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Meet Brent Barbano of ShareGrid →

July 17, 2019

Today we’d like to introduce you to Brent Barbano.

So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I’ve been a filmmaker and cinematographer in Los Angeles for 12 years now, but in 2013, I saw a need in our industry that hadn’t been met yet. Both my colleagues/friends and I had invested in a lot of equipment, as a cinematographer tends to do. Cameras, lenses, lights… the list goes on. Gear in our industry is not cheap. These are steep investments that typically never offer a full return monetarily, and with technology quickly evolving, gear has been going out of vogue faster than in previous years.

No Film School: ShareGrid PRO and The Ultimate Lens Library →

June 6, 2019

ShareGrid Pro allows you to accept bids for lists of items.

The peer-to-peer equipment rental marketplace ShareGrid is adding more tools to their platform of over 70,000 users. Now users can post public wish-lists of gear they need for a shoot, their allotted budget, and rental houses and ShareGrid members can place bids (privately) on the job. This new attempt at connecting filmmakers and equipment owners is a welcome addition to their platform, though I'm seeing a lot of lowballing on Pro listings so far. ShareGrid Pro is not what it sounds like: some kind of subscription upgrade — it's completely free for all ShareGrid accounts.

Black With No Cream Podcast →

June 3, 2019

This week’s guest is Brent Barbano an insanely talented and experienced DP – and also a founder of the gear rental platform ShareGrid! Brent’s portfolio and resume is insane. He has worked with virtually every major brand and network you could think of off the top of your head. In this episode we learn about Brent’s experience in film school, starting his own production company while working a 9-5, and how he managed to climb the DP ranks working with some incredible clients. We get an inside look into how he came up with the idea for ShareGrid and hear an insane story about how he found out that two other people had come up with the same idea as him… You definitely don’t want to miss out on this one!