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Hank Green

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1392 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

It has grown.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

What kind of business is it?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

So, obviously, Dropout itself is a streaming platform, but I imagine that you do not consider yourself a person who runs a streaming platform.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

You consider yourself the CEO of a media company.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I don't actually think that you're allowed to say that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I don't like that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Like, it's a brand.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

You want laughs, we will provide them for $7 a month.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Kinda.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I guess I should ask what the mechanism is that's working.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I wanted to ask something else, but hopefully I'll get there.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

But what's the thing that's working right now for you?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

So obviously more people are subscribed to Dropout this year than they were last year and last year than they were the year before that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

And it's growing.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

What is the thing that is working there?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I in terms of like your funnel, in terms of like, why do people sign up?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Who are the who are these people?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Because you don't have like you don't have like friends.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

You know, you don't have a bunch of like storied media properties.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

You don't have that many shows.