VidCon
other on 5 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes · said 15 times in 7 episodes since 2019
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Green: YouTube refused to sponsor the inaugural VidCon in 2010
“Yeah, I mean, we were on the phone with you two telling them what sponsorship number we thought made sense, and. And they were telling us, no, we will not sponsor this janky convention.”
Green: A $20K Cisco sponsorship made the first VidCon profitable
“I remember the actual difference between making money and not making money that first year was that I said on a Vlogbrothers video, if anybody knows anybody who would like to sponsor an online video convention, please email me. And the daughter of an executive…”
Green: The first VidCon generated around $10K in profit
“Yeah, I think it was like, 10,000 dollars of profit.”