CRAIG INZANA
MY PROFESSIONAL STORY
Early Websites & Design - Video Game Clans & Layering MS Paint Files. Lessons learned: How to be scrappy and that everything is figureoutable. Basic design & UI skills.
Video Game YouTuber - Driving users for clans & communities. Lesson learned: Finding online trends and engaging with a community to drive results.
Filmmaking & College - Moving around colleges and making movies while doing it. Culminates in Blue Card. Lesson learned: Don’t wait around for someone to give you an assignment. Get out and try stuff. It will always put you ahead of the pack.
Freelance Photographer & Videographer - Weddings, events, senior photos.
Feature Film Producing - Blood on the Leaves. Follow up films that failed. Lessons learned:
Editing & Motion Graphics Freelance - Making good money and tasting freedom to work totally self-directed. Worked a little with WorkHardPGH which is now doing really cool stuff. Lesson Learned: Sales matters. Always be selling months ahead of what you need now.
Event Technology -
Music Videos -
Event Marketing Director -
Dropshipping - Drones. Lesson Learned: A niche is a gold mine until everyone else figures it out. Truly passive income is challenging to build.
Digital Services Director - First time running an agency-like business and really doing sales.
Writing Short Stories - On Amazon and WattPad. Lesson Learned: Being a writer is harder than it looks.
Professional Painter - Tried painting and turned out I was pretty good. Became involved in art gallery and did art shows often. Was paid pretty well to do commissions and sold a few pieces per month. Lesson Learned: Fine art is somewhat about talent but a lot about marketing, pricing, and perceived value. Also doing something creative for money is emotionally exhausting.
WokeBox - Subscription box service. Coffee and a non-fiction book. Lessons Learned: Think out the scalability of an idea and raise money based on those assumptions.
FinTech Startup - Built with no-code. MVP worked, but getting first customers was a grind. Lesson Learned:
Inzana Media, Phase One Freelance - Marketing and video editing for influencers.
Inzana Media, Phase Two Scaling - Remote editing, expanding into more services, growing a team. Too many clients to name. Lesson Learned: Managing a team and business is a completely different ball game than freelancing.
Beeso Studio -
Startup Grind Omaha -
MY PROFESSIONAL STORY
Early Websites & Design - Video Game Clans & Layering MS Paint Files. Lessons learned: How to be scrappy and that everything is figureoutable. Basic design & UI skills.
Video Game YouTuber - Driving users for clans & communities. Lesson learned: Finding online trends and engaging with a community to drive results.
Filmmaking & College - Moving around colleges and making movies while doing it. Culminates in Blue Card. Lesson learned: Don’t wait around for someone to give you an assignment. Get out and try stuff. It will always put you ahead of the pack.
Freelance Photographer & Videographer - Weddings, events, senior photos.
Feature Film Producing - Blood on the Leaves. Follow up films that failed. Lessons learned:
Editing & Motion Graphics Freelance - Making good money and tasting freedom to work totally self-directed. Worked a little with WorkHardPGH which is now doing really cool stuff. Lesson Learned: Sales matters. Always be selling months ahead of what you need now.
Event Technology -
Music Videos -
Event Marketing Director -
Dropshipping - Drones. Lesson Learned: A niche is a gold mine until everyone else figures it out. Truly passive income is challenging to build.
Digital Services Director - First time running an agency-like business and really doing sales.
Writing Short Stories - On Amazon and WattPad. Lesson Learned: Being a writer is harder than it looks.
Professional Painter - Tried painting and turned out I was pretty good. Became involved in art gallery and did art shows often. Was paid pretty well to do commissions and sold a few pieces per month. Lesson Learned: Fine art is somewhat about talent but a lot about marketing, pricing, and perceived value. Also doing something creative for money is emotionally exhausting.
WokeBox - Subscription box service. Coffee and a non-fiction book. Lessons Learned: Think out the scalability of an idea and raise money based on those assumptions.
FinTech Startup - Built with no-code. MVP worked, but getting first customers was a grind. Lesson Learned:
Inzana Media, Phase One Freelance - Marketing and video editing for influencers.
Inzana Media, Phase Two Scaling - Remote editing, expanding into more services, growing a team. Too many clients to name. Lesson Learned: Managing a team and business is a completely different ball game than freelancing.
Beeso Studio -
Startup Grind Omaha -
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