Eric Wei
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Now you've got me on board.
Now you've got me on board.
Interesting. So for your POV, if you've successfully built the media side of your business, like that's a win. But the upside, according to your degrees of control, it's very limited. And as you mentioned, I was trying to think of people who I think have built these successful media empires. So there have been many who failed like BuzzFeed. That's a great example. Many, many have failed.
Interesting. So for your POV, if you've successfully built the media side of your business, like that's a win. But the upside, according to your degrees of control, it's very limited. And as you mentioned, I was trying to think of people who I think have built these successful media empires. So there have been many who failed like BuzzFeed. That's a great example. Many, many have failed.
Interesting. So for your POV, if you've successfully built the media side of your business, like that's a win. But the upside, according to your degrees of control, it's very limited. And as you mentioned, I was trying to think of people who I think have built these successful media empires. So there have been many who failed like BuzzFeed. That's a great example. Many, many have failed.
We're going to reinvent the game. It's like, well, you're just doing a newspaper state. I'll be on a new medium, the internet. There are some creators who have succeeded in building- Or tabloids. Yeah, exactly, tabloids, right? Yeah, daily mail. And there are some creators who've gone, they've taken steps in this direction where they've almost scaled their content.
We're going to reinvent the game. It's like, well, you're just doing a newspaper state. I'll be on a new medium, the internet. There are some creators who have succeeded in building- Or tabloids. Yeah, exactly, tabloids, right? Yeah, daily mail. And there are some creators who've gone, they've taken steps in this direction where they've almost scaled their content.
We're going to reinvent the game. It's like, well, you're just doing a newspaper state. I'll be on a new medium, the internet. There are some creators who have succeeded in building- Or tabloids. Yeah, exactly, tabloids, right? Yeah, daily mail. And there are some creators who've gone, they've taken steps in this direction where they've almost scaled their content.
So one that comes to mind, Linus Tech Tips is a very good example, where Linus Tech Tips started with just Linus, and over the time, he's brought in other creators to be on his channel instead of himself. And then you also have creators like, I think MKBHD is a great example too. MKBHD, I still think of as primarily as a media business. He doesn't do that much with products.
So one that comes to mind, Linus Tech Tips is a very good example, where Linus Tech Tips started with just Linus, and over the time, he's brought in other creators to be on his channel instead of himself. And then you also have creators like, I think MKBHD is a great example too. MKBHD, I still think of as primarily as a media business. He doesn't do that much with products.
So one that comes to mind, Linus Tech Tips is a very good example, where Linus Tech Tips started with just Linus, and over the time, he's brought in other creators to be on his channel instead of himself. And then you also have creators like, I think MKBHD is a great example too. MKBHD, I still think of as primarily as a media business. He doesn't do that much with products.
And well, he actually tried one, a wallpaper app that got a lot of backlash, which I, you know, if I were MKBG, I feel like I would be like, yeah, I know. You know what? I'll just stay and do content over here because whenever I sort of go over there, people get mad at me. Now, it sounds like you're saying, though, from your POV.
And well, he actually tried one, a wallpaper app that got a lot of backlash, which I, you know, if I were MKBG, I feel like I would be like, yeah, I know. You know what? I'll just stay and do content over here because whenever I sort of go over there, people get mad at me. Now, it sounds like you're saying, though, from your POV.
And well, he actually tried one, a wallpaper app that got a lot of backlash, which I, you know, if I were MKBG, I feel like I would be like, yeah, I know. You know what? I'll just stay and do content over here because whenever I sort of go over there, people get mad at me. Now, it sounds like you're saying, though, from your POV.
Of course, I'm thinking of liver king because the whole premise was his gains came from his diet, not from other things. A hundred percent. If you've been honest, I think it would be fine. I think, yeah.
Of course, I'm thinking of liver king because the whole premise was his gains came from his diet, not from other things. A hundred percent. If you've been honest, I think it would be fine. I think, yeah.
Of course, I'm thinking of liver king because the whole premise was his gains came from his diet, not from other things. A hundred percent. If you've been honest, I think it would be fine. I think, yeah.
Yeah, fine. Maybe not fine.
Yeah, fine. Maybe not fine.
Yeah, fine. Maybe not fine.