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full-time creator in 2025 and beyond, but it's not what most people think. We've been talking

before this episode, and we're really talking about the future of YouTube and how a lot of media

companies or

creator teams are popping up and solo creators are seeing some of the downsides of trying

to be a lone ranger.

So in this episode, I'm here with Kyle Anderson, who's the director of our YouTube channel

and the content team at Think Media.

Correct. And I'm here with Craig Pruitt,

who's our lead content creator. And we're going to be kind of having this conversation.

In fact, even Craig, who's been on the team for a while now, he's been kind of connected to Think

Media for a couple of years and has built up his solo channel in his own right, but wanted to be

a part of a team. We'll talk about some of the pros

and cons and how he went through that decision. And then Kyle, it's kind of funny because,

you know, there's this dream of being a full-time YouTuber and it's like, you're full-time,

I'm full-time. We're both full-time YouTubers. So kind of these different definitions. So I think

for people listening to this, it could sort of speak to maybe what are the pros and cons of the solo route or being a part of a creator team?

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