Isaac Hayes III Built A Social Media App For The Future Of TV – Microcasting. Here’s His Plan

The CEO of Fanbase says his startup has more than 400,000 users as it finalizes a $5 million crowd raise.

Isaac Hayes III knows that the first thing people will notice is his name. His father was the iconic R&B producer and singer most known for writing the theme music from the 1971 flick “Shaft” and voicing the Chef character on “South Park.”

But this generation’s Isaac Hayes wants to conquer the social media world. His startup, Fanbase, is betting on the continued erosion of legacy media companies, where smaller direct-to-consumer interactions become the new – maybe even soulful – normal.

“The future of television is not

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