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The Colin and Samir Show

Yes Theory: The Business of Saying "No" with Thomas Brag and Ammar Kandil

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

Business

4.9665 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Yes Theory is an ideology that believes that life’s greatest moments and deepest connections exist outside of your comfort zone. Today we speak with two of the founders and creators Thomas Brag and Ammar Kandil. We discuss the launch of their latest film and the decision to turn down $1.2 million dollars from a streaming platform to fund the project instead from their community via NFT's. Learn more here: https://www.theicemanfilm.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you say yes to everything, you're actually not saying yes to anything.

0:03.6

Death was a real possibility.

0:05.4

Positivity by itself will not sell.

0:07.4

That kind of fucked me up.

0:09.0

When we first met Thomas and Amar over four years ago, they had 760,000 subscribers

0:14.0

centered around the yes theory, an ideology that believes the most enjoyable things in life

0:18.4

are on the other side of discomfort.

0:20.3

Their videos spread

0:21.0

like wildfire, resulting in a global community of passionate supporters and believers. And in the

0:26.0

last couple of years, despite many difficult challenges, their videos and their business have all

0:30.6

leveled up. We've been fortunate to have a front row seat to their growth, having worked with them

0:34.4

on a number of projects. Today, they have over 7 million subscribers, employees around the world, a thriving apparel brand that sponsors its own

0:41.4

athletes, and they recently announced a feature film that they are funding via their community

0:45.9

with NFTs. We spoke with the guys about their evolution from YouTube channel to full-blown

0:50.6

media company. And in an effort to seek some discomfort ourselves,

0:58.0

throughout the conversation, we pull random thought-provoking questions from their new card game, Spark. I think it's crazy. Like we've done this interview multiple times. Actually,

1:08.2

we've never done this with you guys together, which is really cool.

1:11.2

But we have had such a long relationship together. Like when we first met you guys, I remember

1:17.3

you were like living in that house. You were sub a million subscribers and you guys were just

1:22.4

going. Like I remember the energy in that house. And I'm curious from your guys perspective, like,

1:28.5

from that time, I think you had 700,000 subscribers to now 7 million plus. Like, where are you in this

1:35.7

journey of YouTube? Before we start, I just want to congratulate you guys, because you've had

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