I met up with Eitan Miller, the founder of video production company Boundless Creative, for lunch at Red Rooster in Harlem. I had the mac and gruyere cheese. He had the burger.

Eitan had just flown in from Paris where he was hired to do a crazy shoot for Current AI at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit of world leaders held at the Grand Palais in Paris. 

A week before, a friend called and asked if he could get to Paris to interview influential politicians and business executives — including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman — and produce a video that could be shown the next day at the event. 

Eitan had never shot in Paris. Flying his New York team over wasn’t in budget. It was going to be tight filming interviews, recording B-roll and completing the piece in 24 hours.  

Because fortune favors the bold, he jumped at the opportunity. 

Eitan packed a lot of life lessons into our 90-minute lunch. His advice to anyone in the job market – which I think is applicable to young and old alike — is to meet people, improve your skills and say yes to every opportunity. 

The Paris shoot is an example. He agreed first, and then had to find an eight-person crew through connections. Complicating the effort, the interviews were scheduled for a Sunday, which made it harder to find people who were working. 

Eitan argued that everyone in business should be making videos or recording podcasts to raise the profile of their business. He recommends posting on YouTube, because it’s more valuable to have an audience that sought you out than a horde of casual followers. 

He said there’s a trend toward higher quality videos. You see that in many podcasts which were once recorded on Zoom and increasingly are produced in studios. 

Eitan said success in business comes down to the daily grind. With lots of effort, some skill and a bit of luck, you get referrals and begin to climb. 

It starts with networking. Eitan and I first met last year at a South by Southwest event hosted by Andrew Yeung, the former Google product manager turned event producer. 

He’s headed back to Austin again this year. He doesn’t have a specific project, but he’s going because everyone will be there and that’s how you connect with new people.  

That’s why I’m going too! I’ll see him in Austin. 

You can reach Eitan via LinkedIn or DM me for a warm intro.