historic concert recording of jazz innovator Cecil Taylor . Seibert's productions span multiple mediums in American entertainment. He

2862-455: Was eventually announced to be officially dropped on Netflix sometime in 2022. Seibert stepped down from his position as CEO of Frederator in August 2020, though the company indicated that he would remain executive producer for current projects, including Bee & PuppyCat and Castlevania . On February 23, 2021, Seibert announced the formation of cartoon production company FredFilms, with

2916-504: Was first recognized for his musical activity, having received a Grammy Award nomination at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards , and later several Annie Awards , Emmy Awards , and BAFTA Awards for his television productions. He received an American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Medal for lifetime exceptional achievements in 2000, was inducted to the Animation Magazine Hall of Fame in 2017. In November 2023,

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