They sold their company to Snapchat (and then became YouTubers)

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Colin and Samir

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4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 141 minutes

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The Bucket List Family is a family channel that documents the adventures of Jessica, Garrett and their kids as they travel around the world. In this interview, we cover why they started their channel, their work with National Geographic and the family content genre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Going on Shark Tank and having them all say no.
0:02.2	I was devastated.
0:03.3	And then one morning I woke up to an email from Evan at Snapchat.
0:07.4	He's like, how about 40 million?
0:09.2	Oh.
0:10.2	Look at this gorgeous family.
0:11.7	Is it aspirational?
0:12.8	I literally wake up not knowing what day it is.
0:15.1	That's also, though, because you have a wife.
0:16.5	How do you think the kids understand the YouTube channel?
0:19.3	You're like, ah, do we want them in the public eye?
0:21.8	You're getting it with like a Disney.
0:23.6	Well, that all changed when North Korea hacks on his emails.
0:26.1	You raised the 10 million.
0:27.5	Where does the studio stand today?
0:29.3	As of now, it's slated for...
0:32.5	Today on the Colin and Spears show, we're joined by Garrett and Jessica from the Bucketlist
0:36.6	family. Their family channel that documents their adventures all over the world to their 1.4 million
0:41.8	YouTube subscribers and 3 million Instagram followers.
0:45.5	We first heard about them when they crowdfunded $10 million to launch a studio in hopes
0:51.2	of turning their channel into an animated series.
0:54.1	They came on the show to talk about
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