We were lucky to catch up with Scott Churchson recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Scott thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What do you think it takes to be successful?

There’s an old saying that says “Being a success is easy, believing you can be a success is the difficult part.” For me personally the challenge had always been believing that I was worthy of being so. For the first couple decades of my life I was under the belief that I would never be anything worthwhile, that anything I did properly either came from me being lucky or in some way deceitful. As I got older I came to realize that the people that helped me form that belief were people themselves who likely were told the same thing, that they weren’t good enough. One’s believe becomes one’s reality. As I accepted that they weren’t bad people, just badly lead and having baggage of their own, I started to embrace the belief that I could be something better than I was. And from there, the sky became the limit for me. I lucky realization for me.

Scott, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

This trip is an odd one I think. After being burned out in finance I decided to try my skills in acting and stunt work and for what it’s worth, had (to my mind) a decent career. Got to act in some known cool projects, got beaten up in a few but after about a decade (and some injuries mounting up, mostly in DC projects) I felt I had to try my hand elsewhere a bit. So after going back to school for radio & TV broadcasting I got started working for a man named Eduardo Harari. Absolute plum of a mentor, taught me a lot and got me started in Major League Soccer. From there, wanting to focus equally in both the sports and the world of Hollywood, myself and a couple others launched Stream Punk Entertainment where we were able to focus on both sports and film, with an assist from the 10+ years I had in the film industry.

What makes Stream Punk Entertainment unique is it’s ability to see the human side of both industries. For me, I’ve taken my shots by critics and for a while, let it get to me, and even lapsing into depression because of it. My one off on America’s Got Talent comes to mind. I went on for the fun of it, had no idea I’d have people thousands of miles away tracking me down and tell me how much I suck or how fat I was, how ugly I was and so on. I think when celebs “go off the deep end” and we troll them for it, it’s a byproduct of their struggle to embrace the life they’re living. Our company takes that into consideration, that no matter how successful you are, you’re still human. And every interview we do with an athlete or a celeb takes that human side into it. Weirdly, they often appreciate the fact that they can loosen up a bit in an interview.

Do you have any insights you can share related to maintaining high team morale?

This I think is a struggle for many people, there’s a difference between being a manager and being a leader. And it’s not the memes you see on the internet, I feel it’s greater than that. In our case, we opt to focus on a person’s strengths and internal wants vs getting them to do what it’s COMPLETELY uncomfortable for them. For example, on the sports end we have columnists and hosts. Some folks do both, some don’t. Some are stronger and more impassioned in one arena than the other. Happy people make for a strong business and happy employees are a fantastic marketing source. How many times are you at a barbeque with people you don’t know and they’re actually EXCITED to talk about their job? That excitement becomes a stellar marketing tool. So what if my hosts don’t want to write? I can find writers that have that passion to express their written thoughts.

Additionally, I feel it’s important to remember again, we’re all human. Every person has an internal flashing sign on their chest that says, “I want to feel like I matter.” So it’s important to me to recognize that. Not for every small thing, but we have people that get early movie screenings and record video of their thoughts on the film (spoiler free of course). I love that initiative. I love when people go out of their way to do a bit more and it’s important to recognize that. Back to the first part, happy employees do more. Make them feel like they matter.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

It’s a long term game plan in a world that’s a short term mindset. To use a phrase that one of our main sports hosts OB Spencer says, “It’s about perseverance and keeping the goal in mind. You can’t let the shiny short term metrics interfere with the process you’d set out.” He’s 100% right. It’s so easy in this world to get distracted by the moment. I view Stream Punk Entertainment with a 50% future, 40% present and 10% past mindset. What needs fixing right now and what can we do now to benefit us a year from now? Many of the projects we have in the pipeline that get me excited came from that mentality. As for the 10%, this world changes faster and faster by the day, so less time needs to be spent on what worked in the past and more time focused on what will be.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://www.StreamPunkEnt.com
• Instagram: @StreamPunkEntertainment
• Facebook: @StreamPunkEntertainment
• Twitter: @StreamPunkEnt
• Youtube: YouTube.com/StreamPunkSports & YouTube.com/StreamPunkCinema

Image Credits
Rob Manning – Stream Punk Entertainment (for the Jerry Mathers and Ted Raimi Images) Ernesto Diaz – Stream Punk Entertainment (for the boxing and soccer images)