![]() ![]() The friendships were always better, which meant the content was always better, which meant that the problems were always the least. It held us back, and it propelled us forward. How did that impact the success of Hype House? The other side that I also noticed was that there's no formal management structure. You chose not to make money by not taking a cut from those within the house. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021 Courtesy of Netflixĭaso: That's one key portion of it. Like whenever I went over to his place, the genuine friendships made the content so much better. That's what I learned that, because that was his best content to me from my perspective was like just the friendships. I want to just be a group of friends living together. I didn't know that I was gonna be able to do everything that I've done over the last two years, but I knew for certain that I didn't want to do a percentage thing. I didn't know that we would be able to build a brand name. The business aspect, I didn't know what it would be. If I ever did this, I want to do a content house one day, but I will keep the percentage thing out of it. Seeing that dynamic unfold, I didn't want to do that. They looked at it as a selfish thing, even though I saw how much value he brought all these people. I never asked those types of questions, but I know there was a percentage taken, and I saw that created a lot of distance between Jake and the other people because he was making the most money. Petrou: I don't know how it worked on the structural end. I soaked up the good parts of the business model that he had and then brought my own.ĭaso: Tell me about the good parts versus the bad parts of the Team 10 business model? As time went on, I was grateful for how everything panned out because maybe I wouldn't be here today. There were times when I thought, 'Why not me?' Why doesn't he want me to be a part of Team 10? I'm a hard worker who outworks the rest of his crew. I learned a lot from Jake, and I always felt like a reason why I made it a lot farther than even a lot of the kids who were a part of Team 10 because I just always appreciated what he did for me regardless of anything. I was so naive from that perspective, but I wanted it. People stabbed me in the back, the lawsuits and the problems you deal with when you're in this industry while striving for that success. It's funny now because I see so many kids that come to me, and they're like, 'Dude, your life is perfect!' I respond, 'No, it's not!' I wish you understood the terrible things that come through. I got a lot of the bad things that I didn't expect. Funny enough, I got a lot of amazing things from wanting to do what Jake did and wanting to reach that level of success. Your experience there, I believe, helped shape what the Hype House would become. Thomas Petrouĭaso: Before we get into the Hype House itself, a really important point that not many people pick up on is the fact that you spent time with Jake Paul and Team 10. I was like, I just like, let me help you. I got into that scene and started hanging out with them. ![]() I knew I could guarantee to help these kids go big, bigger than the Musical.ly kids. I saw the Tik Tokers just getting started. I learned a lot about just like persistence, not giving up, and trying to adjust. Sometimes I would think, 'Why don't I just quit and do this?' I'm sure I can make more money. ![]() We used to sell olives at the farmer's market. He always told me you could sell anything. I would lay at night and think that I could get a sales job, make a good amount of money, and make 20 to 30 grand a month. ![]() I still had a sponsorship that was paying me decently. I was posting roughly three times a week. I tried to go into more of like the reporting like DramaAlert. I finally quit vlogging, but I didn't quit overall. Everyone tells you to keep working, don't give up, just keep trying. I was doing this every day, and my whole thought process was, if someone else can do it, why can't I? I told myself that if I put in the work, it'll pay off. Petrou: I think it just made me realize how difficult it was. How did making that long-form content for that time shape the way that you view content creation as a craft? Petrou: I met him a year and a half into it.ĭaso: Got it. Daso: By the time you met Jake, how long were you vlogging at that point? ![]()
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