Meet The Creators

Art of Event Planning ft. Gina Mariko (Make it Mariko)

In our next episode of Meet the Creators, Lorenzo interviews Gina Mariko, founder & CEO of Make it Mariko Events. Gina Mariko Rosales is an events enthusiast, self-proclaimed efficiency nerd, experience curator, and nonprofit advocate. She is the Founder & Chief Experience Officer (CEO) of Make it Mariko [https://makeitmariko.com/], as well as the Co-Founder & Event Producer of the well-known UNDISCOVERED SF [https://www.undiscoveredsf.com/] Creative Night Market in SOMA Pilipinas. Prior to founding Make it Mariko, Gina spent 10 years doing corporate & nonprofit event planning, administration, and operations including 7 years working for Google, most recently as the Head of Marketing Events for Google X [https://x.company/].  Gina’s mission is to curate magical, meaningful moments for the community while amplifying the voices of creatives of color. She is committed to curating creative, inclusive, and diverse spaces in the events industry, to challenge the status quo, and pave the way for a new generation of event experience curators. Check her out! @ginamariko www.ginamariko.com www.makeitmariko.com Follow us: @flipbirdfilms www.flipbirdfilms.com

Film isn't Dead ft. Underdog Film Labs

In our next episode of Meet the Creators, Lorenzo interviews 2 out of the 4 founders that started The Underground Film Lab. It's always exciting interviewing the folks that help develop and nurture art. We are surrounded by artists in the Bay Area and the crew from Underdog Film Lab are a diverse group of film-loving folks that have a deep and practical knowledge about every detail of the shooting, developing, and printing processes, and can help you better understand each of these steps. Check them out! www.underdogfilmlab.com Check us out! www.flipbirdfilms.com

Concept, Design, & Execution ft. Evan Lessler (Adapt. Clothing)

Evan is the mind behind one of Bay Area's staple brands, Adapt. Getting to chat with him and learn about his journey was incredibly enlighting. From how he came up with the name adapt, what it means to him, the trials and tribulations of being a business owners/creative - We cover it all in this episode of MTC.  http://www.adaptclothing.com

Mushrooms to Millions ft. Nikhil Arora

On this episode of Meet the Creators, Jordan interviews Nikhil, a co-founder of Back to the Roots. Nikhil and his partner Alex learned a random fact in one of their college classes about growing mushrooms (the edible, not magic kind) out of coffee grounds. Since then with much grit and determination, Nik and Alex have been able to grow Back to the Roots into a multi-million dollar company and a household name that is synonymous with connecting the future generation back to their food. https://backtotheroots.com/ Follow Flipbird Films: SPOTIFY | https://open.spotify.com/show/5BdhBq4UVeajR1QkpFmePZ?si=7bcda81de35b4cae APPLE PODCASTS | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-creators/id1614523538 YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQ1ts4829F0cT625yK2RoQ INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/flipbirdfilms/ LINKEDIN | https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipbirdfilms/ FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/flipbirdfilms TWITTER | https://twitter.com/flipbirdfilms WEBSITE | https://flipbirdfilms.com/

Creativity in Advertising ft. Nam Nguyen

Mike Ogata & Nam Nguyen discuss his career starting out as a videographer and working his way up at Silverstein Goodby where he ultimately developed his career as a creative director. Thanks for watching — Subscribe for more! Nam Nguyen is the Founder & CEO of Supervillain; a creative ad agency based in Berkeley, CA. https://www.supervillain.group/ Follow Flipbird Films: SPOTIFY | https://open.spotify.com/show/5BdhBq4UVeajR1QkpFmePZ?si=7bcda81de35b4cae [https://open.spotify.com/show/5BdhBq4UVeajR1QkpFmePZ?si=7bcda81de35b4cae] APPLE PODCASTS | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-creators/id1614523538 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-the-creators/id1614523538] YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQ1ts4829F0cT625yK2RoQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQ1ts4829F0cT625yK2RoQ] INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/flipbirdfilms/ [https://www.instagram.com/flipbirdfilms/] LINKEDIN | https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipbirdfilms/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipbirdfilms/] FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/flipbirdfilms [https://www.facebook.com/flipbirdfilms] TWITTER | https://twitter.com/flipbirdfilms [https://twitter.com/flipbirdfilms] WEBSITE | https://flipbirdfilms.com/ [https://flipbirdfilms.com/]