As a part of Flashpoint’s Jumpstart speaker series,  CEO Howard Tullman took time to talk with students about his history, his experience, and the things he’s learned along the way.

Dylan Morris, a first year student at Flashpoint, shares the following reactions.

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Howard’s speech for me summed up what Flashpoint is about: perseverance, dedication, work ethic, and excellence.  He began by discussing his personal history and some of the businesses he started like the Cobalt Croup, Jam TV, and tunes.com. Howard’s speech was about what one needs to be successful here at Flashpoint and in any industry one wants to make a career in,  in my case the film industry.

What Howard said one needs is a good work ethic, perseverance, and the dedication to whatever one does, whether it be a film project, video game, or writing a paper. “Be focused,” he advised; If you make a pitch and say “I have this idea, but I also have this other one,” no one will think you believe in what you’re pitching.  In a pitch, you need to believe in your project and yourself because you’re also selling yourself and your abilities.

Howard also said that you can’t let a crisis stop you; you’ve got to keep fighting!  There will always be crises, especially in the film industry. If you let the crises stop you then you will never finish the project. Never settle or, in other words, if you think you can cheat a shoot instead of doing it right, then you might as well not do it. But what Howard said that got my attention the most is you can’t control success. No one never knows if a movie will be successful (except James Cameron). What you can control is excellence. That’s what this school is about, and that’s what I am about.  If that’s what you’re about, then this is the place you can achieve excellence.

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