Entrepreneur Bio

For my entrepreneur, I have decided to do I bio of my dad, David Hand. In the late 1990s, after many years of working in the video and local television industry, he started his own business, "Hands on Video." His locally based business involves videotaping and editing various kinds of events in the area. He saw that there was a need for highlight videos of local sports teams throughout their season that would show clips from good moments throughout their seasons. A lot of his work was focused on Gilford High School, who's volleyball team was well known for its championship streak. He began filming the postseason, tournament games, and after Gilford either made it to the championship, or won it, he would put together a highlight video to be bought by parents and students of the team.

This started when he noticed that parents either didn't have the equipment to record their child athlete's accomplishments, or if they did, did not have the expertise to either use it or know how to edit together a piece that wasn't just a straight video of the game. Put together with inspirational music and behind-the-scenes moments with the team (such as doing team cheers or getting pumped up in the locker room) his videos were something that parents could take home with them and show off.

Since then, he has started putting together videos for other kinds of sports teams, including Plymouth, my hometown. While I was in high school, he would tape my field hockey games, and make a highlight video at the end of the semester that he would sell to parents. He also found another niche with parents who were looking for personal highlight videos of their children to send off to colleges for recruiting purposes. His business has moved toward that quite a bit, because of the competitive edge it gives athletes in showing off their skills to coaches.

With these types of videos, in addition to the various other kinds of videos he makes, my dad is a successful entrepreneur who managed to find an area that could use some attention, and make a profit off of it.