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 Rockâ€), Sony Pictures (using footage for the movie “The Other Guysâ€), and History Channel (using footage for “Modern Marvelsâ€). 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)
Joel Holland
Joel Holland is the founder and CEO of Video Blocks (aka Footage Firm), 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 NBC to hobbyists and enthusiasts. In 2012, Video Blocks was named the #4 fastest growing media company by Inc. Magazine. For his work with Video Blocks, Joel has been named one of the "Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek Magazine, and "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" by the United States Small Business Administration. In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Joel writes a monthly column for Entrepreneur Magazine, and in 2011 he was named a Global Shaper for the World Economic Forum. In 2008 he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Babson College, a school ranked #1 for Entrepreneurship by US News and World Report.
- Age: 39
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
