Podcast appearances and mentions of Emily Best

Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, shares how her journey from theater to filmmaking led to launching one of the most successful crowdfunding platforms for independent creators. We dive into what makes Seed&Spark stand out, why audience-building is essential, and how creators can build sustainable careers outside the Hollywood system. Emily also gives us a glimpse into the future of film distribution and why democratizing storytelling means more than just access—it's about collective power.About WrapbookWrapbook is a smart, intuitive platform that makes production payroll and accounting easier, faster, and more secure. We provide a unified payroll platform that seamlessly connects your entire team—production, accounting, cast, and crew—all in one place.Wrapbook empowers production teams to manage projects, pay cast and crew, track expenses, and generate data-driven insights, while enabling workers to manage timecards, track pay, and onboard to new projects from any device. Wrapbook brings clarity and dependability to production payroll, while increasing the productivity of your whole team.For crew: The Wrapbook app eliminates the headaches of production payroll by providing a fast, transparent, and secure solution for workers to complete startwork, submit timecards, and track pay.Trusted by companies of all sizes, Wrapbook powers payroll for some of the industry's top production companies, including SMUGGLER, Tuff, and GhostRobot. Our growing team of 250+ people includes entertainment and technology experts from SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, Teamsters, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and more.Wrapbook is backed by top-tier investors, including Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo, Andreessen Horowitz, and A* Capital.Get started at https://www.wrapbook.com/

Don't miss this informative episode with host Tisha Morris and Christie Marchese, founder and CEO of Kinema, the global film distribution and exhibition platform. On the heels of The Duplass Brothers announcing their upcoming episodic, The Long Long Night, on the Kinema platform, Tisha and Christie discuss the rising potential of independent filmmaking, the changing landscape of film distribution, and the tools Kinema offers to filmmakers. The episode also explores successful case studies, the importance of building an audience, and the valuable resource of the Distribution Playbook co-authored by Christie and Emily Best of Seed & Spark. This comprehensive discussion offers essential insights for filmmakers navigating the complex world of film distribution. 02:49 Christie's Journey into Filmmaking 04:06 Early Career and Nonprofit Work 07:28 Founding of Kinema and Its Mission 11:28 Distribution Strategies and Filmmaker Support 15:36 Success Stories and Case Studies 23:27 The Distribution Playbook 25:58 Contact Information Connect with Kinema at: www.kinema.com IG/YouTube: @kinemaHQ Visit The Distribution Playbook at www.thedistributionplaybook.com About Christie Marchese: Christie is the founder and CEO of Kinema, a global film distribution and exhibition platform that leverages the power of community and social interaction to screen and stream films. She was previously the founder of Picture Motion where she continues to serve as Executive VP. Prior to Picture Motion, she ran impact for Righteous Pictures and led digital strategy at Participant Media. Christie is also the co-author of The Distribution Playbook and won several industry recognitions, including being named one of Fortune's Rising Female Founders in 2023 and Fast Company's Most Creative People in 2021.

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a platform built to make entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected and essential. She has raised millions in investment and crowdfunding, secured large brand partnerships, and built a world-class team for Seed&Spark. In 2023, CNBC named Seed&Spark one of the top 200 fintech companies in the world.In addition to her work at Seed&Spark, she has produced films, series and VR projects that have premiered at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and more. Her most recent film is RATIFIED, a feature documentary about the 100-year struggle to enshrine gender equality in the US Constitution, coming out late summer 2024. Alongside Christie Marchese at Kinema, Emily spearheaded an effort to launch The Distribution Playbook, a totally free and open- sourced field guide for independent filmmakers to succeed in distribution. Emily has taught crowdfunding, pitching and creative sustainability in more than 100 cities around the world.Connect with Emily:➡️ Instagram: @seedandspark➡️ TikTok: @seedandsparkHQseedandspark.comfilmforwardexperience.comdistributionplaybook.comAbout The Lot1 Podcast ✨The Lot1 Podcast is designed for anyone who is interested in or working in filmmaking. Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned veteran, we hope you gain the knowledge you need to improve your craft, achieve your filmmaking goals, or simply get an understanding and appreciation for the roles and duties of your peers and colleagues.

Q&A from the session Structuring Structures with Jenny L Beijar, Marco Guadarrama, Emily Best, Sarah Watson and Györgi Gálik

“Almost everyone has a story connected to their mobile phone. They are deeply personal and interconnected with our daily lives.”But what if technology isn't just what we do, but how we feel? Emily and Sarah knew this truth. Their experiences with tech left deep imprints, revealing that while Silicon Valley excels at innovation, it often overlooks the origin stories. Determined to change that, they embarked on a journey to build a timeline of technology, one that didn't just highlight its triumphs but also its scars.Faced with a challenge—"How do we get people to share their stories?"—they turned to the art of prompt engineering. By using tech as a tool to connect and create meaning, they tapped into something powerful. The timelines resonated deeply, making people feel seen, heard, and represented.The result? Our people's history that's raw, nostalgic, and deeply expansive. It invites the questions: What is innovation if not done responsibly? Without soul, stories, and impact, is it worth celebrating?

On this week's episode of The Coaches Roundtable, we're bringing you another Q&A Podcast!  In this episode, we answered the following questions: Emily: Best advice for not binging during the holidays?  I know what I need to do… I just don't do it. I can't figure out how to make myself do whatever it is that needs to be done. Help! I've heard you all talk about on the podcast before about weighing out your food on a food scale… is that really necessary? It just seems so tedious!  I'm sick and feel like crap! I hate missing the gym, but I really don't know if I can make it and I also don't want to lose progress. Should I do something at home instead?  I'm getting in 3,000 steps a day, I know everyone says you should get in 10,000 per day, but why? I don't have that time, can I still make progress?  SUBMIT https://forms.gle/B6bpTBDYnDcbUkeD7YOUR QUESTIONS:   How to Connect with Us:  Chase's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/changing_chase/ Chris' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conquer_fitness2021/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/665770984678334/ Visit our Website: https://www.conquerfitnessandnutrition.com/  Work with Conquer Fitness and Nutrition for 1:1 Coaching:  https://forms.gle/A7yZfj9uYJPQtvsL6

It's a project to spread some light! Emily Best is a pottery artist and teacher in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. All summer she's been working with people in the community to create lanterns to shine around town. Best is holding an exhibit to showcase the lanterns this weekend. Hear from her and two participants.

Emily Best, the founder and CEO of Atlanta based Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding platform that makes entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected and essential. It is a place where creators, audiences, and organizations work together to tell stories that celebrate diverse voices and foster vibrant conversation.For more info, visit shrimptankpodcast.com/atlanta/Check us out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theshrimptankFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/theshrimptank?lang=enCheck out Atlanta on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/showcase/shrimp-tank-episodes

We discuss why Emily has beef with anyone named Emma, why Nick thinks the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is the best one yet, and why Nick is ready to prevent our station from becoming a dystopian surveillance state in Dear Redacted. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty affordable housing units are planned for Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and four of them are ready for occupancy. (1:01) Noah Nochasak's name is synonymous with kayaking. Now his passion and his dedication are being recognized with an award. (8:46) With a pottery wheel and a big mound of clay, you can create something beautiful. But only if you know what you're doing. You'll hear how it went when I tried my hand at it, with the guidance of local potter Emily Best. (17:39) When you're a small business in a small Labrador town, it never hurts to come up with an eye-catching idea. We speak with Dana Marshall of Charlottetown, who has a unique bar of soap for sale. (29:01) Are you ready for yet another setback at Muskrat Falls? This time it's trouble with the generating units. (36:35)

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, an online crowdfunding and subscription streaming platform for content creators and audiences that emphasizes diversity and inclusion. Best founded the company in 2012 and is responsible for business development, fundraising, and overseeing all day-to-day operations.In addition to her work at Seed&Spark, Best produces films, series, and VR that have premiered at Sundance, SXSW, and other festivals. Best produced projects include "Like the Water," a feature film starring Caitlin FitzGerald ("Masters of Sex," "UnREAL"); "Fck Yes!," a digital series about sexual consent which she also cowrote and codirected; Janicza Bravo's virtual reality film "Hard World for Small Things" which premiered at Sundance; and James Kaelan's "The Visitor," which premiered at Slamdance and was featured at Tribeca.Film Discussed:West Wide StoryBaby BoomStar WarsGabbehMr EdI love LucyBewitchedBlueyElmo's WorldDaniel TigerMoanaFrozenWreck it RalphTurning RedBed Knobs and BroomsticksSpace JamE.T.GooniesSandlotRichie RichJurassic WorldArachnophobiaThorSome Like it Hot New Episodes Every Wednesday!EPISODE CREDITS:Host, Producer, Editor: Jessica KantorBooker: Noelia MurphyBe sure to follow and tag Raising Cinephiles on Instagram

Emily Best, Founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, sits down with Denise for a talk about the triumphs and hardships of building an entertainment tech company. Emily compares entrepreneurship to parenthood, talks through the legacy of Women in Moving Pictures Salon (WIMPS), and how important it is to value community and rest over hustle culture.   Find Emily On… Instagram: @ebestinthewest Web: emilybest.medium.com/

It's the return of foreign correspondent, Emily Best! She's giving us the latest on Euro news and what Europe is thinking about us. We also have spectacular special guest, Joanne Kilgour, founding exec director of the Ohio River Valley Institute. She's a wealth of knowledge of all things environment and environmental policy! Events: Watch out for local Democratic holiday parties AND a special announcement from a friend of the coven on Thursday!

Crowdfunding has always been a mystery to me. I never really understood how indie filmmakers can raise $50,000, $100,000 or $1,000,000 to make their films. I tried once with the "if I built they will come" idea but they never came. When I discovered this weeks guest, Emily Best CEO and founder of the indie film crowdfunding website Seed & Spark, I had to get her on the show. I attempted to squeeze out of her every bit of crowdfunding knowledge I could. We discuss:How to create a successful crowdfunding campaign?What are the biggest mistake indie filmmakers make when crowdfunding their film?How should indie filmmakers crowdsource (building an audience for you, your film or your company)?How do indie filmmaker determine how much to ask for when crowdfunding?How do you build a killer crowdfunding page and video?What incentives should you give when crowdfunding?How do you build momentum so your audience will follow your film's creation from beginning to end?How do you determine if your film has an audience?All of these question on crowdfunding are answered and more. Seriously this podcast is a condensed master class on crowdfunding. I was selflessly asking the questions I wanted the answers to and now you guys benefit as well. Enjoy!

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Emily Best who is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a unique organization that accelerates the cultural impact of storytelling.  Seed&Spark's crowdfunding platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise tens of millions of dollars to bring to life entirely new stories, and they've built an engaged community of a half million creators from around the world. Seed&Spark built a curriculum around a curated selection of those stories and delivers them for maximum impact through Film Forward, an enterprise training platform that helps some of the world's largest brands build more innovative and accountable cultures.   And today…the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds movie grassroots fundraiser rolls out! Click here to learn more about how your tax deductible contribution can help! https://bit.ly/3D7KYlF   www.sheangelinvestors.com  https://seedandspark.com/   Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

"Breaking Big" with Erin Neumeyer is a podcast about working in the entertainment industry. Meet people who work in all areas of show business to find out how they broke into the industry and found success. Working in this creative field can be a roller coaster - there will be laughter, thrills and tears - but these talented people are enjoying the ride! A HUGE Thanks to WhoHAHA.com for featuring our show in the "Podcasts We Love" Section of their App! While you can listen to our show everywhere podcasts are streamed we would be honored if you would open (or download the app HERE if you don't already have it) and listen there this month! While you're there check out the other lady driven shows - there are lots of great ones! This is the one with Indy Saini! Indy Saini is a filmmaker and motorcycle rider passionate about adventure and travel, driven to increase the complex stories of women in mass media. Her short film directorial debut "The Lesson,” garnered international awards including Best US Narrative at the Women's International Film Festival in Miami. Indy's technical skill behind the camera has landed her work with master storytellers including Ang Lee and David Lynch on major Hollywood movies such as “Harriet,” “Gemini Man,” and “A Wrinkle In Time.” Her documentary work as cinematographer includes: “Soma Girls,” about education the children of sex workers in India that aired on PBS; "Women in the Front Seat,” about female motorcycle gearheads (winner Best Feature Doc in the Nevada Women's Film Festival) and “Ice Bear,” a National Geographic Wild film for which she received an Emmy Nomination. SHOW LINKS / MENTIONS SHOUT OUT: Indy mentioned her friend, Sharon Sullivan, who she created a final college project with - a performance art piece targeting violence against women and ending in a interactive ritual that allowed anyone to write on a piece of paper something in their life they want to release and burn in a ceremonial process. Sharon went on to devote her life to improving the lives of women - working to stop sex trafficking. Helping trafficked survivors after they've been rescued. Creating a program to educate women at the local women's prison so when they are released they have better chance at a new life. Going to the UN to advocate for women's rights. Don't miss the link to her TED TALK below. Indy stopped at her farm in Topeka, Kansas during her motorcycle road trip, exhausted and questioning whether or not to keep going. Was there a point to what she was doing? She encouraged Indy, reminding her that we all do our little piece to make a difference. Using her rain gauge as an example, that each drop of water is necessary to fill up the gauge. Each act we do to change / help / improve the life's of women is our drop of water. https://www.washburn.edu/our-faculty/sharon-sullivan TED TALK LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJHLxRK4ck Indi is also a huge fan of Emily Best, the founder of Seed and Spark! https://seedandspark.com/ founded by Emily Best HANDLES IG @indyksaini FB https://www.facebook.com/IndyKSaini TW: @indysaini WEB: https://www.indyksaini.com/ IMDB: imdb.me/indysaini CONTACT INFO Breaking Big with Erin Neumeyer is produced by Erin Neumeyer and Edited by Dylan Neumeyer Show Music composed and performed by Dylan Neumeyer Email us at ThunderTally@gmail.com or Follow us on Instagram @ThunderTally --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/breakingbig/support

Emily Best talks about her second album, Light Up the Dawn, which mixes indie rock, folk, and jazz. She released it from Vancouver on April 8, 2022. Thank you to 12TH ST Sound for sponsoring this episode. Get going on your next music project today at https://www.12thst.ca/booking/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episode-description&utm_campaign=rcp-044 (12thst.ca/booking). Thank you to Railtown Mastering for sponsoring today's episode. Learn more about the mastering studio in Vancouver athttps://www.12thst.ca/ ( )https://www.railtownmastering.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episode-description&utm_campaign=rcp-044 (railtownmastering.com). Sign-up for the free weekly article by Will Chernoff at https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=episode-description&utm_campaign=rcp-044 (rhythmchanges.ca).

**CONTENT WARNING** This episode contains a discussion of sexual assault  If you need support, please talk to someone.  You can reach out to the National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone and online chat. Don't be afraid, but two badass women are joining us in The Waystation today! In today's episode, Emily and Dani share their deepest fears: being too big, being too small, being a woman, and of course, raccoons.

Welcome to Reimagining Company Culture, a series discussing emerging trends and priorities shaping the future of workplace culture and employee wellbeing. We highlight thought leaders who are constantly evolving their strategy and can provide insight to folks about how to address new business challenges.  AllVoices is on a mission to create safe, happy, and healthy workplaces for all, and we're excited to learn from experts who share our mission.In this episode of Reimagining Company Culture, we're chatting with Emily Best, CEO & Founder of Seed&Spark.  An advocate for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, Emily regularly speaks at conferences and events about leveraging entertainment to build equity and sustainability for everyone.About AllVoicesIn today's workforce, people often don't feel empowered to speak up and voice their opinions about workplace issues, including harassment, bias, and other culture issues. This prevents company leadership from making necessary changes, and prevents people from feeling fulfilled, recognized, and included at work. At AllVoices, we want to change that by providing a completely safe, anonymous way for people to report issues directly to company leaders. This allows company leadership real transparency into what's happening in their companies—and the motivation to address issues quickly. Our goal is to help create safer, more inclusive companies.To learn more about AllVoices visit us at www.allvoices.co!

New research shows that at least 50% of people who survive COVID-19 “experience a variety of physical and psychological health issues for at least six months following their recovery,” according to the Washington Post.  The Congressional Budget Office says that Biden's Build Back Better Bill will not be entirely paid for as the White House claimed. It's close, but the CBO didn't think the IRS would be able to raise $67 billion over 10 years; they put the number at $207 billion. That might just be enough for Manchin or Sinema to take a hatchet to key provisions of the Build Back Better bill.  UAW workers at John Deere approved a new contract after a month on strike. The agreement will see a 20% increase in wages over the course of the contract and significant improvements in working conditions. Rank-and-file working power baby.  The Ohio House passes a bill that will let residents 21 years old and older to carry concealed weapons without any kind of license or permit. If the Ohio Senate passes the bill, there will no longer be a requirement for a background check or training.  A school district in Goddard, Kansas orders 29 books be banned from its libraries. You can already guess the kind of books being banned: the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Fences,” but August Wilson; Margaret Atwood's, The Handmaid's Tale; The Hate You Give, by Angie Thomas; and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, are among the books on the list.  Ithaca, New York votes to decarbonize all of its buildings by 2025. The unanimous vote for their “Efficiency Retrofit and Thermal Load Electrification Program,” will include everything from swapping out natural gas and propane cooking with electric induction to installing solar panels. The city of 30,000 is working with a Brooklyn-base company, BlocPower to manage the program. The move will eliminate 40% of the city's carbon emissions.  Right-wing parent groups at the forefront of “critical race theory” protests are now shifting their target to school-based mental health programs, according to reporting by NBC news. You heard that right. No more talk of suicide prevention, depression, or any “social emotional learning” is the goal. Right-wiing groups apparently believe that “social emotional learning has become a ‘Trojan horse' for critical race theory…[and] encourage children to celebrate diversity, sometimes introducing students to conversations about race, gender, and sexuality.” God forbid.  And, the QAnon Shaman is sentenced to 41 months in prison.  Earlier this month, the Fulton County Commissioners denied the Fulton County Library a $3,000 budget increase because they host “hate groups” that are sympathetic to the LGBTQ communities or the Black Lives Matter movements. In response to this bigotry, Emily Best from the Sisters of the Night Caucus launched a gofundme page to help the library close the budget gap and ended up raising over $26,000.   Pennsylvania House Republicans used their fall session to highlight their extremist agenda.  House Republicans passed a constitutional open-carry gun rights bill, a bill making bail funds illegal and advanced more voter suppression measures.  The House Labor and Industry Committee held a hearing on a slate of radical anti-union bills.  Public Sector labor leaders refused to participate in the committee's “farce,” and Democratic Chair Jerry Mullery walked out of the committee meeting and hosted a press conference outside of the meeting with members and labor leaders. A landmark PA school funding trial got underway. The case involves the cash-strapped Panther Valley School District and five other Pennsylvania school districts. In opening remarks, of course, GOP House Speaker Bryan Cutler argued that there's nothing to see here, everything's fine. Tell that to the 75 kindergartners in the Panther Valley School District who are forced to share one toilet and two urinals.  Spanning both Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, Panther Valley serves more than 1,600 students. Around 56% are classified as economically disadvantaged, though McAndrew believes the number of children living in poverty is higher. Lt. Governor John Fetterman joined Kutztown University Dining Workers United for a rally on Tuesday, demanding Aramark and Kutztown University recognize their union.  Dina Leygerman, a former Central Bucks School Board candidate, wrote an excellent piece on Medium critically responding to the recent two-part podcast on The Daily from the New York Times on the school board wars in Central Bucks. Dina Leygerman lays out a much more toxic history and lays bare the role Paul Martino played in fomenting the conflicts.  The highly anticipated series The Wheel of Time launches on Amazon's Prime Video. Get ready for social media haters and lovers.  The new season of Star Trek: Discovery launched this week on Paramount Plus.

Many aren't old enough to vote, and they aren't responsible for household purchases, but young people can still have a big impact on their family's environmental choices. CBC producer Antonia Reed joins us to talk about bridging the gap between generations. An entrepreneur in Happy Valley-Goose Bay was named as one of Atlantic Canada's best young innovators by Atlantic Business Magazine. We speak with Emily Best. A research project is using images to capture concerns that have been raised around the Muskrat Falls development. We hear from researcher Jessica Penney and photographer Eldred Allen. While the federal government is pushing for green energy, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is planning to build a regional diesel generating station on Labrador's south coast. Mary's Harbour Mayor Alton Rumbolt shares why town council disagrees with the approach. The security contract between the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay and GardaWorld expires today. Mayor George Andrews tells us what went into the decision. We learn the secrets of the Henry Stone on the show today from a shipwreck enthusiast in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Brian Corbin joins us. If you've purchased slabs or shavings in Port Hope Simpson, they may have come from Simon Strugnell's sawmill. We catch up with him today. Can tiny homes help with a housing shortage seen across Labrador? One Labrador City man who is building one thinks so. Marty Byrne joins us. Finally, what Covid precautions do you need to take when travelling to the United States? CBC House Doctor Peter Lin joins us to answer that question.

On today's episode, Kaily and Randi sit down with the Founder & CEO of Seed&Spark, Emily Best. Emily shares her unique story of becoming an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry.Seed&Spark's platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise millions to bring to life entirely new stories, and Seed&Spark delivers those stories into workplaces for employee training, engagement, and intelligence through their proprietary Impact Screening Platform. Prior to Seed&Spark, Emily produced and acted in theater in New York, which led to producing her first feature film in 2011 Like the Water (co-written by and starring Caitlin FitzGerald). Best was named a 2013 IndieWire Influencer, a 2014 New York Business Journal “Woman of Influence”, a 2015 Upstart 100 entrepreneur (Business Journals), received the Ivy Film Innovator Award in 2015 and 2016, and graduated from Techstars Boston.

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a platform that makes entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected and essential. Over the last 8 years, Seed&Spark has developed an unprecedented pipeline of unique voices and award-winning content through its education and crowdfunding platform. Seed&Spark’s platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise millions to bring to life entirely new stories, and Seed&Spark delivers those stories into workplaces for employee training, engagement, and intelligence through its proprietary Impact Screening Platform.

My Baba's Editor Ellie Thompson welcomes guests Pinky Laing, Head of Partnerships for Tonies UK and Emily Best, Knowledge and Research Manager at the National Literacy Trust to Parental Control to discuss the benefits of audio for children. Pinky and Emily team up to tell us about this month's launch of the Tonies' Schools and Nurseries Education initiative, supporting teachers to help children learn through the power of audio, with research commissioned from the National Literacy Trust. This podcast episode explores how audiobooks offer a huge range of educational and wellbeing benefits, as well as how useful they are in motivating struggling or reluctant readers to engage in the world of literature.  Email us at info@mybaba.com Follow us on Instagram @mybabainsta and @mybabagram Show notes Together, tonies® and the National Literacy Trust created downloadable lesson plan content to help support teachers of Early Years children, available for free at: https://tonies.com/en-gb/tonies-for-teachers/ To redeem their unique discount code for 25% off a tonies® Starter Set, teachers should visit the Tonies Education page and fill in their details. For further details on tonies® Schools and Education initiative, ‘Tonies for Teachers‘ - please visit: https://tonies.com/en-gb/tonies-for-teachers/ What is My Baba? My Baba provides the daily scoop on family, food and lifestyle - we're not just experts at all things parenting. Visit mybaba.com  The Content on this podcast is provided by My Baba and represents our sole opinions and views. For more information on our terms and conditions please refer to the website: https://www.mybaba.com/terms-conditions/

Narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of Wireless Theatre's The Springheel Saga. With exclusive interviews, commentary and clips, this specially extended File #1 not only documents the production of the first series and explores the facts behind the fiction, but also looks at what lies ahead in Series Two… Narrated by Cameron K. McEwan With contributions from the cast of The Strange Of Springheel'd Jack Featuring the music of Francesco Quadraroupolo, Production assistant, Emily Best, Credits by James Duckworth, Edited by Marie Tueje, With thanks to George Maddocks, Produced by Jack Bowman and Robert Valentine for Wireless Theatre

This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Emily Best, Founder and CEO of Seed&Spark. They talk about the Robitussin of Spain, wearing boxers to school (for fashion), a new pronunciation of “Non-Technical,” STEW (!!!), and the marriage proposal so good it set off fireworks.You can find Emily on Twitter at twitter.com/emilybest and Alexis at twitter.com/yayalexisgay and instagram.com/yayalexisgay or twitter.com/NonTechnicalPod.This episode is sponsored by Secureframe! Secureframe helps organizations get enterprise ready by streamlining SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, so you can get compliant in weeks, not months. Their team of compliance experts and auditors are happy to help answer any questions and give you more information on SOC 2 or ISO 27001 compliance so schedule a demo today at Secureframe!

Interview with director, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, Emily Best WIFT Austin Podcast is the podcast for all things women and film and television. Bringing you in depth interviews with dynamic women in the film and media industries plus movie reviews, member spotlights and entertainment news to keep you entertained and informed. Follow us @wift_austin Produced by: Samantha Rae Lopez, Kelly Coffee, Chantelle James, Editors: Shannon Stefan, Miranda DeVere Social Media: Summer Heart @s_heart1997 follow us @wift_austin

This week’s episode of The Plop was proudly put together by:Host: Peter “Larry Dobbs” OldringProducers: Peter Oldring, Pat Kelly, Jodie Camilleri, Chris Redman, Max Collins, Dave Shumka and Chris KellyEditor: Max CollinsCreative Advisers for The Plop: Ali Eisner and Ryan McMahon------------------------------------------------------------------------SKETCHES IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE:“Flowers” is written and performed by  Ingrid Hansen & Victor Dolhai from SNAFU Dance“TikTok Dad Rap” is written and performed by Todd Houseman and Ben Gorodetsky from FolkLordz “Little Miss Bluebell: Beauty & Make-Up Tips” is written and performed by Louis Brady“The Pickled Veggie Club” is written and performed by Rae Lynn Carson“Cool Ghost” is written and performed by Amy Matisyo. Additional performance and rap lyrics by Lloyd Ahlquist. Beat by NY Bangers. Thanks to Karrnnel SawitskyThis week’s episode is brought to you by our very dear friends:Emily Karp, Kaitlin "K-Fon" Fontana, The Mellor Family, Nick Fabin, Lindsay Bercovitch aka "Olaf", Philippe Maxim David Rabin, Collage Collage Art School And Store, Eliot Mellor, Emily Best, Evelia Eck, Jack Merchant, James Greer, Kasper Curtis, Katie Robinson, Lena Heidt, MommaRed and Shabibi.The Plop is a Kelly&Kelly production, proudly crowdfunded on Seed & Spark

Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Emily Best, the founder of Seed+Spark, a platform that makes entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected and essential.We discussed:We have a unhealthy tradition of treating companies like they exist without their peopleHow using conventional wisdom in unconventional times with hurt your business and peopleInvesting in diversity and inclusion will always lead to better teams and better resultsThanks for Listening. Head to zeroto5000.com to download The Founders Guide to Talent Optimization. A 60-page report unpacking the specific talent practices that translate to peak business results. And Founders, don't forget to join our monthly email. One life-changing email to help you with your mindset, your methods, and your mission each month. 

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a platform that makes entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected, and essential. Seed&Spark’s platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise millions to bring to life entirely new stories, and Seed&Spark delivers those stories into workplaces for employee training, engagement, and intelligence through their proprietary Impact Screening Platform. They gather the qualitative and quantitative data essential for driving lasting structural change for inclusive and productive workplaces. An advocate for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, Best regularly speaks at conferences and events about leveraging entertainment to build equity and sustainability for everyone. She also runs workshops to help independent content creators successfully crowdfund, build an audience and pitch their projects. Best was named a 2013 Indiewire Influencer, a 2014 New York Business Journal “Woman of Influence”, a 2015 Upstart 100 entrepreneur (Business Journals), received the Ivy Film Innovator Award in 2015 and in 2016, graduated from Techstars Boston, an elite accelerator program for the country’s top entrepreneurs. Best has raised millions of dollars in traditional funding, equity crowdfunding, and rewards-based crowdfunding and has personally participated in more than 300 crowdfunding campaigns. Some of the Topics Covered by Emily Best in this Episode What Seed&Spark does and the big pivot they went through in 2020 Why Film Forward was created by Seed&Spark How Seed&Spark got started The story of building the Seed&Spark platform itself What went into the launch of Seed&Spark How Emily grew Seed&Spark through 120 live workshops per year The business model behind Seed&Spark What goes into a successful crowdfunding campaign The biggest challenges that go into creating a crowdfunding platform Why Emily has a love/hate relationship with accelerators How Emily recharges away from work Sign up for The Weekly Grind, for actionable insights and stories from successful entrepreneurs delivered to your inbox once per week: https://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/ Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: https://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justingordon212 Follow Justin Gordon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justingordon8/

This week I'm thrilled to be joined by Emily Best, the Founder and CEO of the wildly popular crowdfunding platform Seed & Spark. As many of you know, Seed & Spark takes a very different approach to crowdfunding, one that is specifically tailored for filmmakers and content creators, which is what makes it so uniquely valuable. Over the course of our discussion, Emily outlines exactly what it takes to successfully raise funds via crowdfunding while avoiding many of the common pitfalls. We also chat about the importance of audience building as it pertains to fundraising, distribution challenges for indie filmmakers this year, and countless other key lessons for filmmakers looking to build a long term, sustainable career. Links from the show: Seed & Spark - Events Seed & Spark - Fund Seed & Spark - Twitter Seed & Spark - Facebook Seed & Spark - Instagram For more content like this visit www.noamkroll.com  

We have a spirited conversation about the future and how the mindset of filmmakers needs to change to make it in the future. Emily Best is the founder and CEO of the crowdfunding platform Seed&Spark, which she started with a group of independent creators

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Today on the show we have returning champion Emily Best. Emily is the founder and CEO of the crowdfunding platform Seed&Spark, which she started with a group of independent creators after the challenges and lessons of producing my first feature film, Like the Water. "Storytelling can change the world – when everyone can see themselves reflected in the stories we share, we empower all people to take part in shaping how we see our past, our present and our future." - Emily BestI wanted to have her back on the show to talk about the state of indie film and how filmmakers can survive and thrive in the future. I recorded this interview before COVID-19, just around the time TUGG went under.We have a spirited conversation about the future and how the mindset of filmmakers needs to change to make it in the future. Enjoy my conversation with Emily Best. 

Today we are talking with Seed&Spark founder Emily Best. Emily talks to us about the ways that Seed&Spark has been able to not only survive but thrive in the midst of other larger crowdfunding platforms. What makes Seed & Spark unique is that it is the only crowdfunding platform specifically designed for filmmakers. They have created a number of innovations, such as their own platform for distribution as well as the concept of creating a gift registry where supporters can offer things other than money.Proud Member of the IFH Podcast Network!For more great filmmaking and screenwriting podcasts:

The producers behind the Female Voices Rock Film Festival bring you Female Voices The Virtual Filmmaking Summit and this podcast episode! This episode was a live-stream recording that took place in early May 2020, and is a conversation with Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark moderated by Pink Among Men host, Amy DePaola. Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a platform that bridges online and offline experiences to make entertainment more diverse, inclusive, connected and essential. Seed&Spark’s platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise millions to bring to life entirely new stories.  An advocate for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, Best regularly speaks at conferences and events about leveraging entertainment to build equity and sustainability for everyone.  In addition to her work at Seed&Spark, Best produces film, series, and VR that have premiered at Sundance, SXSW and other festivals. Best produced projects including “Like the Water,” a feature film starring Caitlin FitzGerald (“Masters of Sex,” “UnREAL”); “Fck Yes!,” a digital series about sexual consent which she also co-wrote and co-directed; Janicza Bravo’s virtual reality film “Hard World for Small Things” which premiered at Sundance; and James Kaelan’s “The Visitor,” which premiered at Slamdance and was featured at Tribeca. Best was named a 2013 Indiewire Influencer, a 2014 New York Business Journal “Woman of Influence”, a 2015 Upstart 100 entrepreneur (Business Journals), received the Ivy Film Innovator Award in 2015 and in 2016, graduated from Techstars Boston, an elite accelerator program for the country’s top entrepreneurs. Best has raised millions of dollars in traditional funding, equity crowdfunding, and rewards-based crowdfunding and has personally participated in more than 300 crowdfunding campaigns. ALSO in this episode our #WCW Women Crushing-It is a young woman from Newport Beach, CA, Chloe-Mei Espinosa!! Chloe is an 8th-grader and the founder of the Skip the Plastic Straw campaign, and she's ready to bring it to the next level. Chloe started the Skip the Plastic Straw campaign in the sixth grade, from a passion project that my class participated in. For her project she chose to campaign against the use of single-use plastic straws, and she built a website in April 2018 to start. From Chloe: "I know it may seem ridiculous to get rid of single-use plastic straws, but our oceans need our help NOW and nothing is impossible!" Her first goal was to get 500 people to take the pledge and stop using single-use plastic straws. (She reached that goal in May 2018!) Now, she will take on other projects that can help spread the Skip the Plastic Straw message. Check out her blog to see what else she is working on! All the research on this website was done by Chloe to further her mission, and you can help her by taking the pledge and by printing out the restaurant flyer (in Resources) to give to your favorite restaurants. Stop the use of single-use plastic straws. Let's save the ocean planet together! Click here to go to the Skip The Plastic Straw Website and join Chloe!  

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Have you seen a good movie lately? Probably not. COVID-19 has forced movie theaters across the globe to shutdown and studios to delay the releases of their big budget films. This week Joe talks to Emily Best the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a company that helps filmmakers crowdfund and raise money to produce films. Joe & Emily talk about the current state of the film industry and how Seed&Spark is helping creators during the pandemic.

Oooooo weeeee! We get back to basics in this Basic Bitch with Captain Party, Producer Char, and Erin!We haven't been able to catch our breath and just have a basic bitch in a minute. It's been a really strong month of interviews with our heroes in  entertainment, food, politics, and poetry. On this episode we get to talk about the sneeze that made us laugh so hard we cried, Siskel & Ebert, news from one of our favorite films from Sundance, Seed & Spark, Mark Duplass, and RIP to director Lynn Shelton.  Crack open a cold one and laugh with us. It's good for the soul...Enjoy!Be well, stay safe, and thank you for staying home.Subscribe to our NEW channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!--Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Let us know how we're doing: therealbtpod@gmail.comVisit our BRAND NEW website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen in every Monday from 6:00 - 6:30 AM on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions   

On episode 203 we’ll be talking about crowdfunding with Emily Best and Jonah Feingold. First, Emily Best Emily is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, an online crowdfunding and subscription streaming platform for content creators and audiences that emphasizes diversity and inclusion. Then, we'll speak with Jonah Feingold. Jonah’s viral Kickstarter backed short film BANGARANG broke the internet trending number one on Reddit. We go through the phases of crowdfunding and talk about how great it can be when all the right elements come together.  

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, an entertainment platform building a new studio model, with fair and transparent business practices, to provide every filmmaker the opportunity to create a sustainable career, no matter where they live or what they look like. Seed&Spark has curated streaming platform, which is fed by its crowdfunding platform, which has the highest campaign success rate in the world. An advocate for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, Best regularly speaks at conferences and events about leveraging entertainment to build equity and sustainability for everyone. In 2011, she produced the feature film, Like the Water, starring Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex, UnREAL). Since then she has served as executive producer on a host of film and virtual reality projects that have played at festivals from Sundance to SXSW to Tribeca and beyond. Most recently she co-created and co-directed the web series F*ck Yes!, which Refinery 29 called, "The sex education you wish you had in high school." Emily was named a 2013 Indiewire Influencer, a 2014 New York Woman of Influence, was included on the 2015 Upstart 100 list, and graduated from the 2016 class of Techstars Boston. She has raised millions of dollars in traditional funding, equity crowdfunding, and rewards based crowdfunding, and contributed to over 300 crowdfunding campaigns to date.

Erin sat down with couple of women from the #mindthrgapsummit at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Check out her chats with Emily Best,  Founder and CEO of Seed & Spark and the creator of Women and Hollywood, Melissa Silverstein.   Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Listen in every Monday from 5:30 - 6 AM on BFF.FM   POWERED BY 

How do healthy creative economies open the door for artists and innovators? To answer this question, we take you to Nashville, Tennessee. Music City, U.S.A., aims to become the nation’s start up capital, too. Every year since 2012, Launch Tennessee hosts the 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival to encourage new business endeavors. In 2019, Festival organizers invited Fresh Art International to curate a presentation around building the creative economy. For a live audience gathered inside the historic Acme Seed & Feed building, we bring to the stage Nashvillian Harry Allen, boutique banker, Emily Best, Los Angeles based filmmaker and film producer, and Andrea Zieher, director of Tennessee’s near future contemporary art triennial. Our conversation reveals how the same risk taking and innovation that drive all startups fuel the most impactful creative entrepreneurship. Takeaways:  Recognize the value of cultural entrepreneurship.  Work toward meaningful and inclusive community impact. Optimize technology, forge real relationships and dedicate personal energy to increase opportunities for creators and facilitate greater access to cultural experiences. Sound Editor: Anamnesis Audio | Live event recording courtesy Studio 208, Nashville Related Episodes: Model Behavior—New Orleans Art Triennial Inspires Other Cities, Creative Hive Transforms Contemporary Art in Tampa, The Future of Art Related Links: Seed&Spark, Studio Bank, TN Triennial, Tennessee Triennial, 36|86 Festival,

Mark your calendars for mid-August when brand new episodes will drop every week for Season 2 with guests including Leah Meyerhoff of Film Fatales, Emily Best of Seed & Spark, Curtis Chin of Tested, amazing alumni from the Firelight Media Impact Producer Fellowship, Naomi McDougall Jones of the Joyful Vampire Tour, and experts from Picture Motion, Together Films, The Raben Group and more !  

“Interns & Understudies.” This week, Harley R. Pageot and Emily Fear discuss the Best in the World PPV in its entirety including title matches, Flip Gordon joining Villain Enterprises, Maria Manic’s debut, and a nine-match card that resulted in a ten-minute main event. Plus: listener mail on the PPV and NJPW’s G1 Climax.

“Agents of R.O.H.” This week, Emily Fear and Harley R. Pageot discuss Colt Cabana vs. Mark Briscoe firing on all cylinders, Kenny King vs. Jay Lethal getting creative, and missed opportunities to embrace silliness. Then it’s Best in the World PPV predictions, and Tyler Sage stops in to discuss how TV, PPVs, and Honor Club live events feed into one another, and how disconnects there can hurt the overall viewing experience.

This week, we're discussing an essay by Emily Best, the founder of Seed & Spark, a crowdfunding site for films. Then, we interview writer/director Emma Forrest about her new film, Untogether which was released in select theaters on February 8th.

First December 2018 episode of the program all about TV. First up: a follow-up segment on Seed & Spark's first annual Keep It Colorful campaign, out to increase the number of TV series created by and directed at people of color. Our guests: Seed & Spark chief executive Emily Best, and two winning TV pilot creators--Jasmine McLaurin from  Pink and Santana Coleman from Black Girl Training. Also: Tracy Swedlow, Interactive TV Today founder/editor-in-chief, and originator of TVOT (The TV Of Tomorrow Show), the interactive TV showcase event returning to New York December 6.

Do you feel like you see yourself and your friendships reflected in most TVs or movies? We sure don’t. Emily Best tells us why we won’t get more diverse representations of women on screen unless we change the way films and shows are funded and distributed—and how she plans to do just that. Emily is a producer, director, and the founder and CEO of Seed & Spark, a new crowdfunding and streaming platform that wants to change the way entertainment is made and distributed—so that independent creators can actually be independent. She started Seed & Spark after making her own first film, where she learned just how little Hollywood’s middlemen understood about reaching women. > I started thinking of all the movies I had ever watched and everything that was available to me and I was like, “where are my friendships? Where are the women I admire?” And they were nowhere to be found. And so, that summer we started toying with the idea of making a movie that would represent female friendships the way that we understood them. And I didn’t know that this was a radical idea. > — Emily Best , founder of Seed & Spark, on why she made her first film We talk about: Why the film industry doesn’t see women as a viable audience (spoiler: they’re wrong about that). Using a wedding registry website to create a crowdfunding campaign for her first film. Why Seed & Spark is the only streaming service with a pay-what-you-can model—and a community where creators and fans build real connection. Why algorithmic content recommendations—a la Netflix—lead us to an unsatisfying place (and how to change that). The importance of creating a code of conduct for online communities—_before_ you’ve got trolls and Nazis. Fck Yes!, a webseries about consent that shows what happens when people actually talk in the bedroom—and how awkward moments can turn into extremely sexy ones. What’s next for Emily: A documentary project about the Equal Rights Amendment (which is still not ratified). Follow Emily : Twitter | Medium Plus: Sara and Katel get real about their own failures when it comes to diversifying who’s involved in what, and talk about their fave subject: female friendship (and donuts). > By doing the thing that was easy, which was bringing in somebody who was already connected to us, who we knew would be a good fit, we weren’t able to think about the benefits of bringing in somebody from a different background. > —Sara Sponsors This episode of NYG is brought to you by: Shopify, a leading global commerce platform that’s building a world-class team to define the future of entrepreneurship. Visit shopify.com/careers for more. Harvest, makers of awesome software to help you track your time, manage your projects, and get paid. Try it free, then use code NOYOUGO to get 50% off your first paid month.   Transcript Sara Wachter-Boettcher Today’s episode is brought to you by Harvest, the makers of time-tracking and project-planning tools for all kinds of businesses. Track vendors, map out complex tasks and team schedules, send invoices, and just look cool, calm, and collected the whole time. Try it free at getharvest.com, and when you upgrade to a paid account, make sure to use the code “noyougo” for 50% off your first paid month. That is getharvest.com, offer code “noyougo.” [intro music plays for 12 seconds] Katel LeDû Hey everyone, I’m Katel. SWB And I’m Sara! KL And you’re listening to No, You Go, the show about building satisfying careers and businesses— SWB —getting free of toxic bullshit— KL —and living your best, feminist life at work. On today’s show, we’re talking with Emily Best. She’s the founder and CEO of Seed & Spark, which is a platform for crowdfunding and streaming TV and movies. She’s also a producer and director herself, and she’s just really fucking cool. She’s here to talk with us about what it’s like as a woman creator in Hollywood, and what she’s doing to change that for everyone. SWB I am so glad we got to talk to Emily about this, because I feel like this has been such a big conversation in Hollywood the past couple of years—talking about things like pay inequality or—you know—#oscarssowhite, or even the #metoo movement. Looking at representation in entertainment is such a big deal, but it also really got me thinking about just how systems of inequality are perpetuated in general, like the way that across industries, people who already have connections, who are already in the right networks, they’re the ones who get to have new opportunities, and other people just stay shut out. And it’s this “rich get richer” sort of thing. And that’s definitely not just in entertainment, I mean that’s absolutely something we’ve talked about in tech. You know, I remember when we had Nicole Sanchez on the show and, you know, she does diversity and inclusion consulting, and she talked about going into different companies to try to help them de-bias their hiring processes, and what she would find is that these companies would still ultimately want to hire people from the exact same backgrounds as always, right? So even though they said they didn’t want to be biased, they would want to hire people who went to the same schools that they had gone to, or who had worked the same companies that they had also worked at. So, what you end are with are these systems that are just circular, right? So, it’s the same people hiring the same people over and over again. And obviously, I think that that is bad—I think that if you’re listening to this show, you know where we stand on that—but what I really had to think about that I want to talk more about is the way that I’m also part of that system. And—you know—like you and me, right? We’ve actually even I think been a little bit part of that system on the show. So, for example, a while back we decided we wanted to bring somebody on to help us a few hours a week just to help us have our shit together and up our game, right? So, helping us share more cool stuff on social media and help us manage our inbox, and email guests—things like that. So, we were basically looking for a production coordinator and we ended up hiring someone awesome. Her name is Sarah Blackstock and shoutout to her, we love her. But she wasn’t someone from outside of our network. Katel, she was somebody that you already knew. [3:06] KL Yeah, and I totally agree with this and Sarah does this kind of work part-time with us at A Book Apart and I suggested to you that we should consider her because I thought, “damn, she’d be a great fit.” And she is a great fit. She’s awesome at managing social stuff and just totally vibes with us in terms of caring about—you know—our podcast, the same issues that we want to talk about, which is great. But it’s true, she got this gig because she was—you know—already in our orbit. And granted, it’s—you know—it’s not like a full-time thing, it’s—it’s a few hours a week, but we didn’t search for her. SWB Yeah, and I guess what that fundamentally comes down to is that our show ends up still being—you know—created and produced by a bunch of white women. And all the time I am talking about how I want to make sure we’re elevating the voices of people who aren’t white, people who are different than us, and it’s really easy to rely on the same old, same old. And when you’re white, that ends up tending to be other white people. And so—you know—obviously, we’ve put effort into making sure we have diverse people on the show and I—and I think that we’ve done a reasonable job there—not always perfect, but I think that’s definitely something that you can see—you know—in the history that we have. But I think we need to acknowledge something here. And I think what we need to acknowledge is that by doing the thing that was easy, which was bringing in somebody who was already connected to us, who we knew would be a good fit, we weren’t able to think about the benefits of bringing in somebody from a different background and what that might bring to the show that would be different and equally as good or potentially even better. Who knows, right? Because it wasn’t even on our radar. KL Yeah. SWB So—you know—Sarah’s awesome and—and I don’t want to minimize that because she’s great and I love her and I want to keep her on the show, but I do feel like I just want to be honest about that. I don’t think I thought enough about what we might be missing out on by not casting a wider net. And so I feel like it’s important to talk about that publicly because if we keep growing, and I really hope that we do, I want to make sure that we’re doing better next time, that we’re really thinking about that and thinking about who we are going to and how we are going about those decisions. Because I think even at the small scale, they’re so crucial. [5:09] KL Yeah, this is something I think about a lot too when it comes to who we’re working with at A Book Apart. And I definitely don’t think we talk about it enough and we haven’t done a good enough job. And we need to be up front about that because who we work with is very public. It’s obvious if you look at who our authors are, who we’ve published—it’s a lot of white guys. So, I think when I realized this was a problem, and that was a couple of years ago, I started doing a lot of things differently and I—and I still—you know—there’s still work to do. But I thought about, I need to make our proposal submission process a lot more open and visible and push it out to—you know—to people who might not have seen it or might not have thought to contribute something. So, I published the outline and a form on our website and I wrote a blog post about it and I was hoping to share it with communities that would circulate it. And that’s still just small percentage of what I could be doing to do more outreach. I’m also looking actively for people who are speaking and writing about things that we might publish, and I think the challenge that I run into a lot is that I’m one person. So, I can get to a bunch of—or a couple of—conferences a year and sort of look for talent, but it’s time consuming, all of that takes time. And I think when I look at bringing on different voices, if I sign somebody today, their book might not come out for another year or two, so—you know—talking about that sort of moment I recognized this big problem, next year I think our lineup is maybe 90% women authors, which is so rad, I’m so proud of that. But that—that took a long time. SWB Totally. I mean, it takes forever to even figure out when you’re talking to somebody if they really are ready to write a book and want to write a book badly enough to actually do it, and then want to invest the time in fleshing it out and then also even what their idea is. All that stuff just takes forever, it’s not—it’s nothing you can kind of short-shrift. KL Right, exactly. And I—that’s one of my favorite parts of the process is working with folks to make that happen. And if you don’t do it in the beginning, it’s like you’re playing catch-up and trying to solve this much bigger problem later on. [7:25] SWB Yes. And that actually reminds me of something that Emily said in her interview, which I thought was really helpful and a really great conversation, where she was talking about setting up boundaries for building an inclusive community and a community that doesn’t tolerate harassment and she was like, “well, we haven’t had any problems with that yet, but I decided to write a code of conduct before we had problems.” And I think that’s exactly the right approach for so much of this, right? You have to build in that inclusion from the beginning because otherwise it’s really hard and slow to try to right that ship down the line, because you’re trying to undo stuff, or you’re in a defensive position. And so, it means that—you know—you really cannot start out by only thinking about desired outcomes. You can’t just think about all the positives, you have to think about the negatives, or you have to think about who you could be leaving out or who could be hurt by whatever it is that you’re doing. And so—you know—that’s something I think about when it comes back to us. It’s like we were thinking about all the positives of working with Sarah that we didn’t think about what we might be missing out on by not opening it up to other people. And I think that’s on us, and that’s something that I’m definitely going to be thinking about for a while. KL Yeah, totally, me too. Well, Emily said so much inspiring stuff, do you want to take a listen? SWB Yes. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out][8:38] Sponsor: Harvest SWB So, our friends at Harvest asked us if we could try using their time tracking software for something a little bit different. So, Katel, do you have any personal time problems we can solve? KL I actually do. So, I’ve been knitting this blanket and I have actually been working on it for two years. And I can only seem to get myself to work on it in the winter and it’s just taking forever. I just counted and I have done 180 rows so far, and that means I have 252 more rows to complete the pattern. SWB Oh my god, that sounds like so much! It’s going to be three more years! KL Ugh, I know. [laughs] And I just can’t work on this for that long, I need to set a schedule and get it done or I’m going to give up. SWB Okay, so how long does it take you to knit one row? KL Well, I tracked my time working on it yesterday and it takes me about ten minutes. SWB Okay, so you’ve got 2,520 minutes. So 2,520 divided by 60 is exactly 42 hours. So, okay. If you just made knitting this blanket your full-time job for a week—I mean, on top of your other full-time job and this podcast—you could get it done! KL Right. Yeah… SWB Okay, okay, so you’re not going to do that. Okay, so we have—we have to do some project planning. So, it is six weeks until January 1st. If you knit for seven hours a week until the end of the year, you could have this completely done. You could do this in an hour a day! KL Ooh! Or like two episodes of the new Charmed every day. I think I can do that. SWB I think you can definitely watch two episodes of Charmed. [laughs] But you’re going to run out of Charmed, right? How many episodes are there? KL There are only a few. SWB Oh, okay, what else is in your queue? Are you caught up on Riverdale? KL Definitely gotta catch up on that. Um and I might need another show in the queue—if anyone has suggestions. SWB Send them in! But also, this is pretty doable, right? Just an hour a night watching your teen dramas, knitting your rows, and you’ll get it done! So, all it took was some time tracking and some forecasting and now you can—you know—put it in your schedule and stick with it, which is exactly what Harvest tries to help you with. So, they’ve got this tool called Forecast where you can schedule teams out across projects and then track how booked up different people are or how free people are. And that way, you know just how much people can fit into their schedules or how many Charmed episodes they can watch. So, check it out at getharvest.com/forecast. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] [11:00] Interview: Emily Best KL Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed & Spark, a new crowdfunding and streaming platform that wants to change the way entertainment is made and distributed. She’s also an advocate for diversity in entertainment and a producer and director in her own right. Her current creative project is “Fuck Yes,” a web series about sexual consent. Uhh… fuck yes to that! Emily, welcome to No, You Go. Emily Best Thank you so much for having me. KL So, let’s start with Seed & Spark. Can you tell us about it and how it came to be? EB Yeah. So, we built something that hasn’t been built before, which is that we’ve combined crowdfunding and subscription streaming into a single platform. So, I think rather than thinking of us like a crowdfunding platform, we’re more like a creative marketplace akin to Etsy, where we’ve built the tools for thousands of small businesses and content to power themselves. So, funding audience building and obviously being able to stream, so that audiences can watch stuff is all part and parcel of the same platform. In 2010, I was producing a play in New York City. It is—Hedda Gabler is to women actors what Hamlet is to male actors. It’s like a seminal role for a younger woman. And there aren’t many of those in theater, as there aren’t in film. We were producing this play—I never thought of myself as someone who would get into cinema, but my friend Caitlin Fitzgerald, who was playing the lead, she was on the up and up. She had done some really big movies and she was starting to sort of get into that role that young, beautiful women get into of auditioning for all these parts. And so she would come to set where we were working with this brilliant material and she would bring the sides for her auditions the next day and the parts that she was being asked to audition for were so insulting to women. And it was a wakeup call for me. All of a sudden I started thinking of all the movies I had ever watched and everything that was available to me and I was like, “where are my friendships? Where are the women I admire?” and they were nowhere to be found. [laughs] And so, that summer we started toying with the idea of making a movie that would represent female friendships the way that we understood them [laughs], right? And I didn’t know that this was a radical idea. So, the lessons that we would get from trying to make a movie that would eventually be called “Like the Water” were really the foundations of starting Seed & Spark. [13:33] KL That’s so awesome. When you were sort of first starting out, what was your experience as a first-time producer? And what was that beginning like? EB Yeah. So, I got lied to is how it happened. Caitlin was making a movie that summer with Ed Burns, and it was 2010, right? So, there were some interesting things that had just happened. Canon made a camera that put a full-frame sensor in a photography camera and that turned it into a high-resolution video camera, and all of a sudden, high resolution video was accessible to everyone. KL Yes, I remember that. EB Right? So, this was like a boom. Well, Ed Burns was one of the first independent filmmakers to adopt this technology for his own purposes. Caitlin invited me to set one day to see what they were doing, and I knock on this apartment door in Tribeca, and I went and watched them shoot a scene. And it was the cinematographer just holding a 5D camera, and it was a guy with a boom, and Eddy was like rewriting on the fly, which I think is something that he does, and they shot the scene. And that was it! There was no crew, there were no lights, there was nothing! And so, Caitlin brings me to see this and she’s like, “we could make a movie, it’s so easy!” [KL & SWB laugh] So, Caitlin would go on to co-write a script with our friend Caroline Von Kuhn, who would go on to direct, that was the opposite of the kind of movie that you are able to make for $9,000 theatrically. So, Ed Burns was making a run-and-gun, mockumentary-style Manhattan kind of captured-in-the-streets film. Caitlin and Caroline wrote a slow, contemplative drama about a young journalist who goes home to her childhood town in Maine to write the eulogy for her best childhood friend who has died. And so once we got a cinematographer involved—a woman who is now one of my best friends, Eve Cohen—Eve Cohen was like, “you can’t shoot this movie the way he shot that movie.” And so, all of a sudden this $9,000 idea we thought we had was much larger in scope. And so now I was just producing a legit nearly $200,000 independent feature. And I got really lucky. My dad goes to his—I think it’s his 45th high school reunion and hooks up with a guy name Bar Potter who he went to high school with and turns out, Bar Potter has been in LA producing movies for 30 years. And Bar Potter basically took me under his wing and taught me how to produce movies, step by step. I was very lucky because he was an attorney first and contracts are really what a producer needs to be good at in the end. So, I got very, very lucky to have that education. But then when I started the fundraising process and I started talking to people about the kind of movie we wanted to make and the kind of women we wanted to put on screen that was different from anything that’s been done before, I found out that innovation is not a good pitch in movies actually. [laugh] They were like—they want to know that there’s a tried and true audience for this thing. It wasn’t that people were surprised that women weren’t represented, they were like, “yeah, but that’s because there’s no audience for it.” So, it was really hard to raise money. [laughs] We raised some money from let’s call it friends, family, and fools—affectionately. And then we—Caitlin got a big, residual check from her work in “It’s Complicated” and put some of that into the movie. And then we were still like $20,000 from what we needed to go and shoot the movie. And the interesting thing also about 2010, 2011 was this was the rise of crowdfunding out of the ashes out of the financial crisis. And so Kickstarter and Indiegogo were starting to become kind of all the rage in the filmmaker community. And our filmmaker friends knew very well about it, but our friends’ parents did not, right? [laughs] And we figured we needed to get to our friends’ parents if we were going to have any hope of raising any money. So, instead of running a crowdfunding campaign on a newfangled crowdfunding platform, we built a wedding registry of all of the items that we needed—the camera, and the car rentals, and—we were going to Maine in the summer—so the bug spray, and the sunscreen, and the food, and the makeup, and the coffee—you name it, right? We built this long wedding registry and we sent it everyone we knew and a really interesting thing happened when people could see what their participation was—you know—like “oh, I’m not just giving money so these girls can fuck off to Maine for the summer, we are participating in helping them achieve this thing that they want to achieve.” What was more surprising to me and the big revelation was, “okay, now I have got to sell this movie and get it distributed.” And I started talking to sales agents and distributors and they weren’t particularly interested in us until we told them about what we did and how many people had contributed and how at every screening we had anywhere in the world, including places where I was not aware we knew people, like Oaxaca and Romania, people who contributed to our campaign either showed up or sent their friends. And so it was this really powerful tool for building community around a project that was trying to do something differently. And this project was trying to do something differently in a year when I sat across from a sales agent, who after telling him about what this movie is about, it’s a—it’s really a friendship drama about a women discovering—you know—rediscovering herself after the death of her childhood friend, he said, “well, if you could put some lesbian erotica in it, I could sell it.” KL [inhales sharply] Yeah… EB He wasn’t talking about lesbian erotica for lesbians. He was trying to think of, how do we make this movie palatable for a male audience? And it was like a wakeup call moment of like, “oh, it’s that nobody—none of the middlemen actually know how to reach women, and so they assume they’re not a valuable audience.” KL Yeah. EB Right? And this would be the beginning of unravelling sort of a century of institutional bias. I realized that if you wanted to reach an audience that wasn’t being reached, there were literally structures in place to make sure you couldn’t do it around projects. And so I started ideating with a friend of mine about well, what if we made this tool for creating a wedding registry for your movie or show available to more filmmakers. And I was like, “well, it doesn’t have to be filmmakers, it could be, like, journalists and dancers and writers and whatever.” And the idea was that it would really help you gather and understand your audience, because my experience was when I went into the room with those third-party gatekeepers—if I knew about the audience and if I had data about the audience, then I could get them to listen to me and pay attention. And I was very interested in going from feeling like I had no power in any of those discussions to feeling like I had some power and authority to explain why my project had value and why my IP had value. And I think the biggest realization for me at that time was—you know—independent film quote-unquote for so long has been you have to independently finance, write, edit, produce, direct, sound design, color correct, etc. And then you have to wait to get picked by a festival and wait to get picked by a sales agent and wait to get picked by a distributor and I’m sorry, but what the fuck about that is independent? [21:08] KL [laughs] Yeah. EB Like actually what happened is I woke up one day and I was like, independent filmmaking is dependent filmmaking, and the internet should make it possible for us to be actually independent, but there’s a lot of work to be done. And part of that work is deprogramming the filmmaker brain that what you have to do is work hard and if you’re just special enough, you’ll get picked. Because that I think is the thing that we’re working against the hardest. KL Yeah, I feel that so much and I mean you went from filmmaking to also changing—you know—how entertainment is being created and funded, and it’s like changing who holds the power, which is really fucking incredible. What was the driving force behind that part of it? EB Education. As we were going and testing this—like I took this wireframe to Sundance in 2012 and I talked to every filmmaker who would possibly talk to me. And the filmmakers, many of whom had crowdfunded at that point, said, “yeah, so these are the things that are hard about crowdfunding, but what’s really hard is distribution.” And boy did I not want to get into the distribution business, but it was shouting at me loud and clear that actually the only solution that’s going to be really valuable to filmmakers is an end-to-end one, where the work that you do up front to raise money and gather audience has to be meaningful to your ability to secure distribution, monetize distribution, pick a good path for distribution, etc. So, the beginning of the film business, there is no audience data because people are pushing nickels through a window, right? [laughs] They’re going to the nickelodeon literally, and so you don’t have any audience data because it’s just a cash business. And oh by the way, even if you did, there are Jim Crow laws and shit governing who can and can’t go into theaters, so you wouldn’t get audience—good audience data anyway. And then they put a box in your living room called a TV and then you can watch whatever you want and nobody really knows what or why. And then they start spying on you with your permission through Nielsen, right? And Nielsen started to deliver sort of aggregated data, like here’s how many people watched a thing. But they had to make a lot of assumptions about why or what motivated that watching behavior. And so, in absence of any real audience data, the film business grew its marketing capacity based around assumptions about what made stuff successful or not. All of the greenlighting that was happening in Hollywood and otherwise was backward-looking. This is what performed well before, and therefore this is what will perform well in the future. And then it got really interesting in the 2000s. Two things happened simultaneously: the internet hit the film business, the DVD market collapses almost overnight, and for unrelated reasons, the censorship rules lighten up in Russia and China. And so, Hollywood starts to see that if they can make movies that play well in China, that gives rise to the Hollywood mega-blockbuster. Because all of a sudden, they’re not making 500 million dollars on a movie, they can make a billion plus dollars on a movie. And that had never been true before. And ever since then, Hollywood has been making these super mega-movies for international audiences. And in the meantime, Netflix, who saw all of this coming, went to the studios and was like, “hey, I see what you’re doing in movies, we will pay you x plus one for those syndication deals. And just like the rest of your world, we will also not give you audience data.” And the studios were like, “fine, we’ve never had audience data, we don’t give a shit about audience data.” And that would set a precedent that the platforms like Netflix would get all of the audience data and the producers from the studios all the way down to little, old me trying to make my movie would get no audience data through distribution. The film business has basically been set up to completely segregate the producers and even the distributors of content from the data that would help them make smart and efficient marketing decisions on the internet, and it has created a massive power imbalance, worse than even when the studios were basically giant monopolies. Because without that data, filmmakers are completely dependent on the platforms to just get their movie out there, but they can’t compete with the platforms because they have no data transparency. And because Netflix got so much data and got so powerful, it’s driven a ton of consolidation in the last 24 months, right? You have AT&T buying Time Warner, which means Turner and HBO and everybody, and they’ve shut down FilmStruck because it’s not a billion dollar business, right? And that kind of consolidation has never ever been good for the independent creator. And ultimately, that was why I thought crowdfunding was so valuable because crowdfunding was the first time that filmmakers could go directly to their audiences and transact and get all of the data from those audiences and be in direct contact with them. And it continues to be one of the only ways that they can do that. And that’s why we then moved into the streaming space, is because we realized that there were no real streaming services being offered that also disintermediated the relationship between filmmaker and audience and would allow a savvy filmmaker or a savvy distributor to just open up Google Analytics and make some smart marketing decisions about how to drive more traffic to their projects. [26:54] KL So, then speaking of streaming, you’ve noted before that human curation versus feeds driven by algorithms was pretty critical to how Seed & Spark works for end users, which is different than what you see on all the other platforms. Why is that so important? EB Well, first of all—fundamentally—algorithms don’t curate. Algorithms recommend, humans curate. KL Right. EB So, right now there is more audio/visual content out there than could ever possibly be watched by a single person, or even thousands of people, for the rest of their lives for all of time. So, algorithms, not dissimilar to what happens in your social media sphere, they tend to create a bit of a bubble. And my fear about algorithmic recommendation is really—the same thing that happens on Facebook or otherwise—is the echo chamber effect. So, I think what we’re all trying to do is build empathy and build bridges. And an algorithm is trying to recommend to me the thing that is most similar to the other things that I’ve watched, which creates a little echo chamber of I’m probably only all of a sudden getting recommended things that look like me. And I think why we make movies is to get us to recognize ourselves in the other. And that’s really why we’ve taken a human curation approach. So, you can tell us a little bit about how you’re feeling—like what your mood is or what kind of theme you’re interested in—and we will recommend for you no more than four movies at a time that fit kind of the thing that you’re interested in at the moment. And those are decided by people—how those things get structured and categorized and recommended are decided by people. We design playlists, so that if you’re interested in a certain topic or theme, you can move through a bunch of different movies that will give you really, really different experiences around that theme. Because ultimately, the point of storytelling has always been to connect us to each other and I think algorithms are actually very divisive, and that’s something that fundamentally we don’t want to build into our technology. SWB Yes! And one of the things I think a lot about is just like the extreme examples, right? So, if you look at the way that say YouTube will send you toward more and more and more extreme content. So you can go really quic KL y from, let’s say, you watch a Jordan Peterson video—I don’t know if you’re familiar with him— EB Yep. Unfortunately. SWB Unfortunately. A right-wing academic from Canada who says a lot of trash stuff about Muslims and women and a lot of other groups. But you might end up on a video from him, somebody links to it, or you Google something and end up on a video from him. And he’s fairly abhorrent—but, you know, if you start watching videos like that, there have been studies that show that within one or two clicks of watching related content, all of a sudden you’re on explicit propaganda videos that are anti-black, for example. And that kind of stuff, that algorithmic function is—algorithms just want to get to some sort of finite right answer, and so they’re just going to go further and further and further, And that’s—there’s no joy there. And what you’re describing is fundamentally about finding joy and connection and that’s so different. [30:11] EB That’s right. Computers are not going to help us do complicated human things like build empathy. I don’t think the internet will ever replace or supplant community building. Community building has to happen in communities. It doesn’t happen on the internet. Now, the internet can be a tool that aids different kinds of community building. And that’s why on the crowdfunding side—you know—the way that we went about building our business. You know, when we—[laughs] when we launched, I raised like $245,000 and then in the first two years, I think I raised a total of a million dollars. And during this time, IndieGoGo raised like 65 million dollars and Kickstarter raised—I don’t know—20 million dollars or something like that. There was just no way that I was ever going to compete with their resources. So, we went on the road—literally went on the road. I got in my car in LA and drove all the way across the country and all the way back and we taught workshops about how to help filmmakers use the tools of the internet to build and amplify the community-building efforts that they needed to do in order to build enough support and funding around their projects. And that turned into what is now a national education program. In 2018, we will teach 137 live workshops in person, not only for us to build human connection with them, but for them to build human connection with each other. And if you look at why do people choose Seed & Spark, it’s because—so, some of it is because they heard about us at one of these events, but more often than not, it’s that they heard about us from a friend who attended one of these events. And that I think is, to me, like, an example of the power of… there is stuff that you can only do in person, and you can’t build math functions to replace that. SWB I love that so much. And we see a lot of people who will just try to plunk humans into the same digital space and call it a community, which is not actually a community. And so I really like calling out that a community means something. And so related to that, I wanted to ask you about something you wrote about recently, which is having a code of conduct for your community. So, in the technology industry, there has been lots of debate about codes of conduct—should we even have them and whether there’s even a safety problem we should be dealing with at all. So, I’m really curious how you decided what would be in the code of conduct for Seed & Spark, and how that came to be. EB So, our community was increasingly demanding more ways to speak directly to one another. And separate from that, I had heard from my friend Eileen Carey, who is an entrepreneur, about some of the problems that corporations were facing with their Slacks—that harassment was happening in one-to-one communications in Slack channels, and there was no transparency for the corporation into those channels. And then also the reverse, that there is like a super function where you can go and look at people’s Slack messages and then their safety was being—anyway! There was like a bunch of issues around one-to-one communication that is enabled by a platform, either inside a company or inside a community. That it seemed to me—I didn’t want people to think that if you weren’t posting it publicly, but you were using our website to communicate with people in ways that would make them feel uncomfortable or shut them out or shut them down, that we wouldn’t have a say in that. I don’t subscribe to the notion that my job on a tech platform is to protect free speech, because free speech is protected in the Constitution. And all it means is that you can’t get arrested for your asshole opinion. But I don’t need to let you run around with your asshole opinion and shut people down on my website. I don’t have to tolerate that, right? [laughs] And since we’re trying to build a community that is about engagement, empathy, support, diversity, it means there can be lots of different kinds of opinions and that has to be okay and there has to be an environment that encourages lots of different kinds of opinions. Now, this is a sort of statement that an asshole will love to glom onto and be like, “well, you don’t like my conservative opinion,” and I was like, “no, I don’t like your racist opinion.” Because your racist opinion is fundamentally saying that other people’s opinions don’t belong there, and that is not the same. My opinion that you shouldn’t be able to shut people down is not the same thing as your opinion that other people shouldn’t be shut down and guess what? I get to fucking decide. So, if you’re a person who wants to use the internet to be terrible and shut people down, that’s fine. My corner of the internet is not for you. And so, we want to make sure that everybody feels like they have a pathway for notifying us if they feel like there is rude or harassing language or other ways that people use the internet to spam and be crappy. [laughs] We just want to make sure that people can feel like they have some control over their experience, and also I think that encourages it to be a safer place to disagree. And that’s—that to me is like, the code of conduct is about kicking the discussion level up a notch and demanding a little more from people than just whatever the fuck the first thing was you thought to say. And to be honest, we haven’t had these problems really before at all on the site at all, but I also just wanted to put a stake in the ground about why we don’t want to see them in the future either. [36:07] SWB Yeah, I love that because I think that part of the way that you prevent those problems is by putting your stake in the ground while you’re small enough for that to be a really easy thing to do, instead of waiting until you’re big and then pretending it’s hard. EB For me, it was like we have to release the code of conduct in conjunction with these new functions. It can’t be as a reparative measure, it has to be as a proactive measure. When you work in diversity and inclusion generally speaking, you have to be thinking about being proactive and not reactive. Because reactive is where the discrimination often happens and it gets defensive. And we didn’t want to come from a defensive position, we really wanted to come from a really proactive and positive place of like, “hey guys, here’s what we’re trying to do here. As such, here are some things you shouldn’t do here because we’re trying to do this other thing here.” And then, because I am not a person who tries to, like, assault other people on the internet, you actually have to go through some mental exercises around, like, “what is a terrible thing that somebody could think to do that I wouldn’t normally think to do?” That part’s hard. So it is helpful to look at other codes of conduct, because other people will have thought of nefarious behaviors that didn’t occur to you. SWB Yes, yes. So, I want to switch gears a bit and ask about something that I think is also pretty exciting and pretty important, which is your series “Fuck Yes,” which talks about consent. Can you tell us about that? EB “Fuck Yes” is a web series, they are digital shorts about consent. And they’re really meant to be examples of what effectively navigating consent situations would look like. So, rather than being—I think so much of sex education is about what not do. These are really just vignettes about different kinds of couples navigating what to do. And we came together and sort of decided that a Fuck Yes episode is a couple that comes to sort of an awkward moment, and they navigate an awkward moment, and guess what happens? Nobody dies from awkward. And maybe it’s a little bit funny and sweet. And what happens after the awkward is it gets way sexier, because actually communication is such a core part of what makes sex sexy. It’s like we spend so much time as humans talking, and then most people get into the bedroom and just completely stop talking, as if that’s not allowed as part of the sexual experience. And that’s so weird if you actually think about it. Because talking is as much a part of what can make something sexy. And that’s sort of core to the episodes. They pretty much all have moments of humor to navigate the situations, and ultimately, the important thing is both parties arrive to something that feels like a fuck yes. So, not just a yes, but a fuck yes. KL I love that and I think I speak for both of us—we are so excited about that and encourage everyone listening to check it out. So, let’s look into the future a little bit. What are you working on next and what are you excited about? [39:17] EB I’m excited there’s like 100 women going to Congress. I am working next on a documentary about the Equal Rights Amendment. It’s actually a fact that most people don’t know that we never passed the Equal Rights Amendment. Or rather, we passed the Equal Rights Amendment, but it’s never been ratified. We are one state away from ratification, but there are massive, massive legal challenges stacked up against it even once it does get ratified. And there are huge implications to the fact that women are not equally protected under the law. And it goes to reproductive rights, it goes to domestic violence, it goes to pregnancy discrimination, it goes to workplace and wage discrimination—all of these things and it’s in part because we don’t have language in the Constitution to protect us, so it’s been my latest obsession and that’s what we’re working on now. SWB That sounds amazing. KL So, is there someplace we can follow along to see that when it’s viewable? EB Probably in the mid to late spring there will be a place where you can start to follow along, and our hope is to release something for the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in early 2020. KL Amazing. EB But nationally speaking, everybody should be following what’s happening in Virginia. Their legislative sessions opens on January I think 19 or so, and that is the next likeliest place to ratify, at which point 38 states will have ratified, and then shit starts to get really interesting. KL That’s amazing. SWB Emily, it has been so awesome to talk with you. We have one last question, which is just where can folks learn more about you, Seed & Spark, and everything you’re working on? EB Well, I’m easy to find on Twitter @emilybest. Seed & Spark is seedandspark.com. I would really encourage everyone to go and subscribe. We are the only pay-what-you-can streaming service, meaning you can pay anywhere from $2–10 for the exact same service, whatever you can afford. And I believe we are the only streaming service on the planet right now that has 50/50 gender parity among the directors for the movies and shows on our site, and there’s a lot of really awesome stuff to watch. KL Well, that sounds excellent. Thank you for sharing all of that and thank you so much for all of the incredible work you are doing. We are so excited about it and we are so excited to talk to you today. Seed & Spark is so cool—everyone, you should check it out right now, it’s at seedandspark.com. And thank you again. EB Thank you so much for having me. SWB Yeah, fuck yes to all of this! [EB laughs][music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] [41:58] Career Chat with Shopify SWB Hey y’all, it’s career chat time with Shopify. This week we have Courtney Symons. She’s a lead writer working in Shopify’s Office of the CEO, and she’s got advice to help you take what you’re passionate about and turn it into the next phase of your career. Courtney, let’s hear it. Courtney Symons I was on the marketing team at Shopify for four years, but my real love has always been writing. I made a point of having conversations with our CEO Tobi Lutke about my passion for writing. And without even realizing it, I planted a seed in his mind that created a connection: when he thought about writing, he thought about me. And when he decided he needed a writer, he offered me the job. I learned that when you want something, you need to throw it out to the universe. You can’t just wait for things to happen to you. Being bold about my ambitions has paved the way for so many incredible career opportunities. SWB As someone who also loves writing and finds a way to make it part of everything I do, I love this. And I love that Shopify has so many roles I never would have expected. Maybe even one for you! Visit Shopify.com/careers to see what they’re hiring for today. [43:03] Fuck Yeah of the Week KL So, we already talked about “Fuck Yes” with Emily, which was really awesome and we just have to fuck yeah to, but do we have anything else this week? SWB Yeah, so I definitely have a fuck yeah to anything regarding consent, but I have something else that Emily talked about that I want to give a fuck yeah to, and that is female friendships. So, she is so right. Female friendships are not depicted enough in media, or at least not in their actual depth or in all of their glory. There is so much about female friendship that gets reduced down to like, oh we go to book club, or drink wine together, which like, maybe, but I think there’s so much more to it than that. And I think she’s totally right that we need to be able too see more of that and that there is an audience for that. And so first of all, fuck yeah to the female friendships I have, and particularly to you, Katel, you know? Our friendship on and off the show this year has just been so incredible to me. KL I think the other day we realized that we were seeing each other like every other day. And maybe it’s not that often all the time, but it’s very frequent. And it’s not just because we’re friends and we like hanging out, because we obviously do. But I don’t know, I’m really excited about the show and a bunch of stuff we’re working on, and it really makes me happy to talk about it because when I moved to Philly a couple of years ago, I wasn’t sure what my friend network was going to be like, and I definitely wasn’t sure if I’d find a best friend here. And Sara, you are one of my soulmates. So if you get sick of me, I’m sorry, but I promise I will at least always bring donuts. SWB Oh, I appreciate that, but I don’t think I’m going to get sick of you. I’ll probably get sick of the donuts first. [laughs] KL [laughing] Yes! SWB I also though want to give a fuck yeah to something else in this too, which is us being able to share our friendship on the show. Because, you know, I hope it starts to change in some small way the thing that Emily was talking about, right? That lack of depiction of female friendships. Because I think hearing us talk publicly about our relationship and sort of demonstrating the trust we feel for each other and the way that we’re really willing to be vulnerable with each other and be there for each other, demonstrating that to people and kind of putting it out there as like an awesome thing that we have, I think that that’s really, really great. And people need to hear stories about people being best fucking friends and working on badass projects together and celebrating that. So, I’m glad we’re telling them. KL Ugh, fuck yeah to that! SWB That’s it for this week’s episode of No, You Go. NYG is recorded in our home city of Philadelphia and it is produced by Steph Colbourn. Our theme music is by The Diaphone. Thanks to Emily Best for being our guest today. And if you loved today’s show as much as we did, you should definitely make sure that you give us a rating or a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever it is that you listen to your favorite shows, because your support helps us do what we do and grow this little baby into a grown-up podcast! Thanks for listening and see you next week. [music fades in, plays alone for 32 seconds, and fades out]

Final September 2018 episode of the program all about TV. Our guests: Seed & Spark founder/chief executive officer Emily Best, showcasing Keep It Colorful, a new venture designed to get series created by and/or featuring people of color launched.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Emily Best of Seed&Spark. Seed&Spark is a crowdfunding and digital distribution platform. The platform helps filmmakers and audiences join forces to fund, promote and watch new independent films, enabling filmmakers to support new film projects and audiences to watch more independent movies. In this episode, Emily talks about the realities vs. perception of fundraising, building a diverse cap table, the similarities of funding a film vs. a startup, and much more. Note: to put some of the conversation threads in context, it might be useful to read this Medium post: https://medium.com/techstars/how-raising-a-2-m-seed-round-really-actually-went-b1c53ff9096a

Emily Best is running for state senate seat 30 which encompasses all of Blair and Fulton Counties as well as parts of Franklin, Cumberland and Huntingdon counties. Ms. Best joins us from the campaign trail to tell us about her background, her thoughts on issues facing rural Pennsylvania and why she's running in this highly Republican District.

Crowdfunding, nowadays, is one of the most common funding options out there for the documentary filmmaker. However, the crowdfunding playing field has evolved considerably since the early days of http://www.kickstarter.com (Kickstarter) and http://www.indiegogo.com (Indiegogo). Take for instance, https://www.seedandspark.com/ (Seed & Spark).   A multitude of crowdfunding platforms now do different things, depending on your needs.  And while the list of a doc filmmaker's needs seems never-ending, it's things like building an audience for your film, increasing your social media followers, and distribution options for your film, that are right at the top of any doc filmmaker's list.   Which is what makes a crowdfunding platform like https://www.seedandspark.com/ (Seed & Spark) such an attractive option. It has all of those things and more. It has been developed by industry leaders and is specifically geared to the independent filmmaker. And for today's episode, we've brought on Seed & Spark founder and CEO, https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-best-0663964/ (Emily Best), to talk about it.   Topics Discussedhow & why Seed & Spark was created to put the independent back in independent filmmaking how a platform like Seed & Spark runs a unique educational program to ensure success before you run a campaign through their platform how Seed & Spark rewards are all about gaining followers for your crowdfund Seed & Spark has an astonishing 80+ percent success rate with their crowdfund campaigns Seed & Spark has distro platform that pays the highest royalty rate of any digital distribution platform   Related Resources#Doclifer CrowdfundAs referenced in the podcast episode, #DocLifer, Josh Davidsburg, is running a crowdfunding campaign for his film, https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/queen-of-the-capital#story (Queen of the Capital), through Seed & Spark. Check out the trailer for his doc, then see what he did for his https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/queen-of-the-capital#story (S & S campaign here)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7G128nlbzA   Sponsors & Thank You'shttp://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artist's music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today!   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!    

A straight man knows he has the dreaded Madonna/Whore Complex. But how can he overcome it? A 47 year-old woman has just started working at a sex toy store, and loves her funky, kinky co-workers. But she's scared to invite them to her wedding for fear that mommy and daddy won't approve. On the Magnum, Dan chats with Emily Best, the force behind "F*ck Yes" -a new channel that offers up super-hot shorts showing how consent can be very sexy indeed. We love what they are doing, and you should check it out. And, did you know that Dan has some strong opinions about guns? The usually shy and retiring Dan Savage offers his take on the argument that "if you ban guns only criminals will have guns." This episode is brought to you by #Open- a NEW, inclusive approach to social networking and MODERN dating. #Open needs Savage Lovecast listeners to test their app before they “come out” to the rest of the world. Test now at and earn “Community Founder” status for life.   Thanks to Aaptiv for supporting our podcast. Get 50% off annual membership plan featuring unlimited workouts at . Today's episode is also brought to you by Blue Apron- the delivery service that sends you fresh ingredients and incredible recipes so you can make fabulous meals at home. Check out this week's menu and get your first 3 meals for free ( a $30 value) with free shipping by going to .

A straight man knows he has the dreaded Madonna/Whore Complex. But how can he overcome it? A 47 year-old woman has just started working at a sex toy store, and loves her funky, kinky co-workers. But she's scared to invite them to her wedding for fear that mommy and daddy won't approve. On the Magnum, Dan chats with Emily Best, the force behind "F*ck Yes" -a new channel that offers up super-hot shorts showing how consent can be very sexy indeed. We love what they are doing, and you should check it out. And, did you know that Dan has some strong opinions about guns? The usually shy and retiring Dan Savage offers his take on the argument that "if you ban guns only criminals will have guns." This episode is brought to you by #Open- a NEW, inclusive approach to social networking and MODERN dating. #Open needs Savage Lovecast listeners to test their app before they “come out” to the rest of the world. Test now at and earn “Community Founder” status for life.   Thanks to Aaptiv for supporting our podcast. Get 50% off annual membership plan featuring unlimited workouts at . Today's episode is also brought to you by Blue Apron- the delivery service that sends you fresh ingredients and incredible recipes so you can make fabulous meals at home. Check out this week's menu and get your first 3 meals for free ( a $30 value) with free shipping by going to .

This episode of the Results Mindset Podcast is something a little bit different. It’s a case study with Emily Best. Emily is a trainer who has recently transitioned from a role working in the National Health Service to doing work she loves. And as you’ll hear when you listen to this case study interview, the transformations Emily’s been through over the past few months stretch far beyond the workplace. For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/rmp34  

In this weeks episode, Heather speaks with creator of Seed and Spark, Emily Best, about Harvey Weinstein, the power of women's voices, and how her company is leading the way to create real lasting, meaningful change within the film industry. #womeninfilm #SeedandSpark #comedy #interview #conversation #HarveyWeinstein #change --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shutupandlistenwithhm/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shutupandlistenwithhm/support

Emily Best, Co-Founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, leads a company culture where you don't check your humanity at the door and women's bodies aren't unprofessional, and it's changing the landscape of diversity in entertainment. First published: July 5, 2017 Full show notes: http://backstagecapital.com/missionandvalues/s2e3/

Emily Best, Co-Founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, leads a company culture where you don’t check your humanity at the door and women’s bodies aren’t unprofessional, and it’s changing the landscape of diversity in entertainment.

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a subscription video streaming and crowdfunding platform that gives filmmakers the power to take control of their careers. In 2011, she produced the feature film, Like the Water, starring Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex, Rectify). Since then she has served as executive producer on a host of film and virtual reality projects that have played at festivals from Sundance to SXSW to Tribeca and beyond. Most recently she created and co-directed the web series F*ck Yes!, which Refinery 29 called, "The sex education you wish you had in high school." Emily was named a 2013 Indiewire Influencer, a 2014 New York Woman of Influence, was included on the 2015 Upstart 100 list, and graduated from the 2016 class of Techstars Boston. She has raised millions of dollars in traditional funding, equity crowdfunding, and rewards based crowdfunding, and contributed to over 300 crowdfunding campaigns to date. For more information on Seed and Spark and Emily, please visit her website at: www.seedandspark.com. Seed and Spark can also be found on all social media sites: @seedandspark and on Twitter: @emilybest. You can, also, connect with Laura Powers at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find her on facebook and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a subscription video streaming and crowdfunding platform that gives filmmakers the power to take control of their careers. In 2011, she produced the feature film, Like the Water, starring Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex, Rectify). Since then she has served as executive producer on a host of film and virtual reality projects that have played at festivals from Sundance to SXSW to Tribeca and beyond. Most recently she created and co-directed the web series F*ck Yes!, which Refinery 29 called, "The sex education you wish you had in high school." Emily was named a 2013 Indiewire Influencer, a 2014 New York Woman of Influence, was included on the 2015 Upstart 100 list, and graduated from the 2016 class of Techstars Boston. She has raised millions of dollars in traditional funding, equity crowdfunding, and rewards based crowdfunding, and contributed to over 300 crowdfunding campaigns to date. For more information on Seed and Spark and Emily, please visit her website at: www.seedandspark.com. Seed and Spark can also be found on all social media sites: @seedandspark and on Twitter: @emilybest. You can, also, connect with Laura Powers at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find her on facebook and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a subscription video streaming and crowdfunding platform that gives filmmakers the power to take control of their careers. In 2011, she produced the feature film, Like the Water, starring Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex, Rectify). Since then she has served as executive producer on a host of film and virtual reality projects that have played at festivals from Sundance to SXSW to Tribeca and beyond. Most recently she created and co-directed the web series F*ck Yes!, which Refinery 29 called, "The sex education you wish you had in high school." Emily was named a 2013 Indiewire Influencer, a 2014 New York Woman of Influence, was included on the 2015 Upstart 100 list, and graduated from the 2016 class of Techstars Boston. She has raised millions of dollars in traditional funding, equity crowdfunding, and rewards based crowdfunding, and contributed to over 300 crowdfunding campaigns to date. For more information on Seed and Spark and Emily, please visit her website at: www.seedandspark.com. Seed and Spark can also be found on all social media sites: @seedandspark and on Twitter: @emilybest. You can, also, connect with Laura Powers at www.laurapowers.net. You can also find her on facebook and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Emily Best, the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, shares a fascinating story about the genesis of her company. She explains how she was able to utilize the resources around her to secure 22 lobsters and 60 pounds of coffee to make her first feature film, LIKE THE WATER. Why Seed&Spark? Emily explains why. Emily also tells us why her company values the importance of having successful crowdfunding campaigns, as well as why successful campaigns are an important part of a creator’s toolkit. Emily discusses the online course offers and why it’s important that filmmakers build genuine connections. She explains why anyone can use crowdfunding as a tool to build their careers over time. https://www.seedandspark.com

A lot of women don't say no to sex to avoid conflict, or because they actually like the guy and don't want to hurt his feelings.  And a lot of guys are completely unaware they've crossed a line because she didn't say no and seemed into it -so why would they think anything was wrong?   It doesn't take a full-on rape experience for a woman to feel compromised and unfortunately, the fact is compromised sex happens ALL THE TIME.  T&A share their most recent experiences that both, coincidentally, happened to leave them feeling objectified and pretty shitty.  And if T&A can get in that situation- anyone can.  In this must-listen episode, T&A talk with Emily Best and Erica Anderson, co-creators of F*ck Yes, a series that shows ladies and gents how to say F*ck Yes to sex, to break down how our society's approaches and underlying beliefs around sexuality can make even the nicest of guys- actually kind of rapey.  The ladies share for they guys what goes on in their heads that puts them on guard and makes them feel uncomfortalbe, and how to approach them differently so they can say F*ck Yes to having sex.

File #1, Look Back, Leap Forward Narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of Wireless Theatre’s The Springheel Saga. With exclusive interviews, commentary and clips, this specially extended File #1 not only documents the production of the first series and explores the facts behind the fiction, but also looks at what lies ahead in Series Two… Narrated by Cameron K. McEwan With contributions from the cast of The Strange Of Springheel’d Jack Featuring the music of Francesco Quadraroupolo, Production assistant, Emily Best, Credits by James Duckworth, Edited by Marie Tueje, With thanks to George Maddocks, Produced by Jack Bowman and Robert Valentine for Wireless Theatre Running Time : 31 Mins #springheeljack #julianglover #fantasy #sciencefiction

The Springheel Files, narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of Wireless Theatre’s The Springheel Saga. With exclusive interviews, commentary and clips, File #2 documents the production of The Terror of London, the first episode of the second series, explores the facts behind the fiction with Fortean expert Steve Ash, and also examines how things have changed in the world of The Springheel Saga since the first series – and how the world of Jonah Smith will never be the same again… Warning: This file CONTAINS SPOILERS for The Terror of London, so make sure you’ve listened to that before! Narrated by Cameron K. McEwan. With contributions from the cast of The Legend Of Springheel’d Jack. Edited by Marie Tueje, Production Assistant, Emily Best. Credits, James Duckworth. With thanks to George Maddocks.

Crowdfunding has always been a mystery to me. I never really understood how indie filmmakers can raise $50,000, $100,000 or $1,000,000 to make their films. I tried once with the "if I built they will come" idea but they never came. When I discovered this weeks guest, Emily Best CEO and founder of the indie film crowdfunding website Seed & Spark, I had to get her on the show. I attempted to squeeze out of her every bit of crowdfunding knowledge I could. We discuss:How to create a successful crowdfunding campaign?What are the biggest mistake indie filmmakers make when crowdfunding their film?How should indie filmmakers crowdsource (building an audience for you, your film or your company)?How do indie filmmaker determine how much to ask for when crowdfunding?How do you build a killer crowdfunding page and video?What incentives should you give when crowdfunding?How do you build momentum so your audience will follow your film's creation from beginning to end?How do you determine if your film has an audience?All of these question on crowdfunding are answered and more. Seriously this podcast is a condensed master class on crowdfunding. I was selflessly asking the questions I wanted the answers to and now you guys benefit as well. Enjoy!

René Kladzyk is a Brooklyn-based solo musician and performance artist who goes by the moniker Ziemba. She played her first solo show as Ziemba on October 27, 2013. Since then, she has put out two EPs and is working on her first full-length album. She recently had several songs featured on Season 2 of Broad City. Sarah first met René on a roadtrip through the South, where she saw her perform at The Mammal Gallery in Atlanta. “She’s incredibly kind and warm, but it’s almost like she’s from another planet,” Sarah said of Ziemba's performance. “We were all entranced by her performance, which concluded with her quietly asking the audience to shift their attention from the front of the room, where she had been playing a keyboard with pedals, to an old stand up, piano, where she sat down and sang ‘With The Fire’ (hear this song in episode).” It was a pure joy to collaborate with Ziemba on Episode 15, featuring Emily Best, and record a live performance with her for episode 15.5 She Does Music. I have had "Phantom See" stuck in my head from the first listen, and am secretly hoping it never escapes my memory.

Emily Best is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and distribution platform for independent filmmakers. She’s also the publisher of Bright Ideas Magazine. Emily has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in crowdfunding for film, and contributed to over 300 campaigns to date through Seed&Spark. She brings experience from producing live theatre and running restaurants to the film industry, and lets us into the world of investors and film distribution. Emily was named one of the 2013 Indiewire Influencers, 2014 New York Women of Influence and 2015 Upstart 100. She’s a daring individual who encourages us all to create meaningful communities around our work. Furthermore, things get personal when we discuss matters of the heart and how being independent and driven can affect personal relationships. Music by Ziemba.

Since meeting filmmaker and startup founder Emily Best in November I've wanted to get her on the podcast to talk about her company Seed and Spark, which reimagines crowdfunding from the perspective of an indie filmmaker and takes the experience way past fundraising into audience building and distribution. In this episode you'll hear Emily tell the story of how the company got started and her vision for making it a touchstone of the indie filmmaker experience. We'll even talk about how to use your crowdfunding platform during your festival run.

Do you plan to launch a product, project or business? Want to learn how to use crowdfunding to support your next venture? In this episode I interview Emily Best, filmmaker, publisher of Bright Ideas magazine and founder of Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding solution for the independent film industry.  Show notes: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/135

Emily Best talks Seed & Spark, a unique tool for filmmakers to fund their films.

We're back with more from Emily Best! In this week's episode we dive deeper into how to create a successful crowdfunding campaign.    But asking for money to help fund your project is so much more involved than you might think, if you want your campaign to be successful. And isn’t that the whole point? When you figure out who your target audience is, and how to best identify with them, that’s when your campaign will gain momentum.    Emily Best is the CEO of Seed and Spark, the most effective crowdfunding platform in the world. Through launching her own crowdfunding campaign, Emily learned valuable lessons - sometimes the hard way - of what works and what doesn’t, and out of this experience Seed and Spark was born.    http://www.themarketingagents.com/81

Begging for money - or soliciting contributions -  has been a time honored tradition most commonly identified by organizations such as public radio stations, non profits and even churches. Fast forward to the modern day spin on this and you’ve got crowdfunding. Crowdfunding - in a nutshell - is simply a way to solicit contributions in small amounts via the internet.   But asking for money to help fund your project is so much more involved than you might think, if you want your campaign to be successful. And isn’t that the whole point? When you figure out who your target audience is, and how to best identify with them, that’s when your campaign will gain momentum.    Emily Best is the CEO of Seed and Spark, the most effective crowdfunding platform in the world. Through launching her own crowdfunding campaign, Emily learned valuable lessons - sometimes the hard way - of what works and what doesn’t, and out of this experience Seed and Spark was born.    http://www.themarketingagents.com/80

We get to the raw, bloody heart of filmmaking today. Emily Best of Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and streaming distribution platform for independent filmmakers, talks about her new magazine Bright Ideas, adventures in filmmaking, and why artists are more crucial now today than ever. Catch her on her informational cross-country #StayIndieTour to learn how to make the most of your crowdfunding campaign! Host Peri Pakroo is joined by Pyragraph Contributing Editors Josh Stuyvesant and Jeremy Kinter and Contributing Editor At Large Eva Avenue.

SEED & SPARK, FOUNDER & CEO, EMILY BEST ON THE FILM TROOPER PODCAST  In this episode of the Film Trooper podcast, I interview the Founder & CEO of Seed & Spark, Emily Best.  Seed & Spark is much more than just a crowdfunding platform, it’s designed to be an ecosystem for independent filmmakers to build sustainable careers outside of…

There are a lot of different sites for crowdfunding your film.  This week Brent speaks with Emily Best, the Founder and CEO of Seed and Spark – www.seedandspark.com, to learn why she started a crowdfunding site specifically for filmmakers.  This is not your typical ‘give us money and we’ll give you a perk’ crowdfunding site.  Seed and Spark builds connections between audiences and filmmakers by using donations to cover specific expenses.  This helps foster a sense of involvement and ownership in your base.  If you’re seriously thinking about producing your own content, this is an episode you want to hear.

Welcome back to Business of Film, episode 16. This week we welcome Emily Best, CEO of Seed & Spark, a curated crowdfunding platform. Things we talk about in this episode: – The utility of crowdfunding – Two critical questions that have to be answered BEFORE you start. – 4 Things Filmmakers consistent do wrong. – ... The post BoF #16 Emily Best, CEO Seed & Spark appeared first on Craft Truck.

Tara is a motivational speaker,entrepreneur and owner of Aleweb Social Marketing with a new book coming out later this year called *The Best is Yet to Come*. Ilhame will release her debut album “Just Wish It” in fall 2013. The album features collaborations with Nicolay (Foreign Exchange), Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra Creative Partners), T3 (Slum Village), rapper Big Pooh (Lil Brother), and Ky-mani Marley, a salute to the continuing legacy of Bob Marley. Marisa named the Dame of Montreal Fashion, she's recently launched and expanded a line of luxury tailored jackets across Canada and here in the US with her daughter Anissa Marcanio by her side. Emily Best, CEO of Seed&Spark dot com,the world's first crowd-funding and digital distribution platform made just for independent film, has just been named one of IndieWire's Influencers for&a

Emily Best, founder of Seed & Spark joins Oren and guest host Liz Manashil to talk about filmmaker education, the state of crowd funding, and building a sustainable filmmaking career.  Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show: www.patreon.com/JustShootItPod As always, follow @MrMattEnlow (www.twitter.com/MrMattEnlow) and Oren @SmiteyPieLeg(www.twitter.com/SmiteyPieLeg) on twitter. For more episodes visit www.JustShootitPodcast.comShow your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojySee who are guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod(www.instagram.com/justshootitpod/) Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or 
Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show! Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar. Just Shoot It is a podcast about directing, filmmaking and storytelling. Each week we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. Matt Enlow is a director working in comedy. His website is mrmattenlow.com Oren Kaplan is a director and VFX artist who has directed the theatrical feature, The Hammer, a Lifetime movie, and countless branded content videos. His website is directedbyoren.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-shoot-it-a-podcast-about-filmmaking-screenwriting-and9776/donations

Seth Worley is a writer/director of short films and branded content for clients like JJ Abram's Bad Robot, Red Giant, Film Riot, and Steve Taylor. He is also the cofounder of Plot Devices, and he makes killer VFX tutorial videos framed by story. Strap in for a great episode on VFX tutorials, balancing being a filmmaker with marketing tools, and the story of why he cofounded Plot Devices.  This episode is sponsored by Plot Devices. Check out all the cool stuff they have for purchase at www.plotdevices.co UNPAID ENDORSEMENTS  Oren - Captain Disillusion on YouTube; put a trash can in the middle of your party; the top of a wine bottle is a beer bottle opener Matt - Podcast But Outside video where they got out of needing to have a filming permit. http://podcastbutoutside.libsyn.com/ Seth - Cilantro Mexican Grill, North Hollywood. Has a great story behind it. SPECIAL RECS  Nick Campbell at Greyscalegorilla https://greyscalegorilla.com/about/ Content Aware Fill technology. For removing something from your video Creative Screenwriting podcast John August's Writer Emergency Pack https://store.johnaugust.com/products/writer-emergency-pack-single-deck Baron Fig notebook https://www.baronfig.com/ Spark Notebook (Amazon) Just Shoot It episode w Emily Best https://justshootitpodcast.com/2018/11/02/fund-your-movie-w-seed-sparks-founder-emily-best-liz-manashil-guest-host-just-shoot-it-135/ Story Clock notebook https://plotdevices.co/pages/how-to-use-the-storyclock-notebook Story Clock workbook (bigger version) https://plotdevices.co/products/storyclock-workbook Storyboard Notebook for storyboards https://plotdevices.co/collections/storyboard Contribute to the Just Shoot It Patreon and help support the show: www.patreon.com/JustShootItPodAs always, follow @MrMattEnlow (www.twitter.com/MrMattEnlow) and Oren @SmiteyPieLeg(www.twitter.com/SmiteyPieLeg) on twitter. For more episodes visit www.JustShootitPodcast.comShow your support: rate and review us on iTunes. apple.co/2fl9ojySee who are guests are a week early on our instagram @JustshootItPod(www.instagram.com/justshootitpod/) Send feedback to @justshootitpod or justshootitpod@gmail.com or 
Call us at (262) 6-SHOOT-1, and we’ll air your voicemail on the show! Music was provided by the free music archive and by Jahzzar. Just Shoot It is a podcast about directing, filmmaking and storytelling. Each week we interview your directors, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, and actors, and learn how they became successful, working content creators. We’re all about getting off your butt and making your own videos. We’ll share tips and stories of how people in the entertainment industry forced their ways into sustainable careers. Matt Enlow is a director working in comedy. His website is mrmattenlow.com Oren Kaplan is a director and VFX artist who has directed the theatrical feature, The Hammer, a Lifetime movie, and countless branded content videos. His website is directedbyoren.com  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-shoot-it-a-podcast-about-filmmaking-screenwriting-and9776/donations