Episode 475: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talk to CEO of Night Media & Mr. Beast’s Manager — Reed Duchscher (https://twitter.com/Reedjd) — about his agency, his favorite creator businesses, why he chose to go up against Hershey’s with Feastables, and more.

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Show Notes:

(03:45) - Are Talent Management Agencies Good or Bad Businesses?

(12:00) - Night Media’s Org Structure

(23:35) - How Kick is Overtaking Twitch

(26:00) - How Reed Finds CEOs for Creator Businesses (like Feastables)

(28:50) - Why Creator Businesses are Challenging

(29:50) - How Logan Paul & KSI started Prime

(35:00) - Why Reed & Mr. Beast Believe Feastables is a Massive Opportunity

(41:00) - How Does Feastables Play Out?

(48:30) - Reed’s Favorite Creator Businesses (Mainstream + Niche)

(1:02:50) - Reed's Thoughts on Twitter vs. Threads

(1:08:30) - Would Reed Sell Night Media?

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Links:

* Producer Ben Twitter - https://twitter.com/BenWilsonTweets

* How to Take Over the World - https://open.spotify.com/show/1gqvQ7h7BxNSVoQVTnwihr

* Ithaca Holdings - https://hybecorp.com/eng/news/news/189?companyCode=ALL&page=0

* Night Media - https://www.night.co/

* Kick - https://kick.com/

* Prime - https://drinkprime.com/

* Rare Candy - https://rarecandy.com/

* Chamberlain Coffee - https://chamberlaincoffee.com

* Dhar Mann - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGXIyG8Q

* Ryan Hall Y’all - https://www.youtube.com/@RyanHallYall

* Millennial Farmer - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw

* Cole The Cornstar - https://www.youtube.com/c/ColeTheCornstar

* Blake Robbins - https://twitter.com/blakeir

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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