Bill Wisener has owned Bills Records in Dallas for 44 years. It was once considered the largest independent record store in the country.In 2015 we began filming with Bill to learn about his life, the origins of his store, his brushes with musicians, and what keeps him going at 74 years old. The short film, Bills Records, premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival in 2017. It has since screened in Chicago, Berlin, Melbourne, Marfa and won an award in LA. Since we wrapped filming, things haven’t always been smooth for Bill. At 74 years old he shows no signs of slowing down. However he’s been on his own working to keep his business going and planning for the next chapter in his life. He’s now faced with what to do with his hundreds of thousands of records.
His aim is to take all of the records and art he has collected over the years and open a non-profit space, where he can share his collection with the world, host guest speakers and events, and sell a few records to support the place. It will be a challenge that we will document.
Thank you for your interest in our film. We’d like to keep filming with Bill and document the next chapter in his life for a feature film. It would be great if you would join our team effort by supporting our project. Also feel free to share this with friends or others who may be interested.
Product discovery workshop in a nutshell
Before we dive deeper into the specifics of the way we organize discovery workshops and the benefits they bring, here’s a quick rundown of all the things you can expect. A sort of a TL;DR version of this entire text. So let’s jump in!
What is it?
A discovery workshop is one of the most important steps in the initial project definition phase. We developed and refined it by implementing it in hundreds of projects ranging from simple prototypes and MVPs, through various web and mobile applications to complex tools and giant enterprise systems for multinational companies. Product discovery workshops help us predict and overcome potential challenges that might occur during the production phase, but they also help us put all project stakeholders on the same page.
Why do we use it?
As the precise scope, needed budget and the overall production timeline of a project can be greatly affected by a variety of different variables, before we jump into production, we need to understand every aspect of the project and, to be able to deliver a solution, we need to share the right perspective with all project stakeholders. That is why we use product discovery workshops to thoroughly define business goals, purpose of the project, core functionalities and technology, as well as target audiences, user personas, their needs and journeys. After we define a rough structure of the solution, the only thing left is to define goals and indicators of success as well as how these will be measured.
What will you do?
This is also the phase where you as a client get involved and introduced to our team, our process and all of the services we offer. You are given the chance to understand and actively participate in every step of building the project by defining goals, expected user behaviour, challenges and problems that may occur. Your involvement is important because you know your business better than anyone, and that ultimately helps set up the majority of the structure and scope of the project.
What happens when it’s done?
This is also the phase where you as a client get involved and introduced to our team, our process and all of the services we offer. You are given the chance to understand and actively participate in every step of building the project by defining goals, expected user behaviour, challenges and problems that may occur. Your involvement is important because you know your business better than anyone, and that ultimately helps set up the majority of the structure and scope of the project.
What happens when it’s done?
This is also the phase where you as a client get involved and introduced to our team, our process and all of the services we offer. You are given the chance to understand and actively participate in every step of building the project by defining goals, expected user behavior, challenges and problems that may occur. Your involvement is important because you know your business better than anyone, and that ultimately helps set up the majority of the structure and scope of the project.