Ventures into Hollywood: Sandlot Venture Group

Ventures into Hollywood: Sandlot Venture Group

Sandlot Venture Group managing director Don Herman has been a technologist and investor in Silicon Valley for many years. Now, he, like an increasing number of other local investors, has gotten into the movie business.

Sandlot’s goal is to “hone projects at the development phase,” Herman tells me. The analogy here is that good movie ideas, like many early-stage startups, need financing and networking assistance from investors.

The Los Gatos, Calif. firm hires script writers and actors,… Continue Reading