Prepared + Lucky: Henry Woodman on Turning Personal Problems into Businesses (and What AI Means for Film & TV)
Guest: Henry Woodman — entrepreneur, producer, author of The Reincarnation of MarieShow: Interchain.me - Life Tips Listen to the Podcast Henry Woodman’s career reads like a field guide to opportunity: coin-op games in laundromats, travel filmmaking, a Chilean game show, early VR tours, the world’s hotel photography rails—and an exit a year before COVID cratered hospitality. Today he’s developing his book into a streaming series and thinking hard about how AI will reshape production. It started with Pac-Man (and a pocketful of quarters) Be your own customer. In college, Henry was killing time at a laundromat, craving Pac-Man. No machines. He cold-called every laundromat in Tucson, found interest, bought used cabinets at auction with tuition money, and placed them. Distribution is a strategy. Captive audience, idle minutes, quarters already on hand—perfect unit economics. Rotate under-performing cabinets; rinse and repeat. Lesson: […]