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Sam Reich

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
463 total appearances

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

I think it'd be very hard for Dropout to work if we hadn't imploded the advertiser supported part of our business.

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

Yeah, I was basically like, I can't run an ad business.

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

I'd be no good at it.

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

I'm, in a lot of ways, like a terrible salesperson.

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

Sure.

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

So that just wasn't in the cards.

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

You are, on the other hand, a very good salesman.

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

I have so many socks because of you and I love them all.

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

The vast majority of people.

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

So I think 10% of our subscribers right now come in through paid.

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

Yeah, we do.

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

We do.

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

We sort of use the organic social performance to like clue us into what clips we should amplify.

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

And I think that's helped us out through lull periods.

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

Oh, for sure.

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

For sure.

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

I mean, you, you could argue that we are, uh, uh, certainly like using the content to market itself, but there's all sorts of ways that we're doing that.

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

So, so casting and stunt casting is certainly one of them.

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

Um, and Dungeons and Drag Queens was huge for us.

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

Great.