What’s it Like to Join Factory45?
The other day I was on a podcast interview, and the host asked me how I reach big goals.
I’ve shared with you before that I’m not a goal-setter in the traditional sense. Instead, I focus on the small “action steps” needed to achieve big goals.
And that’s where I started in January of this year.
The “goal” was to create a new brand video for Factory45 that would portray the experience of being an entrepreneur in the program.
I had a vision of what the final video would look like, but I really didn’t know how to bring it to life.
I’m not a filmmaker, I’m not a script writer and I’m certainly not an actress.
So, I got out a notebook and I made a list of all of the things that would need to come together to make this big goal happen within the budget that I set.
Hire experts who do this professionally… write a script… edit, edit and re-edit the script… approve a storyboard… find an “actress” for the video… hire a voiceover… lay out a timeline… create a shooting schedule, etc…
Thankfully — and this is always applicable advice — we started working on the video so far in advance that we finished filming two weeks before we got stay-at-home orders.
Advanced planning paid off more than ever this year.
So, how did it all come together?
I hired Drew and Kestrel of Falcon Related, who have worked with me before to create the Factory45 portal videos.
Jen Long, who is the founder of Noble Carriage, happens to live in San Diego (where I’m based right now) and she was willing to be our actress.
She also happens to be the consulting client I worked with in 2014 who inspired the idea for the Factory45 program — how’s that for a full-circle moment?
Holly Stavnes, the co-founder of Left Edit, provided the voiceover for us — and she also went through the Factory45 program in 2017.
That’s all to say, the new brand video came together in such an authentic and genuine way that I couldn’t have planned it better in January if I tried.
It’s a lesson in trusting the process, setting up a plan of action and following through on the little steps to make it happen.
Anyway, you can see for yourself — just click the play button below : )
