1:01Aaron BiebertLike a robot, just amazing. I mean, although robots aren’t usually the best for broadcast, but he managed. He was like a machine. Coordinating that, yeah. Thankfully we had Esteban here because he had been, I mean, as you can imagine, tons of speakers, tons of different pieces of content, and Esteban really I don’t know. He’s been -- this has been months of work to get it to that point and pulling it all together. That was fun too. And that was quite crazy because there was thousands of people watching. So, you know, it’s fun, you know, that kind of thing. It’s like digital broadcasts kind of give you the opportunity to reach, you know, a larger audience that you wouldn’t hit in a room.
1:01Aaron BiebertI mean, thousands of people in a room, that would be hard to get, you know, and asking people from all corners of the earth to fly to one location. Not everyone’s gonna be able to do that, especially people who are in startups or -- I mean, it’s expensive to fly around the world, you know? So this gives people very inclusive, very community-driven. And that was the awesome part about it is watching people be able to participate all corners of the earth. That’s why you need a 9-hour broadcast. You can kind of at least hit a little bit of everyone. Some people are a little late, some people are a little early, but everybody could get involved.
1:01Aaron BiebertSo it was crazy. It was amazing.
2:09Kamal HubbardSo what did pre-production look like? leading up to the conference. How were you -- what was your team’s approach to keeping up, one, with what was going on globally, keeping up with Kyle, and all that good stuff?
2:25Aaron BiebertYeah. Well, Kyle, he was a workhorse this week. He had 2 other rehearsals earlier in the week just to kind of get ready and prepped. And then the day before the conference, there was a full-day rehearsal with all the content, getting everything, making sure, checking everything, running through it. I mean, it went very well yesterday. We were really happy about that. But yeah, everyone had to work for that. And yeah, full day of rehearsal. We basically went through all of it the day before, just making sure everything was good, making sure. And yeah, it worked off. So the hard work paid off. But yeah, a lot of preparation for it.
2:57Kamal HubbardYeah, it was, it was very slick, very smooth. And I know you guys were in your production room just staying busy, right? And I took a picture of it.
3:10Aaron BiebertYeah.
3:10Kamal HubbardI, I know you guys didn’t see it, but I would --
3:12Aaron BiebertThat’s awesome.
3:12Kamal HubbardUm, I thought it was pretty great how you guys were able to come together and you guys were just hitting it, you know, segment after segment, making sure it all was very seamless. So, uh, congratulations to your team on that.
3:23Aaron BiebertThank you. Yeah. Yeah. It was a lot of fun and I, I’m glad you got to see that. I’m glad you were able to get back there and see, cuz yeah, it’s, uh, it is a hand -- believe it or not, a handcrafted process. Like, when is it ready? Okay. Switching, like all that. I mean, it’s not, uh, none of it was for the most part automated. So yeah, there’s a lot of intensity for 9 hours. Yeah. Jenny. Jenny in the back running the cameras and switching all that. And, you know, I kind of was there to make sure timing and everything was good. And Jimmy was making sure this stuff looked good and technical side of that. And man, it was a dream team was working on it yesterday for sure. And it was really fun for me to be a part of that. I get to work with these 10-year-plus veterans and yeah, pulled it off. Yeah.
4:03Kamal HubbardWell, you guys did a great job once again. And thank you too for allowing me to kind of come along. This is More of a behind-the-scenes sort of thing, I feel like, now that the conference is concluded.
4:14Aaron BiebertThis is the quiet time where we can relax and just talk.
4:17Kamal HubbardRight, right. And I think that’s good because now the pressure has been lifted and, you know, we can just talk conversationally.
