# @_tinajones on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf_lDlsLY2X
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18426429-tinajones-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-07-14T13:04:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Christina Jones (@_tinajones) — https://gondola.cc/_tinajones

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Here’s what I learned from creating/launching iamathlete:

1️⃣ START BEFORE YOU’RE READY. I never wanted to start IAA. Like at all. Aside from it being the height of Covid-19 and my production team at thehouseofathlete was slammed at the time, I didn’t feel like I had enough experience under my belt to pull it off. And I didn’t lol but how else do you get experience like that? By getting thrown into the fire! Now I know exactly what it takes to create a show like that! 🔥

2️⃣ START WHERE YOU ARE, WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. We shot 90% of the first season using the gear the team and I could pool together between us (cameras, tripods, lenses, etc). In fact, the investment in proper equipment wasn’t made until AFTER we put out the first 13-14 episodes of the show. Up until then, we were recording on dslr’s that had 30min record limits (that was fun) and used cheap lights from Amazon to light the set. Fancy equipment is obviously beneficial but what you have in your hands is enough, for now.

3️⃣ STAY CONSISTENT. Between the following the initial four guys had and our production quality, we thought we were gonna do numbers out the gate! We did not 😂 …we were even considering calling it a wrap after the first five episodes but decided not to after we noticed the audience that was SLOWLY building. The show didn’t really start to do numbers until the end of the first season when we had Ocho on as a guest (resejack’s idea). But if we would’ve quit in the beginning, where would it be now? When you start something, COMMIT to seeing it through regardless of the traction you get.

4️⃣ YOU CAN’T DO IT ALL YOURSELF. If it wasn’t for the team — joestitt, resejack, _willpower_, yoboyhomley, dommmzz, _joshuacox, cece_tate, qtr4.jones — there would be no “I Am Athlete” and I probably would’ve died. Everybody knew their role and played it well. You need great people to pull of great things! That’ll never change.

#iamathlete #iamathletepodcast #bts #productionlife #startedfromthebottom #blackcreatives #creativesareessential

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bts, iamathlete, productionlife, blackcreatives, iamathletepodcast, startedfromthebottom, creativesareessential

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