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I honestly think there's an opportunity to create a YouTube channel that literally does nothing more than explain how X makes money, whether it's a VC firm, a S
by bcp2384 7y ago
I honestly think there's an opportunity to create a YouTube channel that literally does nothing more than explain how X makes money, whether it's a VC firm, a Subway franchise, a toothpaste manufacturer, etc.
As someone with an entrepreneurial tick but not someone who's gone all in it would be so helpful to have edu videos that just explained the basic business model of XYZ.
- patio11 7y agoDo you have a strong preference versus learning this from videos versus other potential form factors, like a podcast or e.g. glossy coffee-table book or less-glossy "this essay times N" book?
- OldHand2018 7y agoI have a strong preference that if you were to do this, you keep it on your blog.
- bradleyjg 7y agoIt’s clear that there are lots of people that disagree with me but I have a terrible loathing for the YouTube video where someone looks at the camera and talks at you. Are other people getting a lot out of facial expressions or something?
- Davertron 7y agoI don't feel quite as strongly as you, but I generally agree. I don't mind if the person is picture-in-picture-style in one of the corners, but I really would rather see something useful on the screen vs. just the person talking to me.
- 55555 7y agoPeople like people. It's that simple. We are social animals.
- Davertron 7y agoI feel the same way as the parent, and I would say I have a strong preference for Video. I wouldn't need crazy production value, even if you just did something Khan-Academy-style and wrote down terms and showed diagrams of how some of this works it would help me a lot. I found your article pretty interesting but also pretty overwhelming since I'm not fluent in this area. My next preference would be something like base.cs (https://medium.com/basecs https://medium.com/basecs) where, similarly, you at least define terms and draw some diagrams. I find it much easier to follow this stuff when there's something to look at with relations etc. While I love podcasts, I find learning anything like this pretty much impossible by listening to them. This is partially because it's harder for me to always follow the concepts just by listening, and partially because I'm usually only somewhat engaged (I'm exercising, or driving to work, etc.). But, maybe I'm also not your target audience, because I have far too basic an understanding of this stuff, so take it with a grain of salt.
- zaptheimpaler 7y agoFor those of us who don't have a strong preference - what sources would you recommend? I prefer reading but when it comes down to it, I'll take any form factor if the information is good.
- sethherr 7y agoStrong preference for writing.
- phasetransition 7y agoAs much as I would like the coffee table version, I don't know that the long form and fairly technical nature is suited to that style.
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoI think a "thick" book is much better than videos: 1) easier to produce high quality content in written form 2) easier/faster to digest the information Patrick, please write this book :) - happy to provide feedback and read drafts along the way.
- steveklabnik 7y agoThere’s a similarish channel called Company Man. I treat it as purely entertainment, because I have no idea what the credentials of the dude are, but it’s fun.
- astura 7y agoI was going to suggest Company Man too.
- chii 7y agoand a slightly different channel called valuetainment which discusses mistakes/successes of companies https://www.youtube.com/user/patrickbetdavid https://www.youtube.com/user/patrickbetdavid Their more recent stuff isn't as good as their old stuff: for example, why GoPro is failing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4fHeiqtGOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4fHeiqtGOA
- fma 7y agoNPR has a podcasts that interviews founders and how they got started, how they made money (likely they didn't, at first) and how they continue to be better than everyone else. It's called How I Built This. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
- ptah 7y agovideo is good for doing demos. blog with pictures would be better for this imo
- austhrow743 7y agoHere's a good book on different profitability models if that does it for you. https://sivers.org/book/ArtOfProfitability https://sivers.org/book/ArtOfProfitability