dc Media Ventures helps facilitate the connection between our clients and various manufacturers, retailers, designs and licensees. We grow and develop licensing programs and brand collaborations in the entertainment and lifestyle categories. We have negotiated a variety of different product licensing, sponsorship, co-marketing and brand collaboration agreements as well as employment and consulting agreements, live appearance, multimedia and book publishing agreements for our various clients.I was the founding partner of the law firm of Codikow, Carroll, Guido & Groffman, currently known as Carroll, Guido and Groffman, a boutique entertainment law firm specialized in the Music Business and New Media law. I co-created and co-own the “Vans Warped Tour”, a musical event which marries the punk rock and other musical style with extreme sports and lifestyle events. The success of “Vans Warped Tour” is unprecedented and the Tour has the distinction of being one of the longest running rock n roll festival in America.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/music/interviews/codikow.html