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00:00 Welcome and Introduction00:14 Mitch's Unique Journey into the Creative Industry00:42 From ROTC to Creative Space: A Personal Story03:54 The Big Break: Meeting Prince and Changing Trajectories05:37 Working with Prince: Insights and Experiences09:53 The Entrepreneurial Leap: Starting a Production Company14:55 The Evolution of a Creative Career: From Entrepreneur to Intrapreneur18:45 Inside Sibling's Creative Process: Collaboration and Innovation21:57 The Power of In-Person Workshops and Client Engagement35:46 Adapting Processes and Tooling for Client Success38:52 Career Reflections and Advice
00:00 Intro00:38 Diving into Dustin's Filmmaking Journey03:17 The Birth of Vagrants: From Concept to Reality10:33 Navigating the World of Original Content and Brand Collaborations17:04 Inside the Creative Process: Balancing Directing and Entrepreneurship19:39 A Deep Dive into Producing Content: The Rhode Island Tourism Board Project26:01 Exploring Production Company Partnerships26:42 The Organic Growth and Vision of Pennant and Vagrants27:35 Specializing in Different Parts of the Funnel: A Strategic Move31:36 The Power of Saying No and Choosing Projects Wisely34:43 The Evolution of Production Companies and Niche Specialization37:12 Embracing Generative AI in the Content Industry45:10 Behind the Scenes: Producing a One-Take Robot Dog Commercial50:27 Reflections and Future Collaborations
David Weinstein is the former VP of Production at Complex and Buzzfeed, where he oversaw production for a multitude of original content properties, and helped shepherd the media company giant through COVID and the transition to cloud based workflows. David is now taking on his next challenge at Pro League Network, where he'll be spearheading content strategy for untapped and emerging sports verticals. In this episode David tells us his career path into production leadership roles, and gives us an in-depth breakdown of his workflow and tools for managing a large content pipeline.
Dmitry Shamis is the Global Head of Creative for Hubspot. Dmitry started his career working in the mail room at Paradigm, and ended up as the creative leader for Hubspot, where he transformed a small service based group into an in-house agency with over 140 employees. In this episode, Dmitry walks us through his framework for scaling creative operations at an in-house agency.
Hannah Levy has directed Saturday Night Live sketches for the likes of Billie Eilish, John Mulaney and Kim Kardashian. She is now repped by Tool of North America and has her first film in development with Paramount. In this episode Hannah tells us the story of getting signed to direct at SNL, and takes us through their warp speed creative development and production processes that happens like clockwork every single week. She also tells us the tools and techniques she personally uses to visualize and direct her material.
Rajan Patel is the President and Executive Producer at Framework, one of Hollywood's top entertainment marketing companies with a client list that reads like a who's who at the Oscars - names like Disney, HBO, Marvel, Netflix and many more. In this episode we talk about Rajan's humble beginnings working in his parents motels, how he moved to Los Angeles and found his way into entertainment, and tactical advice on running a production company, building a culture, and developing yourself as a leader.
Cedric Devitt is the Chief Creative Officer at Big Spaceship, a New York based independent agency with a client list that includes JetBlue, Starbucks and Google. Cedric is an industry veteran whose accolades include helming MRY as social media agency of the year, and also founding the US Air Guitar Championships. In this episode, we talk about the importance of resiliency as a creative thinker, finding the magic in the room through reduction and the necessity of fusing brand and product.
Pete Sena is a serial entrepreneur, futurist, investor and CEO coach. Amongst his many initiatives, he is the founder of Digital Surgeons, a brand experience design consultancy, and also runs the co-working space District, a founder community, podcast and much more. Pete is a firm believer in being forward obsessed, and constantly learning new technologies to position yourself for success. In this episode we talk about opportunities to start businesses in AI, the importance of community in the next ten years, and some one-on-one consulting for yours truly.
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