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Tim Valenti on building brands
Tim Valenti remembers wanting to be an ambassador to
a foreign country when he was growing up in Honolulu. “I
wanted to be in international relations,” the 2020 GayVN
Hall of Fame inductee says. “I wanted to work at the U.N.”
It’s safe to say he has cultivated countless relationships
both on U.S. soil and abroad during his 20-plus years of
travels as an entrepreneur in adult entertainment.
In fact the founder of NakedSword without question is an
influential industry ambassador who built what today can
best be described as a gay adult entertainment empire.
Under Valenti’s leadership, the NakedSword Network
operates on the cutting edge of streaming technology
and content, powered by its diverse collection of brands
that include the flagship NakedSword.com, NakedSword
Originals, TheSword.com and NakedSword Film Works.
Valenti in late 2015 also took the reins of Falcon Studios
Group, the world’s largest producer of gay male erotica,
as the president of the company. Falcon Studios Group
is home to three legendary brands: Falcon Studios
(established in 1971), Raging Stallion Studios (1999) and
Hot House Entertainment (1994).
The former communications major at the University of
San Francisco is also the senior vice president of the North
Carolina–based Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network—
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