We interviewed MrBeast’s newest employee: Dan Mace

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

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4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Today on the show, we interview Dan Mace, the chief creative officer at Beast Philanthropy. Before working with Mr Beast, Dan worked with Casey Neistat and as a director. In this episode, Dan shares what he's learned working for two of the most influential creators on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	No, I'm f***ed. I'm starting to dig into my savings. I haven't uploaded a YouTube video.
0:05.0	And, uh, Jimmy phones. Out of the blue.
0:09.0	I knew you as Dan the director. This like creative wonder kid.
0:12.0	Fuck you, YouTube. I'm going to Hollywood.
0:14.0	50,000 people have decided they're not interested in you.
0:18.0	Those people. Can I read a text from Casey to you?
0:20.0	If you day do that to Casey, you'll cut your finger off.
0:22.9	This scenario, I think, will happen more and more.
0:25.3	I've never spoken about this before actually.
0:28.3	Today on the Colin and Samir Show, we're joined by Dan Mace.
0:32.2	Dan is the chief creative officer at Beast Philanthropy, and together with Mr. Beast, he's
0:37.2	grown that channel to over 20 million
0:39.3	subscribers. Dan is one of the most talented creatives on YouTube, and before his time working with
0:45.3	Mr. Beast, he was working with Casey Nystad. And before all of that, he was directing multi-million
0:50.6	dollar commercials when he was only 23 years old. This conversation has so much value in it
0:56.1	because Dan shares the lessons that he's learned from working with the two most influential
1:00.3	creators in the history of YouTube. This episode is sponsored by our friends at Spotter. Spotter partners
1:06.0	with creators to help accelerate their careers through capital, knowledge, and community. They've paid over $850 million to creators like ARAC, Destroying, Mr. Beast, Dude Perfect,
1:16.8	Kinnigridian, and 400 other creators through catalog licensing deals.
1:21.5	They also launched Spotter Labs this year, which is a suite of AI tools that helps the
1:25.1	top creators come up with better ideas for their channels.
1:28.2	And those tools were developed alongside creators, actually in brainstorms that were held here
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