Welcome to Mind Your Business

Today we connect with Andrew Jeschke of GASDIGITAL PRODUCTIONS. Andrew was one of my first students at Alpharetta High School in my film and video program. He not only succeeded in our startup video program, he went on to create a super niche in the world of high school sports video. He worked out of his parents' basement as a fledgling startup and grew his company to support his new family. He has some great nuggets of pure business wisdom that he shares....check it out!

Ellie went from being a banker to being a baker! After spending years in the banking industry, she turned her passion from baking desserts for her co-workers into a full time bakery! She tells what led up to that transition, how she did it and where she is right now--poised to grow each year.

This video podcast series highlights small business owners and their journey to help you get your business up and running.

We connect with Nick, a former student of mine, who literally took a class project into a real business. He started his business journey in Athens, Georgia while attending UGA. He started CV House Video with a college friend and built a small, yet growing business. He shares some of the thoughts behind starting his business and growing it.

Leo joins us from his media production agency in Atlanta, GA to talk about their humble beginnings at UGA to a 2 million dollar powerhouse.

This is our introduction that explains what we will cover in upcoming episodes. We will discuss real strategies to help design, build and grow your business.

The first step in almost any endeavor is to write that idea on paper. I will give you a very simple exercise that I did in my own business idea to take my dream and begin the road to reality.

In today's episode, we listen to Steve Jobs talk about self-managing...and that leads us right into students talking about Run It Like You Own It! This was the culture of my program. And the one thing I learned in teaching for 13 years is that the culture of your program is the single biggest game changer to making your program top notch. Take a listen! If you'd like to learn more, https://www.misnermedia.com/

In this episode, I share with you 7 easy steps you can do today to get started on making money turning your passion into a money making enterprise!

If you are a film and video teacher and you're now faced with questions that you don't have the answers to, you might need some professional development.  Getting professional development is an often overlooked aspect of teaching, however lack of professional development is high on the list for teacher attrition!  In this episode we dive into the reasons to seek out professional development.  We also dispel the myth that seeking professional development means you're not a good teacher--just the opposite!  For more information : https://www.misnermedia.com/video-teacher-workshop.html