YouTube star Casey Neistat rejects the term “viral video,” which is strange because he’s had more than his share of internet monsters. To say I want to make a viral movie, is like a musician saying I want to make a hit song -- it’s just not a good place to start, Neistat says, paraphrasing a point made on Twitter. So how does Neistat start? How does he both attract an audience of millions, and keep them coming back on a daily basis? Neistat is joined on this segment of the pod by Bailey Richardson, one of the early team members at Instagram. With the tools of production available to everyone, how do you create something that people will stop and pay attention to? Neistat does it by ripping up the snowy streets of New York on a snowboard towed behind a jeep, but what about the rest of us?
Matt Hackett and Casey Neistat are the cofounders of Beme, which was acquired by CNN last year - https://beme.com/ You might already know Casey from his YouTube channel which now has over 8M subscribers - https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat And before Beme, Matt was a Hacker-in-Residence at betaworks and the VP of Engineering at Tumblr - https://twitter.com/mhkt YC's podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon - http://twitter.com/craigcannon
If you enjoy hearing about the challenges of being a creator, I recommend you check out my conversation with the creator of ‘Call Her Daddy, Alex Cooper, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knPqBc2qJ8E 0:00 Intro 03:23 The Early Years That Made You Who You Are Today 07:29 Your Parents 08:51 Your Parents Divorce 12:03 Your Plan In The Early Years 14:09 Having A Child At 16 Years Old 18:10 What Do Now Know About 'Brilliant Accidental' Decisions 22:12 Why Don't People Make The Leap Into The Changes They Want? 25:02 The Gift Of Failure 28:42 The Role Of Persistence & Patience In Your Story 31:56 Where Does Your Patience Come From? 40:47 What Was It That Got You Into Video? 44:10 How Do We Create Originality? 54:02 Warning For Anyone Wanting To Get Famous 57:14 Finding Your Success 59:21 Starting Your Daily Vlog 01:03:59 Launching A Tech Company 01:07:53 You Were "Unqualified" To Do All Of These Things...What Does That Mean 01:15:50 A Million Failure For One Success 01:18:15 How You Were Feeling During Your Exist From Beam 01:22:26 Dealing With Fam 01:26:43 Your Wife Candice 01:28:08 Ads 01:29:35 What Does The Next 10 Years Look Like? 01:34:48 Whats Next For Casey? 01:36:53 What Advice Do You Wish You Had But Never Received? 01:39:34 The Current Landscape Of Vlogging 01:44:04 The Last Guest's Question Follow Casey: Instagram: https://bit.ly/47NRUB8 Twitter: https://bit.ly/3RcoHZD YouTube: @casey My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now: https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGq-a57w-aPwyi3pW7XLiHw/join FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://x.com/StevenBartlett?s=20 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Whoop: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb