The Influencer Economy is about the convergence of influence, online content, and media.
Freddie Wong: Launching a Film Studio in the Internet Age (Part 2)
Filmmaker Freddie Wong is on for Part II of his conversation, on the “The Influencer Economy.” You may know Freddie for his popular web series “Video Game High School, which has reached over 65 million views online. To state it simply, it’s “Harry Potter for video games.” Ryan and Freddie had such an interesting
Freddie Wong: Breaking Crowdfunding Records & Video Game High School
Filmmaker Freddie Wong is guest # 8 on the “The Influencer Economy.” You may know Freddie for his popular web series “Video Game High School, which has reached over 1 billion views online. To state it simply, his series is the “Harry Potter for video games.” Video Game High School is an action/comedy web series
Flula: The Passion of YouTube, Reddit, and Dirk Nowitzki
It was a pleasure to have Fula on “The Influencer Economy,” he’s a well-respected DJ/musician/host on YouTube. Flula has over 500,000 YouTube subscribers on his channel and has built a loyal global audience.
Flula shows the power and everything that is right with the internet. He created a video “Flula in Germany” video which found
Launching a Podcast Network with Earwolf Jeff Ullrich
Earwolf’s Jeff Ullrich joined me on the show to talk about how he launched the Earwolf podcast network, with his business partner Scott Aukerman. We speak about how the role of talent, producer, and entrepreneur are all merging in the world of media. Shows you may have heard of: Comedy Bang Bang, Sklarbro Country, and
We Are All Self-Distributors: Talking Aziz Ansari, VHX, & Indie Game the Movie” with Jamie Wilkinson
Excited for episode #5 of The Influencer Economy, with my guest Jamie Wilkinson. Jamie and I had an awesome chat about media, video , and making stuff on the internet. It was so good, I had to divide up the conversation into two different episodes. The chat is a fascinating glimpse into the world of
“Playing Video Games to Pay Your Bills, Inside Gaming AS a Start-up?” with Bruce Greene and Adam Kovic
“Playing Video Games to Pay Your Bills, Inside Gaming AS a Start-up?” with Bruce Greene and Adam Kovic
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Adam Kovic and Bruce Green are the hosts of Machinima’s Inside Gaming. The show reaches 7 million views per month, and has built a loyal and staunch gaming following. I
Taryn Southern: “YouTube, Acting, Entrepreneurship, it’s the Future?”
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Taryn Southern epitomizes the modern day actress who is an entrepreneur. She has created her own path towards an entertainment career in the online media world, which includes a YouTube following of over 400,000 subscribers. While she has had reoccurring roles on TV shows like “New Girl,” “The League,” and “American
Shira Lazar of What’s Trending: Media and YouTube Entrepreneur on How to Define Your Own Career
On episode 2 of The Influencer Economy, we were happy to welcome Shira Lazar to the show. Shira is the founder and host of the Emmy nominated show What’s Trending and an inspiration in the media and YouTube world. In order to launch her career, she defined her own ‘beat’ as a producer/broadcaster, essentially
Ep. 1 – Burnie Burns of Rooster Teeth: Red vs. Blue, Online Video & YouTube Pioneer
For the inaugural podcast, I was proud and excited to interview Burnie Burns of Rooster Teeth. Burnie is a pioneer in the video and production world, and is the founder Rooster Teeth, an online video juggernaut. Burnie speaks with at great length about the origins of Rooster Teeth and their early hit tentpole series Red vs. Blue. We
Why Content is Eating The World & Why You Need to Start Creating Now
In 2010, venture capitalist, Marc Andreesen wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal stating that: “software is eating the world.” Andreesen, an investor in Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and many other consumer facing software companies, proclaimed that we were in “the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software