Ep 26: Cesar Kuriyama (Founder, 1 Second Every Day)

Cesar Kuriyama is a video maker, director, producer, animator,
and founder of 1 Second Every Day - a mobile application that
allows users to record one second of video every day and then
chronologically mashes them together into a single film. And an
app that is well on track to being the No.1 Downloaded Free App
in the App Store!





In this STIMY episode, we covered:


2:42: His struggles in picking up the English language

3:16: Growing up as a science & math nerd 

4:50: Wanting to be an architect

6:13: Wanting to work on the Stars Wars movies after
graduation

8:23: Studying at Pratt Institute

11:29: Being a Marvel intern

17:03: Finally breaking into the NYC advertising scene &
getting into Curious Pictures

21:43: Shooting 45,000 photos to create the music video for
Fat Cat Reprise (Long Gone)

23:56: Impact of Stefan Sagmeister’s TED talk, Power of Time
Off

26:38: Writing a future email to himself on
futureme.org 

28:36: How he first came across the idea to shoot 1 second of
video every day as a form of a private diary

34:03: How Cesar ended up giving a TED talk that went viral
& changed his life

38:11: Filming 1 sec of every difficult day he experienced

40:57: How Cesar figured out how to build a mobile app from
scratch

41:37: Meeting Tim Ferriss & the advice he gave

45:29: Running a highly successful Kickstarter campaign

48:54: Getting 50,000 on Day 1 of the launch of 1 Second
Every Day

51:52: What Cesar had planned to do next after the launch of
1 Second Every Day

53:54: The tweet Cesar sent that resulted in Marvel Director
& Actor, Jon Favreau, featuring 1 Second Every Day in his
2004 movie, Chef

1:00:42: The value proposition for 1 Second Every Day

1:03:44: Impact of COVID-19

1:04:49: The future for 1 Second Every Day

1:06:44: What Cesar would do differently

1:10:35: The best sources to find information/get help from









Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/26