Top Ten Reasons to Hire Scott Erickson

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - March 19, 2013 - PRLog -- Scott Erickson is a young entrepreneur from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the Founder of Diligent Music, a music artist management company and record label, the founder of film and video production company SEF video and the Creator of “Renovation Raiders” on HGTV. Being considered “different” is nothing new to Erickson, having grown up as the oldest of six children, in a homeschooled family. High School was a big jump at age fifteen, and rising to new challenges became a permanent part of his life. With no interest in college–only new and exciting creative projects–Erickson started his first company at the age of twenty.
Since then, Erickson, his projects and his companies have been featured on major media outlets across the world, including ABC World News, CBS News, CNN, The UK Daily Mail, Der Spiegel (Germany), ESPN, Fox News, Gawker, Good Morning America, The Huffington Post, Mashable, Tech Crunch Al Jazeera and The Today Show.

10. Scott loves to entertain and educate! What a perfect combination for any event!

(That's why he often travels with his DJ, Biff Tannen, who spins music and interacts with Scott onstage, much like a late night TV show.)

9. Scott has been on-stage acting since he was a young lad, and he has been featured in viral videos, news coverage and commercials.

8. Scott is constantly developing new creative projects.

8a. Scott's working on his third solo EP album as the rapper Due Diligence.

8b. Scott is almost finished with the first book in his upcoming children's book series.

8c. He and his producing partner, Kevin Budzynski, regularly work with businesses of any size, developing commercials, short films, ads and marketing documentaries.

(Scott and Kevin also produce music videos for regional, national and international artists.)

8d. Scott is currently using a GoPro handheld video camera to self-record a documentary about his life and adventures. He has committed to film regularly each week, for all of 2013 and 2014. The footage will be assembled and developed for a feature length documentary--to be released in 2015.

8e. Scott also dables in improv, scetch and standup comedy.

7. Scott has been hired for consulting by everyone from small start-ups to working with NBC Universal.

6. Scott loves to work where he fits in. He loves hand crafting his live appearances for each client. He offers full-hour keynotes, breakout sessions, short talks (10-15 minutes/TED-style) as well as day-long/event-long hosting and facilitating work.

5. In 2011, Scott executive produced what film critic Roget Ebert called "the greatest music video bet made."

4. Scott is the co-creator of the HGTV series 'Renovation Raiders,' set to air on cable in 2013.

3. Scott will educate and inspire every audience member to discover the Entrepreneur's Spirit within themselves.

2. Scott started his first company when he was 20 years old. He will turn 25 in July of 2013.

1. Scott holds two world records and his work has been featured on every major media outlet in the world.

0. Scott's a real person, who is nice and wants to work hard to make you look like a genius for hiring him.