Happy Birthday Dan!!

Welcome back to this weeks installment of Why Aren’t You Famous Yet?! A blog where Janette and I bring you along the journey of writing, building a business, and wading through the film industry. This week’s blog is coming at you from me, Fred, in honor of our very own Dan’s birthday! Enjoy!

Today is the day! The day we at F&D get to celebrate our Co-Founder Janette! Writing these blogs has been such great fun, and there has been so much rapid growth here at Fred&Dan that we haven’t been able to write blogs every week. But this week, this blog came early! This blog is an ode to my best friend and business partner. I’m so lucky to have her and so grateful we’re on the journey together.

People often ask me for advice on having a business partner because Janette and I have been through a lot in these 7 years and still remain best friends above all. The best piece of advice I can give anyone going into business with someone they know or don’t know is to pick someone you can without a doubt say you admire.

Admiration for someone to me means you deeply respect them, you trust their instincts, and you are inspired by them. Janette has always been that for me. When we’re in the thick of hard decisions, second-guesses, or disagreements, I always lean on that. I trust without a doubt that she has my back, that her instincts will catch something I don’t, and that we will always make the best decisions together.

So thank you, Janette, for inspiring me to be the best writer I can be. I’m so glad we are always there for each other when things get hard. Oh and thank you for always laughing at our scripts. Years can go by, and I will still text you to ask, “I’m crying, did we really write this? Damn, we’re funny.” Happy birthday, my Dan!