Nuseir Yassin
Founder & CEO, Nas Company · 2 appearances on the record.
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Nuseir Yassin is a content creator and entrepreneur best known for Nas Daily, where he created 1,000 one-minute videos in 1,000 days. He is also the founder and CEO of Nas Company, which operates Nas Academy and Nas.io.
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Yassin: CCTV approached Nas Daily to promote tourism in Xinjiang
“To be clear, we've had people from China, CCTV, tell us to go to Xinjiang and talk about the culture and the food.”
Yassin: US State Department asked Nas Daily to make anti-China videos
“But we also had people from the State Department tell us, hey, why don't you make videos about China and how bad it is?”
Yassin: Advertising-based content creation is a flawed, fraudulent model
“Advertising-based content creation is a flawed model, and I would dare say it's a fraudulent model. This is the model that has been working, but it will not work in the future.”
Yassin: Ad-Supported Creator Business Model Is Flawed and Won't Work
“No, there isn't enough advertising, and advertising-based content creation is a flawed model, and I would dare say it's a fraudulent model. This is the model that has been working, but it will not work in the future.”
Yassin: Creator shelf-life is 5 years; companies cannot rely on faces
“You cannot build a company reliant on your face, because creators come and go every five years. Every five years, somebody's hot, somebody's not. So my face is temporary. I must migrate from my face to a company.”
Yassin: It is impossible to build a 30-year business on social media
“You cannot build a business on top of social media. Impossible. And so, so this idea that Facebook will be my livelihood, and I can build an empire for the next 30 years, thanks to Facebook's algorithm, is, is a dream that will never materialize.”
Yassin: Nas Company rejected a CCTV request to film in Xinjiang
“To be clear, we've had people from China, CCTV, tell us to go to Xinjiang and talk about the culture and the food... For me, that was a step too far, so I said no.”
Yassin: 195 localized media hubs will eventually replace Hollywood's dominance
“In the future, there is a room for a 195 more Hollywoods to be created. The days in which the whole world is watching Will Smith on TV and Tom Cruise for the 55th movie are done.”
Yassin: Nas Daily has never worked with the Israeli government
“So, and I, we've never worked with Israeli government to be clear, but one thing I've realized is that this whole what's taboo and what's not is very relative.”
Yassin: Global media ethics cannot center purely on American interests
“My compass is very different from an American perspective compass. And that's what many Americans need to realize is that the world does not center around America and American interests.”
Yassin: Private and public sectors cannot be separated in many foreign markets
“But that doesn't exist in Singapore, in the UAE. They're so intertwined. Like you, I have a business in Singapore. We all love Singapore, right? But the government knows everything about every business and works with every business, right? And so like, yes, yo…”
Yassin: Creator economy is only at 1% of needed creator capacity
“We are at one percent of the way there with how many content creators we need, similar to how many software engineers we need. We are at one percent of the way there because monetizing videos has been very, very new. So we're just at the beginning.”
Yassin: Room exists globally for 195 localized 'Hollywoods' to emerge
“In the future, there is a room for a 195 more Hollywoods to be created. The days in which the whole world is watching Will Smith on TV and Tom Cruise for the 55th movie are done.”
Yassin: Future Creator Economy Jobs Will Come From Paid Micro-Communities
“I'm a runner. I start a community for a hundred people. I create content for a hundred people, and each one of them gives me 10 bucks. I'm already making a thousand bucks a month, so you can create new jobs, and that's where the future is heading, in my opinio…”
Yassin: Asian tech focuses on ecosystems rather than single-product IPOs
“I found out that the American way of building companies is very different than the Asian way of building companies. The American way of building companies tells you, build one product, make that product really big, go on IPO, and just like continue working on …”
Yassin: Getting 1M views is a more powerful currency than $1M
“My second belief was if I can get the attention of a million people, It is very easy to make a million dollars. I just need the attention of a million people. Views as a currency is more powerful than dollars.”
Yassin: Nas Company has never worked with the Israeli government
“We've never worked with Israeli government, to be clear”
Yassin: Separating private and public sectors outside the US is impossible
“Yes, you can do that separation in America, but you really can't do that separation in many countries around the world.”
Yassin: The world only has 1% of the content creators it needs
“We are at one percent of the way there with how many content creators we need, similar to how many software engineers we need. We are at one percent of the way there because monetizing videos has been very, very new.”
Yassin: The Asian conglomerate startup model beats the US single-product focus
“The American way of building companies tells you, build one product, make that product really big, go on IPO, and just like continue working on that product for the next 1020 years. Like Slack. Slack is a one product company until it got acquired. Perfect. Rig…”
Yassin: Nas Company generated $11M in annual revenue
“So last year's revenue for all of Nas company is eleven million dollars. Seven million dollars was for the production, the Nas Daily. Then the four million the majority of it comes from Nas Academy.”
Yassin: Nas Company has a 30-year conglomerate vision inspired by Virgin
“My ambition is to build similar to Virgin, but I'm gonna build products that bring people together in technology, media, travel, So the way I envision the next 10 years is NAS Daily, NAS Hotel, NAS I.O., NAS Summits, you know, NAS Foods, NAS Venture, NAS whate…”
Yassin: Taking a weekend off when unemployed is ultimately irresponsible
“Taking a weekend off when you have no career, I mean, that's ultimate irresponsible.”
Yassin: 24-hour video iteration cycles drive rapid storytelling improvement
“For me, I was on a learning journey, so I needed to iterate as fast as possible, so I gave myself 24 hours to make a mistake. If I made a mistake on day 68, I could fix it on day 69, you know, and so I was creating, improving every single day until I became re…”
Appearances (2)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| Sharing the 2023 HIBT Lab Highlight Reel | Jan 4, 2024 | 9m |
| HIBT Lab! Nas Company: Nuseir Yassin | Apr 6, 2023 | 23m |