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Jake Paul: Only he, MrBeast, and Logan Paul remain top legacy creators
“You know, you kind of had to be there from the start, and that's why you really see with brands that have stuck around at the highest level in social media, it's me, Mr. Beast, and my brother, and there's really no one else.”
Jake Paul: Live streaming culture is bad for society and young viewers
“I think the streaming culture is, like, really interesting, and probably not the best for society, because, like, there's so many of these kids watching, and I actually feel like what I was doing on YouTube, but, like, this is the, Final iteration of it, and I…”
Jake Paul: Donald Trump endorsed me on stage to run for president
“President Trump, like, endorsed me on stage to run for president, and then backstage was like, I think you should really do it, etc.”
Jake Paul predicts he will enter politics within 10 to 15 years
“I would probably say, yeah, the most like obvious one that I'm like super passionate about is, is definitely politics. And that seems to, you know, grow as I get older as well because of what Jeff was saying is like, how do I, okay, we have the money, we have …”
Jake Paul plans to play college football at Stanford and join NFL
“I do have NFL aspirations after boxing. I want to play slot receiver, and so I think to, you know, get that experience in college first would be good, so I could walk onto the Stanford team. It, yeah, it, I'm being serious though, yeah.”
Jake Paul warns against therapy cycles that encourage self-victimization
“I think you just have to be careful. You know, you don't want the therapy to, like, turn into victimizing yourself, and then always being in constant, sad, Loops. So I think you have to be careful. And at some points if it feels needed, yes, but I don't think …”
Jake Paul sets $10M to $30M minimum threshold for new business pursuits
“But yeah, I think things now have to be like 10, 20, thirty million dollar opportunities for me to spend time on it.”
Jake Paul: Negative press benefits anti-fragile public figures
“I would say that not all press is good press. For certain people. For me, yes. Because I can, like, survive it, and like... You're anti-fragile. Yeah, and just, it's, you know, what are they gonna say? Like, the, my neighbor, like, the first reason I was hated…”
Jake Paul: Clavicular's success is driven by radical authenticity and controversy
“He's not afraid to be fully authentic and say exactly expose himself to the world, and I don't think people have done that, and that's why I think he's been successful, and then he's also doing things that generate bad press, but it, you know, good news travel…”
Paul: Live streaming culture is peaking due to platform moderation
“It's probably already near its peak, because the platforms now, like, aren't allowing certain things to be streamed, and they're already getting like, you know, de-platformed if they do certain things, so I think it's probably at its peak right now with some o…”
Jake Paul announces oversubscribed $100M Anti Fund growth fund
“We're officially announcing the hundred million dollar oversubscribed growth fund, and some of the tier one names, maybe all the tier one names.”
Jake Paul: Followers don't equal cash flow for creators
“I think a lot of people in the space can have a lot of followers, but not the cash, and cash is key.”
Jake Paul claims his debut boxing match was history's most-viewed amateur event
“This boxing match was the most viewed amateur event ever.”
Jake Paul: Early YouTube growth playbook would fail today
“It's no, I mean, I don't think it would.”
Jake Paul: Anti Fund consulted Palmer Luckey's team on defense deal
“One of the companies we invested in like a defense tech, we just like hit up Palmer Luckey's team and we're like, yeah, what do you think of this group? So always referencing our network for the certain categories of things that we're working on, and that's pr…”