Episode 24 : Josh Richards on joining Triller as Chief Strategy Officer, angel investing, and admiring Mark Wahlberg

Boardroom Talks

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Business, Entrepreneurship, Sports

4.4 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Josh Richards is an 18-year-old digital media entrepreneur, angel investor and social media personality, with over 25M followers across platforms. He’s also Chief Strategy Officer for Triller, the video and social media app company, and competitor with TikTok. In just a few years, Richards has co-founded digital talent management firm TalentX, co-founded Ani Energy, an energy drink business, and signed a record deal with Warner Records. He also co-hosts the podcast, BFFs, with Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports. In this episode, the Canadian teen talks to Rich and Gianni about his early attraction to business; squashing beefs between the content creator camps, Sway House and Hype House; his admiration for Mark Wahlberg; and his aspirations for growing his business, both as an entrepreneur and entertainer. You can find Josh at: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joshrichards/?hl=en BFFs podcast with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJRz6HSllkQKmFxaPk8IViw

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0:00.0	What's up everybody and welcome to another boardroom out of office podcast here as always with my man Gianni.
0:12.7	Gianni, what number is this?
0:15.3	24.
0:16.4	24.
0:17.5	We need a player.
0:18.3	Give me a quick player.
0:19.4	We're in 24.
0:20.7	I mean, one of the greatest to ever do it, Mr. Kobe Ryan.
0:23.9	That's what. Respect. You know what? After last week being MJ show, this week being Kobe show, let's stop. Let's just stop now. You down?
0:32.3	I'm down. All right. So, incredible guests. This next guest made me a hot item in my own home. And you will
0:40.2	understand why soon. Coming up now, I have listed here 18 year old Gen Z celebrity phenom.
0:47.7	That's, but you know what? We're going to come up with a whole better title with our guests.
0:51.1	So ladies and gentlemen, welcome my new friend Josh Richards to the show.
0:55.9	Josh, what's up, bro? Nothing much. Thank you for having me on, man. Of course, man. So you heard what I said,
1:01.4	and I already talked to you about this the first time we spoke. I didn't realize it'd ever be this
1:06.5	dude, but my kids are now getting a little older. so I use the currency of our newfound friendship
1:11.5	and my kids think I'm as cool as it could get now, so I appreciate that.
1:16.2	No problem. I really, I only do social media to help dads recare with their.
1:23.4	Well, bro, well, you nailed it then, man. You're a huge success, man. Perfect. The title, 18-year-old Gen Z Celebrity Phenon, whack. I don't want to keep that. So if you're in an elevator with somebody that's not in touch, but they know you're something and they ask you what you do, what do you say? I would just call myself an entrepreneur and then explain to them how I use social media to give me a boost or
1:46.1	give me that like step up from all the other entrepreneurs that don't have social media.
1:51.8	I like that. I mean, entrepreneur is definitely the right description for you. I think some people use
1:57.6	it a bit too freely. I think you have to carry that title with you. You're young, but you clearly have an entrepreneurial mind. And I knew that from the first time we spoke. The whole kind of premise of this show is Gianni and I have been working together for a year. I feel like I'm known him forever. We're 20 years apart. But we share a lot of similar kind of taste and styles, and then we
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