Plenty Of Fish Hacked – Chris Russo explains what happened
UPDATE 2: Chris Russo (aka ch russo) mentioned that he would be pleased to reply any questions about the incident on plenty of fish dot com, so if any of my readers is interested, feel free to ask him. You can follow Chris Russo on Twitter @chrusso99 Or send him a message on Facebook at [Read More...]
What makes a demo video great
It’s always hard to pinpoint what makes something great, whether is a painting, a movie, a car design, a building, a person, or a promo video. What makes a face beautiful? symmetry, proportions, texture, color, shape, curves. Greatness, the same as beauty is very hard to explain with words, to measure with instruments, to replicate. [Read More...]
The greatest motivator of all – time
(This is and excerpt from a previous article named 5 steps that will help you discover your true passion.) Look at our life as a horizontal timeline across the bottom of your computer screen. You know you will live about 75 years. That is 27,000 days no more. That is the window of opportunity that [Read More...]
Passions fade and why that is a good thing
(This is and excerpt from a previous article named 5 steps that will help you discover your true passion.) I don’t think all passions are timeless, they do fade away and that is good, we evolve and our passions do too. For some reason the romantic part of us loves the forever and ever happy [Read More...]
Why every website needs a great explanatory video
Video on the web is a hot trend on the Internet today. Not just pure video for entertainment such us cute kitty videos or fart videos, but promotional videos as well. In fact, almost every website in this world can benefit from a short concise explanatory video. A lot of people create their own demo [Read More...]
CEO: Miguel Hernandez
Miguel Hernandez is the Founder and CEO of Grumo Media. Miguel founded Grumo Media in October 2010 after producing a spec video for flight search startup Hipmunk.com which was created while vacationing with the in-laws in Hawaii. Miguel had previously produced only just one video for his Romanian friends from a news reader digest startup [Read More...]
Step by step guide to produce a promo video
Listen to this article read by Miguel Hernandez, Grumo’s CEO HERE: Producing a 1-1.5 min animated promotional video takes more effort than meets the eye. What millions can enjoy during those fleeting seconds of informational entertainment it is actually the result of several weeks of hard work. How hard really depends on the complexity and [Read More...]
Mentor: Danny Robinson
Danny Robinson has not only been a mentor and advisor to me but to hundreds of other startups in British Columbia and Canada. A couple of months ago I managed to catch the attention of billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban through one of my connections at YCombinator. Just a day after my friend sent Mark my [Read More...]
5 steps that will help you discover your true passion
This post is an answer to Sebastian Marshall’s article Passion Emerges From Action, Not Contemplation. At the end of his post Sebastian says: “Miguel! I’d love to hear your take on narrowing down your passions sometime since I know you’re working on fascinating stuff.” Well here is the answer: Note: this is a long article. [Read More...]
How much a typical promo video costs?
The typical animated promo video costs anywhere from $3K to $10K a minute. $3K will get you a very simple animated promo video as it will barely cover the costs of producing the script, storyboard, voiceover and hiring an animator. A good animator charges between $300 to $500 a day. If the animation is very [Read More...]
Protected: How the way you wipe your bum can save the world. Crunchers vs Folders
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How to create mayhem with a mirror and a chinese hat
When I was about 12 I got into trouble by doing another of my usual experiments. We lived in the most bizarre house I have ever seen, at least in Bilbao, Spain. Our house was an old fort built during the Carlist war back in the mid 1800s. It was built on the side of [Read More...]
The beauty of connecting with like minded people
Today I met for coffee Kurtis Steward a local photographer that loves to blog about his passion at http://kurtisstewart.com/. Kurtis found about me through this post from Sebastian Marshall. Kurtis is a devote follower of Sebastian Marshall and was plesantly surprised to discover that Sebastian was writing about a liked minded person that happened to [Read More...]
How to Create an Awesome Demo Video the Grumo Way
After creating several successful demo videos I have learned great techniques to produce awesome explanatory videos with very little budget. I have also learned that most startups cannot afford to spend $3k to $10K to have a professional video produced. This saddens me because every startup can tremendously benefit from having a great demo video [Read More...]
Mentor: Alexis Ohanian
The great Alexis Ohanian deserves a very special place in this site. In fact, one could say that the main reason why Grumo exists today is thanks to Alexis generosity and his willingness to promote Grumo and its accomplishments where ever he goes. Back in October 2010, I created a spec video for Hipmunk, a [Read More...]
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