So, how were your holidays?
Uh huh - good - that sounds nice.
Ours? Oh they were great; they seem so long ago now. We celebrated my new job and the Green Card and John is madly in love with a wonderful young woman. We had a lot to be thankful for and so we all did a lot of thanking.
Genesis, Inc.? Well as usual it's been a little crazy. We spent the holidays and January finishing the 'Talkalope' which we have now renamed "Genesis, Inc - The Story of Adam and Eve". The reason for the change was that it felt a little like we were giving too much of the storyline away in the title. Let the audience discover it - was our thinking.
On the heals of that was a gracious invitation to participate at the International Film and Television Summit in Los Angeles at the spectacular InterContinental Hotel on Avenue of the Stars. The dates were Feb. 5, 6, 7 2007 and Genesis, Inc went it. It was great.
The reason behind our invitation was that we are an example of how new media is distributing without the help of networks and legacy media. Of course as soon as 'legacy' media got a heaping helping of Genesis, Inc. - interest in our little project exploded. By 6pm on Tuesday, Feb 6th, I had a pocket full of business cards and had received more than a few winks and finger bangs. We were in LA after all...
John and I have been down this road before but for some reason this time it feels different. I'm not going to mention names or companies but suffice it to say that we will be following up with our interested parties over the next few weeks and should have some exciting news in short order. Or not - either way - GenesisInc.TV continues to grow and we continue to crank out funny new episodes and build audience.
Speaking of which - Genesis, Inc - The Story of Adam and Eve is now complete and you are invited to check it out. In the latest chapter, Mike survives his first encounter with Adam and indeed facilitates the arrival of the next inhabitant at the 'Site'. Everyone does their best and yet, it doesn't go very well - but I'll stop. I don't want to ruin it.
Finally, a big shout out to Jim Conrad. Jim is THE voice-over King and you hear him ALL the time on commercials and promos and documentaries. He's also a long time friend who I was able to spend some time with while I was in LA. After some golf and socializing Cono agreed to be an Angel and lay some significant money down to buy the first share of the company and help us execute the next stage of Genesis, Inc. and GenesisInc.TV. As you probably know when seeking investment, the first money can be the hardest but Cono made it easy and now other potential investors are popping up everywhere. Cheers to you Jim - Perrier and lemon for everyone and the first rounds on me!
Things are happening people - stay tuned!
More to come -
Russ
