Archive for the 'Marketing' Category

Interning and Secrets

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

To continue my tail of un-hiring woes, we must first go back a few months to the first time I drove Geoffrey Gilmore around.
As I said in summation, driving Geoffrey around brought me a lot closer to Paul Cohen, an independent distributor1 who is the business side of show business in one man.
I guess I [...]

Keep the Pitches Off the Elevator

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Imagine this - you stop by a big studio, maybe to try to get a few minutes with an exec to pitch your next idea. As you get back on the elevator to leave (with the no scheduled meeting), the door opens to reveal the Head of the Studio already riding down. “Great Zeus, this [...]

From Presentation Zen to Filmmaking Zen

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I like presentations. Let me correct that. I like good presentations. People seem to have finally woken up and realize that good presenting requires a good story (and no bullet points).
Presentation Zen, both the book and blog, utilize the visual power PowerPoint/Keynote provide to make presentations better.
Of course you don’t have to be a Venture [...]

Cubicles Survival Guide Launches Quietly

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

It’s finally happened. As previously mentioned, the podcast spin-off of Cubicles has finally launched, though very quietly.
I’m still trying to work out the bugs. I’ll explain my work flow in more detail in another post, but basically I’ve exported the movie into an iPod friendly .m4v 320×240 and am hosting it through my server.
I decided [...]