Should I do it? How to know if you should take a job
We’ve had this discussion many times with many different industries. Sometimes we don’t just sit down and really ask “Why did we take that job?” Now, I’m going to use our creative industry as the analogy for this blog post, but it REALLY can apply to just about any...
False Economy: A Real House of Cards
We’re small business owners and we have to keep costs low. It’s part of managing overhead. In this management, there is a TRAP for which we have all fallen. If you haven’t fallen for it yet, let’s hope this blog post saves you. The trap is false economy. What is False...
A Jack of All Trades is not so bad
We’ve all heard the term “a jack of all trades is a master of none.” In our industry, it, almost always, tends to be a statement used to belittle those who aren’t plugged into a market where they can specialize in one facet of production (focus puller, gaffer, grip,...
The Foundation of Success in Small Business Part 3: The Power of “No”/Standing up for Yourself
By now, hopefully you’ve put some thought into what you are, and what you are not. That’s great, it still doesn’t help me get out of this rut I’ve created. Not to fret. This post is for you! The good news is, anyone can do this. The bad news is that this is really...
The Foundation of Success in Small Business Part 2: Know what you are not
Parts one and two really work in tandem. They are the thesis and antithesis that help you find synthesis. Fancy, right? Basically, in order to know what you are you have to know what you are not. In my last post I talked about how I was burning out and had to evaluate...
The Foundation of Success in Small Business Part 1: Know what you are
In the last post, I gave you our motivation behind coming up with these three fundamental basics for success in small business. Throughout this series, my examples will be video related, as that is our industry, however, we firmly believe that all of these points are...
The Foundation of Success in Small Business: Introduction
The very first thing Jacob and I did, at the beginning of 2018 (besides me getting deathly ill), was put together a presentation for the Lubbock Chapter of 1 Million Cups. I’m going to be completely honest here: when we were asked to apply to present, my initial...
Shane’s Inner Circle Southwest Meetup
You may be keeping up with our Instagram and Facebook pages and noticed we’ve been making quite a Buzz about being at the Shane’s Inner Circle Southwest Meet up that took place last week in Dallas. What is Shane’s Inner Circle? This is a GREAT question. Briefly,...
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