Henry Schneider of Open Window Productions: Storytelling, Skate Shops, and the Business of Video

Henry Schneider builds video for East Metro businesses at Open Window Productions and co-owns Hangtime Board Shop in North St. Paul. A conversation about mistakes as tuition, why story beats gear, and keeping your balance while you grow.

Show Notes

Henry Schneider founded Open Window Productions, a video marketing agency in Oakdale, and co-owns Hangtime Board Shop, a skate shop in North St. Paul, with his partner Adam Bonin. A MCAD film grad, he got his start at Fox 9 before being poached by Channel 5, then built his own company.

We talk about learning through expensive mistakes, why a great video is about how it makes you feel and not the gear, and when authentic and unpolished beats corporate and slick, a lesson the skate community taught him fast. We also get into handling Google reviews, using AI to buy back time, and the honest challenge of balancing a growing business with a family.

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