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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

They've got a whole kids programming component.

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

Yeah.

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

All right.

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

That we're going.

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

But I just love, you know, weird and unusual stuff.

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

And when I think about like what I want to leave behind in the world, it's more of it.

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

Yeah, I...

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

There's a terrific TED talk on decision-making, which talks about how when you're faced with a difficult decision, it's usually because there's pros and cons that feel roughly equivalent to each other.

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

And so it kind of doesn't matter.

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

So just pick one.

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

Just pick one.

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

Yeah.

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

Ruth Chang, How to Make Hard Choices.

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

A lot of the important decisions, it's pretty clear what direction to go.

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

And then with the difficult ones, you sort of have to decide what you're voting for, like what you're optimizing for.

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

And so if you have your priorities in order...

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

oftentimes the the right decision will emerge meaning again hopefully our business is like pretty simple there are a lot of factors that we have to incorporate and those factors are something in between like the content itself the experience of the audience the welfare of the cast and crew uh our financials what's you know personally creatively exciting to me and if i have those

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

You know, roughly in the they're not in that order.

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

I don't exactly know what order they fall into off the top of my head.

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

But if I have those in the right order, I can usually make the right decision.