Video Blocks / Footage Firm





Video Blocks (aka Footage Firm) is a rapidly growing provider of royalty free stock video and audio. The Company distributes over 1,000,000 clips per month to a growing customer base of more than 100,000 television networks, video professionals, prosumers and hobbyists. Customers include NBC (using footage for the comedy show “30 Rock”), Sony Pictures (using footage for the movie “The Other Guys”), and History Channel (using footage for “Modern Marvels”). The Company sells media by the collection on FootageFirm.com, and on a subscription-basis through VideoBlocks.com. In 2012, Footage Firm was named the #4 fastest growing media company by Inc. Magazine.

  • Industry: Media
  • Year Started: 2001
  • Organization Type: For-Profit
  • # of Employees: 11 ( as of Jan 1, 2012)
http://www.videoblocks.com
 

Joel Holland

Founder and CEO

Joel Holland is the founder and CEO of Video Blocks, a company that distributes over 1,000,000 clips of royalty free stock video and audio each month to over 100,000 customers in the television and video production industry, from professional outlets like NBC, to hobbyists and enthusiasts. In 2012, Video Blocks was named the fourth fastest growing media company in the US by Inc. Magazine, and made the Inc. 500 list. For his work with Video Blocks, Joel has been named one of the "Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek Magazine, "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" by the United States Small Business Administration, “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst and Young for the Greater Washington DC Region, and made Inc. Magazine’s prestigious “30 Under 30” list in 2013. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2008 from Babson College, a school ranked #1 for Entrepreneurship by US News and World Report.

  • Age: 39
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
 
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