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Mark Longo

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123 total appearances

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Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

So I kind of just sat down and was like, you know what, let's give this a shot. If this turns out to be something, then here's the start of a new chapter of our life. If it gets shot down or it doesn't work, I'm naked on the internet. Everybody's got the same parts. Like, so what?

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

Within minutes. Literally, we launched it at like 10 o'clock in the morning, and within the first 20 minutes, I had a couple thousand subscribers. Because I already had kind of that group of people that were just waiting for me to open that door, and when I did, it just, everybody just flowed in. We call that pent-up demand. Yes, yes, and it very much was.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

Within minutes. Literally, we launched it at like 10 o'clock in the morning, and within the first 20 minutes, I had a couple thousand subscribers. Because I already had kind of that group of people that were just waiting for me to open that door, and when I did, it just, everybody just flowed in. We call that pent-up demand. Yes, yes, and it very much was.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

Within minutes. Literally, we launched it at like 10 o'clock in the morning, and within the first 20 minutes, I had a couple thousand subscribers. Because I already had kind of that group of people that were just waiting for me to open that door, and when I did, it just, everybody just flowed in. We call that pent-up demand. Yes, yes, and it very much was.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

And when it came to Mark's OnlyFans business strategy? My thing was like I kept my subscription price low. You could come and see kind of highlights, but also you could incentivize people to buy the more X-rated stuff, kind of pick from my so-called menu of what you liked. Like, for instance, like put a cowboy hat or put my construction hat on. You know, do a striptease or whatever you want.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

And when it came to Mark's OnlyFans business strategy? My thing was like I kept my subscription price low. You could come and see kind of highlights, but also you could incentivize people to buy the more X-rated stuff, kind of pick from my so-called menu of what you liked. Like, for instance, like put a cowboy hat or put my construction hat on. You know, do a striptease or whatever you want.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

And when it came to Mark's OnlyFans business strategy? My thing was like I kept my subscription price low. You could come and see kind of highlights, but also you could incentivize people to buy the more X-rated stuff, kind of pick from my so-called menu of what you liked. Like, for instance, like put a cowboy hat or put my construction hat on. You know, do a striptease or whatever you want.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

You know, I'm willing to sell my underwear. So literally anything that I was putting out turned to gold. How much did the underwear go for? I think it was like between $50 and $200, but it ranged. Like if you wanted me to wear them three times at the gym, you know, it was a little bit more.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

You know, I'm willing to sell my underwear. So literally anything that I was putting out turned to gold. How much did the underwear go for? I think it was like between $50 and $200, but it ranged. Like if you wanted me to wear them three times at the gym, you know, it was a little bit more.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

You know, I'm willing to sell my underwear. So literally anything that I was putting out turned to gold. How much did the underwear go for? I think it was like between $50 and $200, but it ranged. Like if you wanted me to wear them three times at the gym, you know, it was a little bit more.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

Peanut has millions of followers. And we just went, OK, if we can get a dollar, we can get $5, we can get $20 from a fraction of those people. We already have the following. We have the kind of the foundation of what we need here.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

Peanut has millions of followers. And we just went, OK, if we can get a dollar, we can get $5, we can get $20 from a fraction of those people. We already have the following. We have the kind of the foundation of what we need here.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

Peanut has millions of followers. And we just went, OK, if we can get a dollar, we can get $5, we can get $20 from a fraction of those people. We already have the following. We have the kind of the foundation of what we need here.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

You know, I had the owner of the Yankees reach out. I have Quentin Tarantino on my DMs. I have my favorite bands reaching out going, what can we do to help?

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

You know, I had the owner of the Yankees reach out. I have Quentin Tarantino on my DMs. I have my favorite bands reaching out going, what can we do to help?

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

You know, I had the owner of the Yankees reach out. I have Quentin Tarantino on my DMs. I have my favorite bands reaching out going, what can we do to help?

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

How the hell are we going to continue this nonprofit without our star and our golden squirrel? Those are the things that are going through like, wow, you know, Instagram's going to go down. TikTok, I'm not going to be able to build this stuff. You know, where am I going to get the funding for these animals? I already have the animals.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

How the hell are we going to continue this nonprofit without our star and our golden squirrel? Those are the things that are going through like, wow, you know, Instagram's going to go down. TikTok, I'm not going to be able to build this stuff. You know, where am I going to get the funding for these animals? I already have the animals.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

How the hell are we going to continue this nonprofit without our star and our golden squirrel? Those are the things that are going through like, wow, you know, Instagram's going to go down. TikTok, I'm not going to be able to build this stuff. You know, where am I going to get the funding for these animals? I already have the animals.

Planet Money
The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

What is what are going to happen to the animals if I can't feed them? This place is going to ultimately shut down. Mark was in a kind of anxiety spiral thinking about where all of this might lead. Then I'm going to be just reamed in the news and PR, like Mark, you know, failed at his nonprofit. You know, all of this is now transpiring. And I'm like, I got to figure this out.