How do you go from fluke viral video to running your own animation studio? Mark and Carlo, founders of Extra Credit Studios created the hit stop-motion series “The Most Popular Girls in School”, and turned their knack for self teaching and determination into an empire.

Check out their new series on Fullscreen, and the trailer right here:

And the video that started it all, the first episode of The Most Popular Girls in School… 

And the elusive, Youtube Creator Playbook.

Our conversation with Carlo and Mark was so insightful and inspiring, we decided to make this one a two parter. Tune in next week for part 2.

Unpaid Endorsements will be back next week in part two, but in the meantime…

You can find Mark Cope @marksimuss.

You can find Carlo Moss @CarloMoss

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