06/18/2026
Just wrapped up InfoComm in Vegas working with another amazing group of people. Sometimes clients want a podcast filmed on the show floor with all the hustle and bustle and industry buzz in the background, and sometimes they want them filmed in quiet meeting rooms so on-camera talent can hear each other easier. The trade-off is that the meeting rooms are never as visually appealing as the show floor.
Walked into a meeting room yesterday and it was four white walls, a few chairs, a table (that was in the way) and a TV. Not a great starting point, and we had to load-in, set up, shoot a 20-minute conversation, and load-out, all in a 60-minute time frame.
For a split second I considered phoning it in and accepting the episode wouldn’t look great. Then I looked over, saw an HDMI cable hanging from the TV, saw that Rachel had her laptop and said to myself, “If we pull these chairs off the wall as much as possible, download the Six Five Media logo and put it on the TV, and then flip the laptop so we also get the HP logo in the shot… this will actually look nice.”
Everyone snapped into action and had the entire shoot set up within 25 minutes. Melody Brue did a great job guiding the conversation with Carles Farre.
I’m writing this on the plane home right now and wondering why this life I chose is worth it. I’ve done enough cool things the past five years that I could probably relatively easily get a comfier and way less stressful job with another company. So why do I still choose the path of entrepreneurship?
The answer is there’s a real pride in someone placing trust in you and then coming through for them in situations like these. Entrepreneurship means that pride is entirely yours to own.
I’m a proponent of work-life balance and really don’t like working overtime unless it’s absolutely necessary. But the hours you ARE working? I would argue that life is much more meaningful if you’re taking those hours seriously and doing something you can be proud of for people who are trusting you.
Sappy post complete.
