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Vipul Agrawal

Co-Founder & CEO at Mugafi | INSEAD | Writer & Poet

From 500 True Fans TO $1M+: The Kickstarter Playbook That Actually Works

Oct 25, 2025

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13 min read

From 500 True Fans TO $1M+: The Kickstarter Playbook That Actually Works

How Ethan Van Sciver turned a YouTube channel into a $1.2 million crowdfunding empire...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
From Dying Publisher To Streaming Goldmine: The Riverdale Resurrection

Oct 18, 2025

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13 min read

From Dying Publisher To Streaming Goldmine: The Riverdale Resurrection

How a dark teen drama saved 80 years of wholesome comics from irrelevance...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
Why European Comic Creator Retire Wealthy While American Artists Die Broke?

Oct 14, 2025

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13 min read

Why European Comic Creator Retire Wealthy While American Artists Die Broke?

The publishing model that builds generational wealth vs. the work-for-hire trap...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
The $300 Page Rate Scandal: Why Top Comic Writers Earn 60% Less Than 1990 ✍️

Oct 12, 2025

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12 min read

The $300 Page Rate Scandal: Why Top Comic Writers Earn 60% Less Than 1990 ✍️

How billion-dollar superhero movies broke the backs of the creators who built them...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
The Manga Takeover: How Japanese Publishers Conquered American Retail.

Oct 7, 2025

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12 min read

The Manga Takeover: How Japanese Publishers Conquered American Retail.

Why your local Barnes & Noble looks more like Tokyo than Gotham City...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
The $4 Billion Silent Takeover: PE Firms Are Buying Your Favourite YouTubers 📹

Oct 4, 2025

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12 min read

The $4 Billion Silent Takeover: PE Firms Are Buying Your Favourite YouTubers 📹

How Veritasium, Dude Perfect, and hundreds of creators you watch daily are now owned by investment firms...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
The 100% Tariff Chaos: Trump's Movie Industry Shakeup 🎬

Sep 30, 2025

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12 min read

The 100% Tariff Chaos: Trump's Movie Industry Shakeup 🎬

How a Truth Social post just threw global production economics into confusion...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
Inside the Kimmel Suspension Economics: The $76.6 Million Question 📺

Sep 20, 2025

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9 min read

Inside the Kimmel Suspension Economics: The $76.6 Million Question 📺

How one late-night monologue became a live experiment in TV's political pressure points...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
The YouTube Premium Ponzi Scheme: Who's really getting paid? 💸

Sep 16, 2025

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9 min read

The YouTube Premium Ponzi Scheme: Who's really getting paid? 💸

How 125M paying subscribers are accidentally subsidizing 2.5 billion free users...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
From Gokuldham to Dholakpur: TMKOC & Chhota Bheem’s Multi-Crore Licensing Play 💰

Sep 9, 2025

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10 min read

From Gokuldham to Dholakpur: TMKOC & Chhota Bheem’s Multi-Crore Licensing Play 💰

The new blueprint for Indian entertainment IP.

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
THE INVISIBLE ₹200 CRORE GOLDMINE HIDING IN YOUR NETFLIX QUEUE 💰

Sep 2, 2025

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7 min read

THE INVISIBLE ₹200 CRORE GOLDMINE HIDING IN YOUR NETFLIX QUEUE 💰

PLUS: Why Indian OTT platforms are secretly building the next big tech economy...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
🎵 Music Labels Are Going Full Blockchain 🔗

Aug 30, 2025

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7 min read

🎵 Music Labels Are Going Full Blockchain 🔗

Real revenue models, actual implementation data, and what comes next...

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
The Silent Takeover of Indian Influencers By Media Companies

Aug 27, 2025

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6 min read

The Silent Takeover of Indian Influencers By Media Companies

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
Made in India: How VFX Quietly Redrew the Map

Aug 23, 2025

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6 min read

Made in India: How VFX Quietly Redrew the Map

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal

Media and Culture

Attention ≠ Sales: Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Ad

Aug 17, 2025

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4 min read

Attention ≠ Sales: Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Ad

A Costly Lesson

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal

Media and Culture

Is This the End of Film IP?

Aug 15, 2025

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5 min read

Is This the End of Film IP?

A 78-Year-Old Filmmaker is Killing It

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
Now You Can Be a Filmmaker Within a Minute

Aug 10, 2025

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5 min read

Now You Can Be a Filmmaker Within a Minute

And that too without paying for film school

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal

Indian Cinema

This is When People Will Stop Pirating

Aug 8, 2025

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6 min read

This is When People Will Stop Pirating

And here is why

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal

Indian Cinema

India’s Gods Just Got a $500 Million VFX Budget

Aug 2, 2025

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6 min read

India’s Gods Just Got a $500 Million VFX Budget

And They’re Coming for Marvel

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal

Media and Culture

Maybe Marvel should’ve never done TV.

Jul 29, 2025

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8 min read

Maybe Marvel should’ve never done TV.

(and I believe it)

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
This Movie Is Too Freaking Long

Jul 27, 2025

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6 min read

This Movie Is Too Freaking Long

(even when it’s not)

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal

Media and Culture

“I want to buy a ticket for a movie that doesn’t exist yet.”

Jul 25, 2025

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7 min read

“I want to buy a ticket for a movie that doesn’t exist yet.”

Yes, it doesn't exist.

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal

Media and Culture

YouTube was rotting my brain, but

Jul 22, 2025

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6 min read

YouTube was rotting my brain, but

I am a little relieved.

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
The Rise of AI Influencers: How Brands Are Replacing Humans with Algorithms

Jul 9, 2025

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7 min read

The Rise of AI Influencers: How Brands Are Replacing Humans with Algorithms

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
One Year Without Cameras: How AI Filmmaking Is Reshaping Cinema Across the World

Jun 25, 2025

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6 min read

One Year Without Cameras: How AI Filmmaking Is Reshaping Cinema Across the World

Vipul Agrawal
Vipul Agrawal
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