35: The Full Story of Colin and Samir

Colin and Samir are EXPERTS in the creator industry. Their Youtube channel colinandsamir features unfiltered conversations with the likes of Mr Beast and the mysterious Dream, they host a hit podcast breaking down the latest creator economy news and they founded The Publish Press, a creator focused newsletter. All this to educate and empower other creatives on how to be successful online.

In 2011, Colin and Samir began working together, over the next 12 years they would start companies, sell companies, accept deals they shouldn't have, decline ones they thought they might, lose money and give up entirely. In this episode, Colin and Samir share their journey to the million subscriber milestone, and how other creators can get there too.

1:30 Working together
3:15 Self-doubt to subscriber milestones
5:40 Finding their niche
7:56 The Colin and Samir origin story
11:54 3 secrets to creator success
15:21 'Proper' job rejections
19:32 Getting financing to be creators
22:25 Focus, ambition and sacrifice
26:30 Behaviours of the best creators (and how to adopt them)
33:17 The monetisation menu
35:31 Management relationships and pitch decks
39:43 What is a creator
44:45 Most surprising stories
48:05 Stress
49:14 Navigating bad partnerships
51:41 The seven-figure deal they said 'no' to
56:55 Behind-the-scenes
59:30 Next chapter
1:05:10 Creators Colin and Samir are loving
1:08:46 One piece of advice

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