Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in media production but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Sean Webster, CEO and Co-Founder of Mac N' Cheese Media, located in Nashville, TN, USA.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
Mac N' Cheese Media is a video production company with a creative agency mindset specializing in humorous advertising and musical marketing. MNC is not your average video production creative agency. We primarily use humor and music to create videos that help businesses communicate their message, brand, or campaign in an engaging and emotionally evocative way. We service clients locally and nationally that have a unique product/service/brand that wants to use video in a non-traditional way.
Tell us about yourself
I have been in the design and marketing agency world for over ten years now and really had no intention of getting into video production. I partnered with some industry friends to work on a client project in 2018 that ended up winning seven industry awards for their company, and I really enjoyed the team we put together and the experience of creating the campaign for the client.
During that experience, we decided that we worked so well together that we should continue on. Almost five years later, Mac N' Cheese Media is growing and becoming more successful each year. We are a team of 7 creatives who love creating compelling, cinematic, and humorous content for our clients. Honestly, the people I work with and the clients we bring on that let us flex our creativity give me drive.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
I would say my biggest accomplishment as a business owner is growing a team of 7 individuals that absolutely love creating together and that have the same vision. The culture that we have developed will help us thrive and overcome any and all obstacles that we come to, and we are excited to continue scaling our company and becoming a more widely known production company.
What's one of the hardest things that comes with being a business owner?
Developing more efficient processes for all aspects of the business and finding the right people to bring on as the company scales and brings on bigger, more complex projects/clients.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Find your niche.
- Surround yourself with people that complement and expand your skills. Replace yourself, hire/partner with people who are better than you, and empower them everywhere possible.
- Learn how to partner with or hire people that you love being around, that encourage, challenge, teach you, and hold you accountable (basically, the people around you are the most important thing to your success)
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://macncheesemedia.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacNCheeseMedia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macncheesemedia/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mac-n-cheese-media/
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