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0:00 Real Talk & Declining Views

3:39 Looking at Linus' YT Earnings & Views

7:57 Handling Conflicts Of Interests

12:50 Why Nvidia Stopped Sponsoring Linus

15:58 Why Apple Hates Linus

18:26 Linus’ Advice to New Creators

20:17 Responding To Criticism

24:24 How LTT Catches Errors

28:53 More Advice For YouTubers

31:03 Income Breakdown

34:38 Tips for Brand Deals

39:22 Growing Merch To 55% Of Revenue

43:29 Turning Down $100M Offer To Sell Channel

49:51 Launching LTT…Then Almost Going Broke

55:42 Building Team from Day 11:10:57 Most Stressful Moment

1:14:23 Linus’ Prediction & Thoughts on AI

I interviewed Eric Decker aka Airrack about his wild journey to 17M subscribers. Thanks .Store for sponsoring, get your .Store domain for $0.99: https://go.store/jon125 (code: JON25)

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0:00 Pressure, Money & Mistakes
8:55 Creative Process: Then vs Now
11:46 Inside Airrack's Ideas & Pitches
19:12 How To Identify & Innovate on Trends
25:32 Creating Formats To Repeat
35:04 Budget Per Video: Then vs Now
39:46 Focus on A Plots, Not B Plots
43:29 Improving Your Intros
46:59 What Sponsors Think
48:14 Why Mack Left
57:24 Learning from Controversy
1:08:20 Overhauling Everything
1:20:45 Airrack’s Best Business Tips
1:23:25 Income Breakdown
1:27:20 Starting Smarter Creator Businesses
1:39:08 Future of Airrack

I interviewed Lucas and Curtis Nicotra (aka “Sticks”) who went from working for Mark Rober to making movies for MrBeast, Ryan Trahan & more. Thanks Shopify for sponsoring, get free trial: https://www.shopify.com/Youshaei

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00:00 First Viral Videos, Lessons & Breakthroughs

7:37 Risking It All for Airrack

12:20 Surprising Ryan Trahan in 1 Week

21:34 Negotiating with Mark Rober

33:04 Sticks Breaks Down Their Packaging

39:58 The Turning Point: Creator Commercials

44:56 Breakdown of Joyride Commercial

47:26 Filmmaking on YouTube

51:36 How Sticks Made Videos with Mark Rober

1:01:24 Leaving Mark Rober

1:05:50 Making the MrBeast Movie

1:19:45 Filmmaking Tips for YouTube

1:34:08 Building The Sticks Team

1:35:24 How Sticks Makes Money

1:36:55 Making the Feastables Movie

1:41:16 Closing Thoughts