Episode 15
Restarting the Podcast
Creatives Grab Coffee is back. After a hiatus of about a year, hosts Dario Nouri and Kyrill Lazarov of Lapse Productions return to the mic to restart the show and pick up where they left off. If this is your first time here, Creatives Grab Coffee is a podcast about the business side of video production, and while the guests come from the video world, the lessons tend to apply to almost any small business built on creative or service work.
In this shorter, host-only episode, Dario and Kyrill talk through why they paused the podcast, why they decided to bring it back, and what they have planned going forward. Think of it as a reset and a statement of intent: the show is returning with a clearer focus on the real, practical business of making video for a living.
Key Takeaways
- Creatives Grab Coffee is back. After roughly a year away, Dario and Kyrill are restarting the show and recommitting to a steadier run of conversations on the business of video production.
- The show is about the business, not the gear. The focus is the commercial side of running a video company: pricing, sales, clients, teams, and the decisions that keep a creative business alive.
- The lessons travel beyond video. Most of what the show digs into applies to any small business built on creative or service work, not just video production.
- Stepping away is part of the process. The hosts are candid that the pause happened for real reasons, and that coming back with renewed intent matters more than never having stopped.
- There is a plan going forward. The episode lays out where the hosts want to take the show next and sets expectations for the guest conversations to come.
The Show Is Back
After a hiatus of roughly a year, Creatives Grab Coffee returns. This episode is a host-only reset: no guest, just Dario and Kyrill catching up with listeners and explaining what the show is and where it is headed. For anyone new, the premise is simple. This is a podcast about the business of video production, the part of the craft that does not show up in the final cut: pricing, sales, clients, and the hard decisions of running a company. If you want a sense of what that business actually involves day to day, our guide to the corporate video production process is a good place to start.
Why We Paused, and Why We're Back
Dario and Kyrill are candid about the pause. Running a production company is demanding, and the show stepped aside for a stretch while other priorities took over. The decision to restart is deliberate, because there is a real appetite for honest, unglamorous conversations about the money and mechanics of this work, the kind of questions every operator faces when they move from being a solo shooter to building an actual business, a shift we break down in our guide on a video production company versus a videographer. The last episode before the break, a conversation on producer qualities with Route Eleven, is a good example of the ground the show likes to cover.
What to Expect Going Forward
Looking ahead, the plan is more of what makes the show useful: frank talks with founders and operators about how they actually run their businesses. Expect the recurring themes to keep showing up, from how work gets priced and sold, including the recurring-revenue thinking in the episode on how to create a retainer, to the value clients are really paying for, which our guide on how much a video actually costs unpacks in detail. Consider this episode the reset button. The real conversations start again from here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did Creatives Grab Coffee go on hiatus?
The hosts stepped away for about a year while running their production company took priority. In this episode, Dario and Kyrill talk openly about the reasons for the pause and what changed to bring the show back.
What is Creatives Grab Coffee about?
It is a podcast about the business side of video production: pricing, sales, clients, teams, and the practical decisions of running a creative company. The guests come from video, but the lessons apply to most small service businesses.
Who hosts Creatives Grab Coffee?
Dario Nouri and Kyrill Lazarov, the co-founders of Lapse Productions, a Toronto video production company. They started the show to make the industry feel smaller and more connected.
Do I need to work in video to get value from the show?
No. While the conversations are rooted in video production, the topics, pricing, sales, hiring, and running a business, apply broadly to anyone building a company around creative or service work.
Is the podcast back for good?
The hosts restarted the show with a clear intent to keep it going, and they lay out their plans in this episode. The regular guest conversations resume from here.
The Hosts
Dario Nouri and Kyrill Lazarov are the co-founders of Lapse Productions, a Toronto video production company, and the hosts of Creatives Grab Coffee, a weekly show about the business of video production.
About
Creatives Grab Coffee is a podcast about the business behind video production: sales, strategy, pricing, team building, and everything that happens off camera. New episodes every week on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Lapse Productions is a Toronto-based video production company serving tech, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing clients with corporate, promotional, event, and testimonial video. New to commissioning video? Start with our guide to the types of corporate video.
Creatives Grab Coffee is a weekly podcast on the business of video production, hosted by Dario Nouri and Kyrill Lazarov of Lapse Productions, a Toronto video production company. Each episode brings founders and operators from across the industry on to talk candidly about pricing, sales, teams, and building a creative business that lasts.
