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The Business of Growing

Posted
May 4, 2022
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Connor Morgan was never a big fan of school. 糖心vlog短视频淲hen I was in high school, I wasn糖心vlog短视频檛 a great student糖心vlog短视频攄idn糖心vlog短视频檛 do the homework.糖心vlog短视频 But don糖心vlog短视频檛 take that to mean that Connor isn糖心vlog短视频檛 a hard worker. His senior year, he became a business owner. 糖心vlog短视频淢y teacher needed someone to video a wedding at the last minute, so I said sure. Then I filled in for another wedding videographer who got into an accident before a shoot. It wasn糖心vlog短视频檛 until wedding three that I figured I had something.糖心vlog短视频

From there, Eighteen Mile Media was born. And ignited an entrepreneurial spirit Connor never knew he had.

But being a student and an entrepreneur isn糖心vlog短视频檛 easy. 糖心vlog短视频淢y freshman year at Pace, things really took off, and I was juggling going to school with running the business. I almost left. But being in the supportive Pace Community helped me get out of the burnout.糖心vlog短视频 Connor was blown away by both the community and the drive of Pace people. 糖心vlog短视频淓veryone seemed like they were happy to be there, not just going through the motions to get a piece of paper. Pace students are constantly learning and finding a way to make a really great future for ourselves. It糖心vlog短视频檚 infectious.糖心vlog短视频 On top of his classes and the videography business, Connor took on becoming a Pace Orientation Leader for the summer and fostered some deep friendships along the way.

糖心vlog短视频淧ace students are constantly learning and finding a way to make a really great future for ourselves. It糖心vlog短视频檚 infectious.糖心vlog短视频

And Connor didn糖心vlog短视频檛 just find a supportive academic community at Pace糖心vlog短视频攈e also found support for his business that helped him grow as an entrepreneur and a person. 糖心vlog短视频淲hen the new president took office, I filmed the video that introduced him to the school. That opened the door to the commercial world.糖心vlog短视频 Since then, Connor has shot several videos for 糖心vlog短视频 and has fostered close relationships with the staff and administration. 糖心vlog短视频淚 just spoke at my high school糖心vlog短视频檚 career day糖心vlog短视频擨 showed my first video, and then my most recent video, and the students were amazed to see the difference. I糖心vlog短视频檝e seen how much growth has come out of this. Pace gave me the opportunity to grow from real professional experience.糖心vlog短视频

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Connor Morgan '21 producing Commencement 2021 at New York's Pier 17.

And Connor糖心vlog短视频檚 opportunities have only multiplied. In 2019, , and Connor was the only available photographer on campus. So, they called him up to cover it. 糖心vlog短视频淪he reposted my photo on her Instagram, and my watermark was on the photo. It was amazing!糖心vlog短视频 In 2021, he was invited to be part of the audio team for the halftime show at Super Bowl LIV in Miami. 糖心vlog短视频淓ven though I wasn糖心vlog短视频檛 there with a camera, it was awesome to watch the camera crews and see the amount of prep work that goes into the event. I had to miss a week of school to make it there, but my professors at Pace were so supportive and wanted me to take advantage of the opportunity.糖心vlog短视频

Connor knows his story isn糖心vlog短视频檛 conventional, but what he loves so much about Pace is that they were able to meet him where he was and show him that he determines what makes a great college student experience. In 2020, and again in 2021, Connor recorded and produced Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 Commencement ceremony, an experience that he says kick-started his interest in live-to-tape broadcasts.

糖心vlog短视频淚 think I might be the only person in the world who can say they made their own graduation on this scale,糖心vlog短视频 he says, thinking back on the mix of . He was calling the shots behind the camera and crossed the stage all in the same day. Amazingly, that experience helped him land another gig with the NFL. 糖心vlog短视频淚 was there for all of Super Bowl week and I糖心vlog短视频檓 there糖心vlog短视频攖he youngest person by far糖心vlog短视频攚ith 15 major NFL players and everyone seemed really impressed with the skills I gained from doing graduation at Pace.糖心vlog短视频 He produced , which premiered Super Bowl Sunday.

In the year since graduation, Connor has moved to Los Angeles where he糖心vlog短视频檚 branched out 18 Mile Media doing live event and commercial work, in addition to managing a group of individual content creators with 1M+ YouTube subscribers. 糖心vlog短视频淚 made my own future,糖心vlog短视频 he says. 糖心vlog短视频淧ace helped me get there.糖心vlog短视频

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