The Trade Off of YouTube

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"I was so negative on YouTube in the episode and the intervening years, I feel like have just been a journey for me of like really coming to appreciate what a incredible product and business YouTube is," he says. "This year, my big YouTube appreciation has been they enable many, many creators,. people to make their livelihoods with the exact opposite trade off of what we do." He adds: "Most creators don't want to be business people. We want to be entrepreneurs".

Cozy up to the fire and join Acquired as we do our annual strategic review of the show and our business “in public”. We recap our perspectives on Acquired’s big moments from the past year, a bit of commentary on the current state of the tech ecosystem, and what lies ahead for us in 2023. Plus as always at the holidays, we do an extended carve out session on our favorite things from the past year. Huge thank you to all of you for making 2022 an amazing year here in Acquired-land, and here’s to even bigger and better things to come in 2023!

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