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May
5

Don’t Get Mad, Get Better

Justin on May 5th, 2011

Last week, one of my agency clients emailed me.  One of their clients had requested another copy of a video we’d produced for them, and which we’ve already sent to them twice, because they couldn’t find their copies and they needed one.  For a presentation.  That day. The file wasn’t on my laptop, so I [...]

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May
3

11 Business Lessons I Learned While Producing My Own Web Video Series

Justin on May 3rd, 2011

As most of you know, I’m the creator / producer of The Baristas, an online comedy I funded on Kickstarter and launched in back January.  It’s a spin-off from my long-running series Something to Be Desired, which ran from 2003-2009. But while The Baristas has only been around for 11 episodes, I feel like I’ve [...]

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Oct
4

Life Lessons: A Stephen Fry Interview

Justin on October 4th, 2010

Sometimes I hear someone else’s ideas and I realize there’s nothing I could say that’s more important than simply repeating what they’ve said.  The following interview with Stephen Fry is one of those collections of ideas that’s worth more for me to share than creating something new to distract from it would be. Enjoy. STEPHEN [...]

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Sep
27

10 Tips for Funding a Successful Kickstarter Project

Justin on September 27th, 2010

UPDATE: Due to the high volume of traffic that this post always receives, I’ve launched a new blog called CrowdFunding Help, which provides tips, news, interviews and how-tos for Kickstarter, IndieGoGo and more. Check it out! Last month, I created a Kickstarter project to help raise the initial funding for my new creative project, The [...]

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Aug
20

The Baristas: How I’m Using Kickstarter to Fund My Next Creative Project

Justin on August 20th, 2010

I’m fond of finding ways to fund projects that don’t involve traditional investors or advertisers.  One of those avenues is Kickstarter, a crowdfunding resource for creative endeavors.  It lets a project’s audience become its investors. So I thought I’d give it a try. The Backstory In 2003, I created Something to Be Desired, a web [...]

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