Humble Hero?
Most of the time we see entrepreneurs as people that are on the front line of inventions or businesses or YouTube channels. There are many entrepreneurs that are left out of the spotlight but they use their talent in a tremendous way. Mike Spinos is an example of one of these entrepreneurs.
Who is Mike Spinos? This 22 year old is a freelance videographer and photographer that not only takes pictures for the Steelers but is also JuJu-Smith Schuster’s personal photographer and videographer. Why is this name not widely know or why doesn’t he get more recognition? Although Mike has a personality made for the camera he uses his hard and talent to produce phenomenal content.
But Why Him?
Mike is a 2020 graduate of Robert Morris University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Digital Cinema Design and Television with a minor in Photography. Mike was known a quiet but hard worker according to his professors. Mike always went above and beyond, according to one of his professors “people
were afraid to go after him” due to how well he would perform. Mike used his ability to outwork his competition when he got a chance to “interview” for
JuJu.
During a time where Juju was looking for a photographer Mike reached out. During the “interview” Mike was suppose to record 3 videos and then pass it off to the editors, Mike being Mike went ahead and edited the videos himself, which impressed Juju’s manager.
Current Mike is not only working for Juju-Smith but he is working with Juju. This shows an example of an entrepreneur that isn’t in the spot light but still plays an important job. According to Juju, Mike is seen as one of his really close friends.
This is really neat and inspiring! I think a lot of times we tend to be afraid of the unknown and doubt our abilities. However, Mike is a shining example of what it looks like to put yourself out there and go above and beyond. Clearly, his hard work has paid off!
Sometimes you just need to shoot your shot at something because you never know, you could one day be a photographer for a highly paid professional athlete. Not only is Mike making a decent amount of money now, but he was also able to establish a friend that could certainly help him get more business with other athletes.
By being ambitious and wanting to do things on his own we see that Mike was able to create opportunities for himself with Juju. Along with this we are also able to see that his hard work and dedication has allowed him to grow more of a relationship with his customer and allow for a greater customer experience.