Speaker
Troy Carter 
Founder and CEO, Atom Factory
Troy Carter has established the careers of numerous recording artists, including Lady Gaga, whom you might have heard of. The founder, chairman and CEO of Atom Factory, Carter began his career in Philadelphia, working for Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment, and in 1995 joined Bad Boy Entertainment, where he worked with such artists as Notorious B.I.G. Later, he formed the boutique talent management company Erving Wonder. He recently co-founded The Backplane, a Silicon Valley-based startup that allows celebrities and brands to connect with fans. He has also created A\IDEA, a product development and branding agency, and AF Square, an angel fund and technology consultancy, and is an active investor in tech.
Posts With Troy Carter
More D11 Speakers: Meet the Managers of Bieber (Braun), Gaga (Carter) and Madonna (Oseary)
They make the songs that make the whole world tweet.
Troy Carter Loves Stars Crossing Media (Video)
At D: Dive Into Mobile, Carter described the evolution of the music industry as a continuing power shift from labels to artists to fans.
Google, Firefox and the Fastest-Growing Phone Company in China — What You Missed at Dive Into Mobile Yesterday
A quick catch-up guide to the first day of our global mobile conference.
Why Lady Gaga Isn’t Ditching the CD (Video)
Hint: She likes to sell albums. Gaga manager Troy Carter explains at D: Dive into Media.
Ambitious Startup Wish Aims to Outsmart the Business of Online Shopping
A young startup wants to create a Google-ified version of Amazon.
More Dive Into Mobile Speakers: Twitter’s Stanton, MLB.com’s Bowman and Lady Gaga’s Manager Carter
Katie Jacobs Stanton of Twitter, Troy Carter of Atom Factory, and Bob Bowman of Major League Baseball Advanced Media join the Dive Into Mobile lineup.
Eric Schmidt Backs #waywire, a Media Site for Teens That Is Part Twitter, Part YouTube
The founding team of #waywire includes media executives Nathan Richardson and Sarah Ross and Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker.
Turntable Comes Clean About Funding. Next Up: Label Deals and More Users.
It’s official: Turntable.fm has raised $7 million and has an iphone app. Neither of those developments are news, so let’s get to the stuff that’s not being talked about today, but should be.