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Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

#61
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Good to know I'm not the only one who finds Tim Ferriss cringeworthy.

I like some of the stuff he shares, but he promotes very much the 80/20 idea but then produces a huge amount of content with a massive amount of bloat.

His books are super big and thick and his podcasts are full of fluff which might be good to get listeners but short on actual useful content.

This to me makes him extremely unauthentic and disappointing that he is not using his platform to actually create meaningful content.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

#62
post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's true. Gary Vee has said things like that in the past but more recently said he devotes weekends to family, sleeps more, and vacations more[0]. Tim Ferris literally got famous from a book titled "The 4 Hour Work-week" . Mark Cuban is frankly on a different level (the 3 comma club really is different IMO). Hustle and grind are traits not mutually exclusive from being healthy. I'll go so far as to p…

And the lord said "I desire mercy not sacrifice" It's only human to believe that things can only be achieved with sacrifice and that great things require great sacrifice. It was this mentality that led our ancestors to sacrifice animals and even human beings at ancient altars. | But rationally we can see that sacrifice is not always needs and that a good idea and good implementation and a vision for improving the wor…

The line you're quoting "I desire mercy not sacrifice" does not mean what you think it means.

Sacrifice in that context is essentially apologizing for sinning. Not giving something up so that you gain something else. Unless you count giving up sin to gain something...

It's not a good thing.

The sister verse to that is "To obey is better than sacrifice".

To your point, sacrificing self-indulgence is really sacrificing addiction. Rather do something productive and worthwhile. And that may be quality time with your family or helping a non-profit etc.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

#63

Maybe the title should be "YouTube channels for wanna-be entrepreneurs". youtube channels and bullshit, if you wanna do it, just do it.

Entrepreneurs are allowed to have downtime and watch videos too.

If entrepreneurs consider videos on entrepreneurship downtime then they're wasting their time.

If you're watching something to learn to be a better entrepreneur you better be making notes. This is not (or should not be...) entertainment.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

#65

I'm working on my own channel at the moment if anybody is interested. Still trying to build content, but I'd appreciate feedback. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvhjBHSW6wLNnyAOEj9u2w

Hey there, I just subbed your channel. I'm not saying my channel is of any quality, or that I'm in a position of authority to offer advice, but you're asking, so I figure I can answer, from the perspective of someone with ~80k subs currently:

First thing I did was say "cool look!" then I clicked 'about' link to learn more about your channel and ways that I could follow your twitter, etc, and there was not anything beyond a succinct description. I'm not complaining, and I doubt it will cost you much, but people don't want to have to work hard to follow your content stream, and it's like a set-it-and-forget-it way to wring out every last potential subscriber.

Your video production during your two book reviews was good, and your review was entertaining, personal, and seemed like an honest unscripted opinion. You have a great quality that you speak clearly and with intention; I appreciated that.

Your third video 'Designing Success' was in my opinion the best, design-wise :) (get it? design--... wise?) I liked the intro with the hip hop music and the artistic approach to conveying your surroundings and setting for the video.

The audio- I didn't mind the audio in the 3rd video when it got messy during the windy part, and I could see that you somewhat realized you were in choppy waters when the wind started blowing. You spoke clearly, and even as an American, accustomed to primarily listening to American dialect, I could still understand you- but one thing lacking that would have made it better was a proper Closed Caption track so that you could still be understood. That's just me nit-picking though, as someone who is hard of hearing.

An unsolicited tip: One thing I realized early on, making videos, is that you can't ever have too many audio sources recording. Audio recorders are cheap, and the mics you can attach to them are endless, so it's no issue to run several mics: one source could be the camera's audio, which I typically use for reference. Another option could be a portable audio recorder. Currently I use the Zoom H1, which was about 89 USD brand new. It allows me to pop in my headphones and monitor the audio as it is produced, in stereo, and if need be to connect something like a shirt mic, there is a port for that as well. One thing that I've been experimenting with recently, is if I'm recording outside, I'll also mic the ambient noise about 12 feet away and use that audio track to train an Audacity plugin to filter out errant jarring noises in incidences where loud vehicles or sirens drive past.

Great channel, I subbed, and look forward to new content. Take care! Good luck!

Also, if you haven't seen it already, check out the YouTube Creator Academy (formerly, the YouTube Playbook) which is pretty much a guide entitled "this is how to make money properly on our platform"

edit: corrected Zoom H2 to Zoom H1

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

#66
I don't understand why people watch these pep talk style commentators. If you need someone else to motivate you, I'd seriously question whether or not you have the gusto to make it for the long haul.

Going further... I can't help but wonder if watching this releases some sort of endorphin for the want-to-be entrepreneur. These guys prey on hope, mainly, and by giving these pep talks, I think a lot of of people get temporary hope that if they just dig in, they'll be a millionaire too.

You really need to ask yourself if you're attracted to these motivational speakers: why do you need motivating? The real secret to success, I believe, is digging in to an endeavor you love.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

#68

All of the pep talk type Youtube channels that OP mentions (Gary Vee, Mark Cuban etc), they push (IMO) a wrong idea of startups : they all say you should work 16 hours a day, bare minimum sleep, hustle and grind (god, those words make me cringe). That advice completely ignores health and general well being, which is essential if you're in it for the long haul. Anyway, this list seems interesting. Thanks OP for compil…

the hustle stuff normally makes me cringe, but once I heard Gary V's logic it made more sense. Basically he says that he can't go and tell people to get more talent, so in his mind the only way to get better results is to work more. Whether working more will actually help is debatable.

Re: YouTube channels for entrepreneurs

#70

I don't understand why people watch these pep talk style commentators. If you need someone else to motivate you, I'd seriously question whether or not you have the gusto to make it for the long haul. Going further... I can't help but wonder if watching this releases some sort of endorphin for the want-to-be entrepreneur. These guys prey on hope, mainly, and by giving these pep talks, I think a lot of of people get te…

my business does millions in revenues and i watch him and others. mainly because i find a lot of what they say is true, and i'm looking for information on how to get to the next order of magnitude in revenues.

their audience isn't just wannabes, it's also successful people looking for guidance/validation/vindication/whatever. it's not just "motivation", it's also "information".

talking shit on the internet to successful people isn't new. you're not doing anything new. it's actually really tired. so very, very tired. yawn. zzz.

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