He founded the Atom Factory talent agency. He manages Lady Gaga, and when she wanted her very own social network for her millions of "little monsters", he co-founded Backplane. And he doesn't do weekly team meetings. Troy Carter is a general badass, and will be at Disrupt NY.
Carter's AtomFactory embodies the essence of a lean startup: With its small team, the company is making waves in the entertainment world by constantly reinventing itself and creating products based on interactions with fans.