Subject: China/Brazil contacts for Complex and A&I
From: "Wayne Kimmel" <[email-masked]>
To: "R Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Eric D. Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:00:52 -0400

Hunter and Eric,

Hope you are well!

Marc Ecko (and possibly me) will be in China & Hong Kong the week of May
12th thru 16th.  There are 2 purposes for this trip.  The first purpose
will be a business development trip for Complex Media. visit complex.com
 and http://www.complexmedianetwork.com/

Can you please help steer us in the correct direction as to whom the
appropriate partners in China may be for Complex.   The second purpose is
to meet with potential investors for our next Artists & Instigators fund.

Here's more info on Complex

Complex.com <http://complex.com/> is a very successful young men's style
and culture platform that I have built in America.  Marc launched it from
within his array of Ecko brands over 10 years ago.  Today, it is also
ventured backed by Accel Partners (Facebook, Groupon, etc)
and Austin Ventures.  Marc is the largest shareholder and a Board member.

Complex has a core magazine product that publishes 6 times a year, and
a aggregated digital platform of over 100 websites.  Across the network,
Complex receives over +450M pages views a month with +40M Unique I.P.'s.
 It is a very high margin business (over +60%) and we service the best
brands in the world from Apple to McDonald's and Nike to Moet-Hennessy. The
business is in a rapid state of growth.

It has become a magnet for popular culture.  Celebrities that have been on
the cover range from Justin Bieber to Beyonce Knowles, Katy Perry to
Rihanna.  Complex has spotted the best early and often.

Needless to say, they are looking to develop our footprint internationally.
The data indicates about 20% of Complex's users are coming from the Pacific
Rim and Brazil.

The proper profile of a potential partner would be:

   - a media conglomerate with both Print & Digital chops.
   - who have a desire in reaching the elusive servicing young male
   millennial consumer.
   - who already are conducting business with China's most established
   consumer product brands; ranging from food, fashion, electronics, music and
   sports.
   - who get the gestalt of the COMPLEX brand.  Though we are aiming to
   obviously localize content (language, trends, music, etc), we see the world
   as small.  Cool is cool. Therefore everyone must operate with the intent of
    authentically expressing the Complex parent brand.
   - who can PIVOT a localized variation that authentically expresses
   Complex's core brand values.  Obviously China isn't America, and
   vice-versa.  But one thing that is universal is a desire to celebrate and
   consume COOL and innovative people, places and things.

Please let me know if you have any ideas and/or contacts for us.  Thanks
and I will also want to talk with you about contacts that you may have in
Brazil too... that trip will be this summer.

-- 
Wayne D. Kimmel
Founder
Artists & Instigators
www.artistsandinstigators.com
waynekimmel.co