Corey Olson is the creator of Vanilla Video, a video production company based in Illinois that has served thousands of customers across the U.S. for over a decade.
A lifelong builder, Corey began programming at a young age, introduced to Visual Basic by his father. He built his first website soon after and has been coding ever since. Corey has two decades of experience creating, managing, and maintaining web-based projects. He prefers building his own custom tools tailored to his needs rather than buying off the shelf solutions and considers himself a full-stack developer. Mostly self-taught, he primarily works with Node.js, JavaScript, and PHP, but has experience with many languages and frameworks including front-end development.
During warmer months, he often walks around 5 miles per day. He dropped out of college in 2007 to pursue entrepreneurship and found unexpected joy in filming personal events. Corey enjoys working with people and values the time he spends with clients. Although he casually offers photography, he prefers video for its ability to capture moments more faithfully.
In his late teens, Corey became fascinated with economics and politics—especially with how they interact. He enjoys studying numbers, business models, and the patterns within complex systems. In 2020, he published a compilation of home videos featuring his dog that went viral, briefly placing him in the top 1-2% of YouTubers by subscribers and views. Although his channel has been taken offline, the experience shaped this site as a personal hub for side projects. More recently, he has focused on building algorithmic trading models and fostering communities around them.
Corey has been described as eccentric by others, but holds conservative values. He attends a local Baptist Church, and believes on Jesus Christ. He describes himself as introspective, reflective, and analytical—yet open to new ideas and perspectives. He often sees opportunity where most people do not, and is always looking for ways to improve. Generally, he is a quiet person who prefers to listen and observe. And this is why you will not find him on most social media platforms.
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