Nate Silver

But you're the major creative force can only expand so much. People want you ultimately, right?

There are ways around that. There are some things that do scale, like the models that we build. They get a lot of traffic, and I could hire somebody now, and we're kind of in the process of doing this all over again at the Substack Silver Bulletin now. But much slower, I thought, we have to hire as many people as possible right now.

There are ways around that. There are some things that do scale, like the models that we build. They get a lot of traffic, and I could hire somebody now, and we're kind of in the process of doing this all over again at the Substack Silver Bulletin now. But much slower, I thought, we have to hire as many people as possible right now.

There are ways around that. There are some things that do scale, like the models that we build. They get a lot of traffic, and I could hire somebody now, and we're kind of in the process of doing this all over again at the Substack Silver Bulletin now. But much slower, I thought, we have to hire as many people as possible right now.

When you get to ESPN, I talked to Bill Simmons, who was at Grantland before that, and he's like, everything that you want, ask for it right now, right? Because you'll never have more leverage than you'll have right now.

When you get to ESPN, I talked to Bill Simmons, who was at Grantland before that, and he's like, everything that you want, ask for it right now, right? Because you'll never have more leverage than you'll have right now.

When you get to ESPN, I talked to Bill Simmons, who was at Grantland before that, and he's like, everything that you want, ask for it right now, right? Because you'll never have more leverage than you'll have right now.

Ask for business class travel, because it's a reasonable thing if you're busy, right? But if you ask for that in the next contract negotiation when you're losing money, then eh. Ask for that now. Lock that in right now.

Ask for business class travel, because it's a reasonable thing if you're busy, right? But if you ask for that in the next contract negotiation when you're losing money, then eh. Ask for that now. Lock that in right now.

Ask for business class travel, because it's a reasonable thing if you're busy, right? But if you ask for that in the next contract negotiation when you're losing money, then eh. Ask for that now. Lock that in right now.

But then you kind of wind up with 25 people all starting new at the same time. And we didn't understand that you need to have like a product team and like an advertising team. And it was just kind of an awkward fit. Disney is a wonderful and creative place in certain ways, but it does things at very large scale.

But then you kind of wind up with 25 people all starting new at the same time. And we didn't understand that you need to have like a product team and like an advertising team. And it was just kind of an awkward fit. Disney is a wonderful and creative place in certain ways, but it does things at very large scale.

But then you kind of wind up with 25 people all starting new at the same time. And we didn't understand that you need to have like a product team and like an advertising team. And it was just kind of an awkward fit. Disney is a wonderful and creative place in certain ways, but it does things at very large scale.

Everything is eight or nine figure budgets for like an NFL deal or a movie or a theme park. I mean, the whole city of Orlando is basically the 51st state is Walt Disney World, basically, right? Yeah.

Everything is eight or nine figure budgets for like an NFL deal or a movie or a theme park. I mean, the whole city of Orlando is basically the 51st state is Walt Disney World, basically, right? Yeah.

Everything is eight or nine figure budgets for like an NFL deal or a movie or a theme park. I mean, the whole city of Orlando is basically the 51st state is Walt Disney World, basically, right? Yeah.

Disney's very big picture. They were like, he's a creative. He doesn't have to deal with money. It's like, no, actually, I fucking like making money. I like business, right? I like for this to be like a growing business because anytime you try to hire somebody, we hire good people. We're like, what's the long-term plan? We're like, well...

Disney's very big picture. They were like, he's a creative. He doesn't have to deal with money. It's like, no, actually, I fucking like making money. I like business, right? I like for this to be like a growing business because anytime you try to hire somebody, we hire good people. We're like, what's the long-term plan? We're like, well...

Disney's very big picture. They were like, he's a creative. He doesn't have to deal with money. It's like, no, actually, I fucking like making money. I like business, right? I like for this to be like a growing business because anytime you try to hire somebody, we hire good people. We're like, what's the long-term plan? We're like, well...

It's under contract for three more years, so why would you worry about it? And all of journalism sucks, so you're not going to have job security anywhere. And that's a very hard pitch. And so it is also partly my own ego. I don't know why. I felt like I wanted to be like one of those 1970s magazine editors, right? We were like drinking wine as you're finishing the edition. Sure.