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#7 From $0 to Emmy-Winning Agency: How Tim Moore Built—and Reinvented—His Business

In this episode, Nicole Alicea sits down with Tim Moore, a three-time Emmy Award-winning director and founder of Diamond View, a leading video production agency.

What started as an accidental career—being handed a camera on a mission trip—turned into a thriving business built from the ground up.

But Tim didn’t stop there.

When the pandemic disrupted everything, he pivoted—launching Vū Technologies, one of the fastest-growing virtual production networks in North America, redefining how content is created.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Tim built a successful video production company from scratch

• The real challenges of scaling from solopreneur to team

• How giving value first opens doors (and builds powerful connections)

• Why “there is no balance” when building something great

• How he turned a crisis into a breakthrough innovation

• The future of AI, virtual production, and content creation

This episode blends entrepreneurship, storytelling, and cutting-edge technology—and gives you a glimpse into where business and media are heading next.

Produced by David “Fingers” Bell and Nicole Valentin Alicea.

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