All right. So earlier this month, we hosted our first ever press publish NYC, a gathering of 400 plus creators in New York City. And it was powered by Microsoft co-pilot.

Now, one of the coolest parts about the partnership with Copilot is that Copilot was the official note taker of the event.

So for everyone sitting there listening to all the speakers,

they didn't have to take notes because co-pilot recapped and summarized everything and gave everyone there the biggest takeaways. If you weren't at Press Publish,

NYC, you can still get access to all of these takeaways from all of the sessions.

You just go to thepublishpress.com and you can read them.

And thanks again to Microsoft Copilot for powering Press Publish, NYC. The focus has shifted away from the creativity part of creator and shifted towards the economy part. You don't have to fit in a lane. There's a million lanes. And if your lane doesn't exist, just go ahead and start it. If you're in it because you want to make money, you want to get the views.

Like, fuck you, I don't care about you.

So we've been wanting to make this episode ever since we started this channel.

And the fact that we got to do it in front of our audience live at Press Publish, NYC,

and surprise everyone in the room with Casey and Istat.

That was kind of a dream come true. When it comes to our career as creators, there is no one more influential than Casey Nystad. So in this conversation,

we talked to Casey about his perspective on what is now called the creator economy. We also talk

about what he considers to be his all-time greatest episode of the vlog and what made it so great.

We also talk about his perspective on the world of Hollywood getting involved with creators like Mr. Beast. And lastly, we touch on the first

time we ever met Casey, which was one of the most awkward and cringe-worthy encounters of our lives.

We've thought about it pretty much every single day since it happened. And we finally got to talk it out live on stage, which is actually kind of like just this nice cathartic experience. Felt like closure. Now, Press Publish NYC was made possible by a few sponsors who really saw our vision before we put on this event. And one of those is a longtime partner of ours, Adobe.

They're also the sponsor of this episode.

I'll tell you more about that later in the conversation.

You know, before we get into that, Woo! Casey, where have you been?

You know, before we get into that, I have a question.

Is the reason why I was a surprise announcement because you didn't think I was going to show up?

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