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800 Day Addiction
No, you know, I don't know. I don't know. I mean, look, I started it because I had just started my tech company. And I wanted a way to like share what I was doing in my tech company. I needed to like— I needed an audience to care about what I was doing. So I was like, I'll start a reality show about my tech company. But it turns out like, you know, 5 dudes that are like computer programmers writing code in a room is not good content. And that's when like day 1 I was like, no, I have to make this about me, you know? But I, I didn't monetize my channel or any of my content for a while. Really? Yeah, cuz I like— I didn't— I wanted like YouTube for me. I didn't want it to be pure. It wasn't about making money.
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Like, I wanna be able to have that kind of freedom.
Like the fact that I could be in an airport with Natalie, this is my favorite, and I go, Natalie, can you go get me some waters? Like, go get me 6 waters 'cause it's gonna be a long trip. And then I'm not thinking about each water being charged on my credit c…
When you were doing your 800 days, were you chasing money or fame or making followers? What were you after?
No, you know, I don't know. I don't know. I mean, look, I started it because I had just started my tech company. And I wanted a way to like share what I was doing in my tech company. I needed to like— I needed an audience to care about what I was doing. So I was like, I'll start a reality show about my tech company. But it turns out like, you know, 5 dudes that are like computer programmers writi…
What did you do for money?
Um, I like directed TV commercials and things like that. I just didn't have much on top of vlogging. Yeah, that's when I was like— like I was in— I was in a lot of debt, lived off my credit cards a lot. And I remember like the summer before I turned monetizat…
And then you turned on ads, like monetization.