The Affarit Podcast Studio

Press release announcing the start of the project, with the mandatory EU funding disclosure. Distributed to local + national media outlets.

It's official. The contract is signed and the studio project is live.

Next: get the construction permit, finish the plans, and a lot of paperwork.

Last day of the year. The best news we could possibly get: the funding agency has issued the decision to contract our project.

Onto signing the most important contract of the next few years.

The project passed evaluation. We've been approved at the technical / financial review stage.

Fingers crossed we get selected for contracting — that's the step that turns approval into actual funding.

Talking-head videos about tech, AI, and mobile development. Less about chasing views and more about putting in the reps in front of a camera.

We try to stay consistent — though other priorities pull focus more often than we'd like. Every published video is one more hour of experience for when the studio is ready.

The dossier is ready. We've reviewed it, the consultant has reviewed it, and we've submitted it to the funding agency.

Now we wait and see how they evaluate it. The hard part is over; the patient part begins.

Mics, an interface, headphones, lights, a clappable lavalier. The first hands-on production kit before any of the EU funding had even cleared review.

The idea: learn what podcasting and digital content creation actually mean — operationally, technically, editorially — before the grant hits. So that when the studio is real, we can offer services backed by experience, not theory.

The result so far: Mint Talks, the podcast we started while learning the craft.

Either they are too good at their jobs, or we are easy to work with — but we agreed on the building structure in one shot. Only small adjustments needed.

Real plans, not napkin doodles. The studio starts to look like a real place.

A building like this is not possible without an architect who actually understands creative spaces. Project A came in to help — and brought ideas we hadn't considered.

Without them, this project would not be possible. Looking forward to the floor plans.

We found the best business consultant we could — Indus Management — and signed with them to put the project file together. Eligibility checks, programme fit, paperwork strategy, deadlines.

Without the right consultant this entire process is a black box. We'll be promoting them as the project rolls out.

Andras gets cold-called by a company explaining that Affarit Studio is eligible for non-refundable EU funds for SMEs investing in creative infrastructure.

It sounded almost too good to be true. We took notes, asked for the eligibility criteria in writing, and started thinking about what we would actually build if we could.