As the growth of video usage on the internet has exploded over the past decade we have come across an increasing number of startups looking to leverage this medium in interesting ways. Despite these companies having extremely talented teams we have noticed that there are a few stumbling blocks that often trip a team up. The purpose of this series and code base [https://github.com/rocketinsights/startup-guide-to-video] is to provide a solid foundation and architecture for companies dealing with v