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Updates! 7-22-22
🕑 Added 2022-07-23 01:55:53 +0000 UTCIt's a known fact that anyone taking a photo of a spreadsheet to share with people for no other reason than they are excited... is a nerd.
Before I nerd out on you, I want to thank you so much for either having had supported me or just signed on. I went from 260ish patrons to now 442 in under 2 weeks. I have a glimpse of hope of being able to take a break AND meet my goals of Breaking Gear Fear for All Extreme Sports. Having 1000 patrons will allow me to do all the stuff I'm about to nerd to you below. So... thank you.
This is the master spreadsheet I keep using and it's the longest lasting method of staying organized I have kept up with. Since officially aiming towards making every piece of content into not just long form (youtube) but full written blogs with "Behind the Scenes" sections and "After Posting Thoughts" because I have those, but can't change the video. And also short form. Every process takes X number of steps and while actively working on 10 episodes at a time and having 40-50 filmed videos in the bank and 100 videos pre-pre planning... takes a spreadsheet. Being organized means I can have people help. Having people help means I can make content in any form people want it in and pump out 2 episodes a week and maybe even a third one someday AND play on the weekends.
What's cool is I may have figured out a way to productively work with people and that is... wait for it... make videos for them. I screen record the to do list or fixing edits so they can see exactly what I need rather than some massive email. It also forces me to be more clear. It's been producing good results from the people I'm working with now.
Fiverr and Upwork has provided some super good enough help for a very affordable amount, a few stoked people in the audience are also doing a few things here and there and I'm experimenting with 2 editors to see if they can get my style. What I do isn't rocket science but it's very easy to make a break test video boring and quite a challenge to keep it tight without losing the information, especially as we add more complexity and 20+ break tests per video. This is obviously my biggest expense but if I use cheaper editors who are good at organizing the footage so I can narrate, then use the more expensive editor to finalize it, then we might have a system.
My current budget is about $500-$600 on editors, proofreaders and instagramers per episode and it takes about $500 for the misc behind the scenes. The biggest investment has been the website and it's the foundation for us to scale.
The dream someday would be a real lab with a drop tower INSIDE the building and two full time nerds breaking stuff all day every day and releasing ALL the data in entertaining ways on multiple channels to break out different activities (fun vs work for example). I'd love to answer every question anyone has about gear that they trust their life to. Keeping it all findable and organized is so important to making that even worth doing.
Thanks for investing in this dream and keeping gas in our engine.
In case you want to see the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Em6SdHAPvSvDN5rFaBBYAUNWHiLkVin-zAdqloaJAo4/edit?usp=sharing
Comments
I would test the crap out of every piece of gear on the market and not always with their blessing. I also like testing concepts when you do this thing with that gear or tie the sling in this way or fall a certain way as opposed to another (I'm onto something quite interesting as far as dyneema goes). There are a lot of questions and 100 videos a year ain't gonna do it. But it's nice to dream
Thanks Ryan for the update! I didn't realize until you just mentioned it, that the long term goal really is a lab like that. The consumer reports of the gear world. I'm down to do my part to see that happen. You will continue to have the support I can offer.
