To promote our feature film, Funemployment, Moth to Flame teamed up with local startup online news company, Austin Phoenix to discover the different types of startups around Austin, Texas. To our surprise, we learned that Austin is not just full of tech startups. We interviewed several service based startups as well as some product based startups as well.    Many people, including myself often feel that the majority of all startups are tech. Though this may seem this way, Austin Phoenix and Moth to Flame decided to venture into the Austin startup community to find other non-tech startups. We discovered…

As you know, Moth to Flame has been in the depths of post-production for our first feature film, Funemployment. This film is about the local Austin startup scene. To delve deeper into this topic, we teamed up with the Austin Phoenix to figure out what entrepreneurs in Austin do in the city. For this episode, we visited a few places around Austin that people like to meet up and relax.  For more information about each of the locations and activities, please check out the full article at: http://theaustinphoenix.com/entrepreneurs-do-for-fun-austin/   For more information about our movie, Funemployment, check out the official page. https://www.facebook.com/funemploymentthemovie

With the increase in startups in Austin, Texas, co-working spaces are popping up everywhere! Wandering around Austin with local magazine, Austin Phoenix, Moth to Flame had the opportunity to check out these very unique spaces. Each one of them had their own culture, from tight knit frat like environments to creative and designer spaces, we saw and captured them here in this video.   For more information about each individual space, check out the article by Austin Phoenix: Guide to Coworking Spaces  

The best parts about making a fun video are the behind the scenes moments. Here are a few random facts from  filming the “Everything is Awesome” music video for our Funemployment Kickstarter supporters.   Behind the Scenes Facts We  stopped traffic of all sorts (pedestrian, vehicles, bicycles, and more) We had random strangers stop us to participate (the guy Stephanie Quinn chases after in font of the “Never Give Up” bridge) We ran into a group of #besomebody supporters, who coincidentally were also spreading the message of following your passion and dreams (does that remind you something? Perhaps Funemployment?) and made…

Because words cannot express how appreciative we feel for those who have supported us along our Kickstarter journey, we decided to make something fun for everyone to enjoy. This video is dedicated to our Kickstarter donators and supporters. You know who you are.       Special Thank you to those who donated by then increased their pledges to help push us past our goal!   Thank you to our non-Kickstarter donators as well! You guys are awesome.

Dear Team Funemployment,   Some of you out there may be aware about how my brain works, especially those who are unfortunate to have me as a their crazy filmmaker friend. As you know, I constantly see the world as one big movie or TV episode. What I mean by this is I literally see events in my life play out like a big film set (complete with someone yelling action and cut, I kid you not).   To give you an example, when someone said something definitive like, you will never raise that kind of money through Kickstarter, I…

Thank you to all of the people who stopped by the Moth to Flame SXSW 2014 party. On the theme of our movie, Funemployment, we celebrated Austin startups by inviting some awesome sponsors to our party. Here are some great pictures from the event if you missed out! Make sure to be there again next year.   Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

We hope everyone is stoked for our 2nd SXSW Moth to Flame party, happening at the Geisha Room on Congress, in the heart of downtown. We brought in over 500 people the first time with no music… now we have a special line up of music for our fans to enjoy, including free drinks, free coffee, free food, and free swag from our sponsors. Spread the word and remember to tag #SXSWMTF #areyoufunemployed   The first part of the party will be a networking event for any startups attending SXSW (so bring your business cards). In addition, we will be…

One of the neatest places Moth to Flame had the opportunity to film at was Arlyn Studios. Listen to what Will Bridges, co-owner and partner at Arlyn Studios has to say about his experience. What is Aryln Studios?   The mission of Arlyn Studios is to provide Austin the audio production infrastructure necessary to compete on a global level, while also providing a community hub for our local music professionals.   What is the startup story for your company? Willie Nelson and his nephew Freddy Fletcher originally started Arlyn Studios in 1984.  Arlyn went on a nine-year hiatus from 2003-2012...