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Put yourself where the lights and
action are - behind the camera - with your own videotaping
service. With some persistence, you could soon be saying "roll
'em" to a field full of star opportunities. Take Greg
Coon, for example. With no video camera of his own, Coon started
out for about $10,000 by renting equipment and videotaping
for family and friends on a part-time basis. In between jobs,
the entrepreneur recalls, "I was persistent, and constantly
sent out letters with my resume to potential clients."
Today, Coon's Dallas-based Eyecon Video Productions, which
he started from a home office in 1993, produces everything
from television commercials to sales and promotional videos
for corporate clients.
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Though Coon studied radio, television and
film in college, the 30-year-old cameraman says getting
some real-life experience is invaluable to getting your
foot in the door of this industry. "I spent six years
working for nothing and interning just to get experience
and to meet as many people as I could," Coon explains.
One of these jobs, helping record legal depositions, soon
paid off for the ambitious entrepreneur. "When I
started my own business, I was able to draw from the knowledge
I gained from this experience," he says. Joining
various trade associations too, has proved a valuable
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To build his business, Coon explains,
"I buy more equipment as jobs become available."
Today, the entrepreneur employs a full-time video duplications
editor and several freelancers out of his Dallas office. With
annual sales of roughly $120,000, and projected sales of $150,000
in 1996, Coon insists his business is still rolling along.
- Business Start Ups Magazine
April 1996
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