An Honest Conversation with Linus Tech Tips

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Colin and Samir

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4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 133 minutes

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YouTube Creators, Try Spotter Studio Free: https://partner.spotterstudio.com/colinandsamir Today we're joined by Linus Sebastian, founder of Linus Tech Tips and Linus Media Group. He has been a staple in the YouTube tech scene for 16 years. What began as a corporate task creating videos for a computer store has evolved into a media empire with 16 million subscribers. Linus shared the highs and lows of scaling his business, from nearly running out of money during the channel’s infancy to becoming a leader in the creator economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh my god, we did that completely wrong. We totally f***ed it. You've been in this for a while.
0:04.5	Thanks. You're closing it on two decades.
0:06.2	Yeah. I'm shooting literally 10 videos a day. Wow. Oh, where'd you get this? Don't worry about it, man.
0:12.0	It's so much easier on the flip side. It's never been harder to compete. I get very scared
0:18.3	of building a team so big. It's complicated. I would love to hear the
0:22.6	laws of writing good videos. Law number one. Control the scope. Number two. Number three, how many
0:26.7	laws we got? What did you learn about that experience last August? Your channel is for aspiring
0:32.0	creators and everything. But like, like today on the Collin's Rear Show we're joined by Linus Tech Tips, aka Linus Sebastian.
0:47.5	He's honestly the most requested guest on this show.
0:51.2	Wouldn't it be Linus Sebastian, aka Linus Tech Tips?
0:55.3	Is his real name, not Linus Tech Tips? Okay, so I asked ChatGPT to explain Linus Tech Tips to someone
1:03.3	who doesn't know him. And it said, imagine a mix of Mythbusters and a tech-focused late-night show.
1:09.1	Hmm, that's pretty creative, Chat, GPT. Now, I think that's actually pretty accurate. Just like a late-night show. That's pretty creative, chat, GPT.
1:11.1	Now, I think that's actually pretty accurate.
1:12.7	Just like a late-night show,
1:13.7	he's uploading multiple times a week
1:16.0	about the most topical things happening in tech.
1:19.5	He's also just one of those OG YouTube creators.
1:22.3	He's been on the platform since, what, 2007?
1:25.0	For 16 years.
1:25.8	Yeah, 16 years.
1:26.8	And he has this super interesting story of starting as an employee at a computer store,
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