Roshan Abbas
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 9, 2021 by Roshan Abbas · across every show →
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Aug 9, 2021 positive
Abbas: Guneet Monga sold struggling films to schools by pitching life-changing impact
“I remember Gunit Monga once saying that she had made a film that wasn't working, but she went to college principals and sold it to schools to view because she used to enter every place and said, this film will change your life.”
Aug 9, 2021
Abbas: Attention spans haven't shrunk; platforms optimized for existing behavior
“Attention spans were always low. It's not that it's a new phenomenon. It's just that people have started making good use of the fact that, oh, you don't want to watch something long? Watch it for 10 seconds on TikTok. Watch it for 30 seconds on Moj or, you kno…”
Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021 neutral
Abbas: Radio Demands Verbal Visuals, Television Focuses on Persona
“On radio, you learn how to be able to speak well, engage an audience, but there is no visual. So you start telling Stories in visuals a lot more. The minute you switch from that and you go on to television, you suddenly have to do a lot more about the persona,…”
Aug 9, 2021 bullish
Abbas: Frictionless discovery tools are the biggest prize in the creator economy
“You know, the gig economy will continue, but so will the creator economy. And my real big belief is that if you create enough tools, people who can build themselves, people will build themselves, you know, audiences, which can be a thousand or a million, and t…”
Aug 9, 2021 positive
Abbas: Evaluate founders by whether you'd still drink with them if they fail
“If you can't engage me, I think my bias as a communicator comes out saying you know, would I love to spend an evening with this person otherwise? Beyond the thing. What if it fails? Would I still like to spend that evening with you? Would I sit and have a drin…”
Aug 9, 2021
Abbas: The four stories every person must master to remain interesting
“I keep saying that every person must know an origin story, a turning point story, a failure story, and a success story, because if you don't have enough of these stories in your arsenal, then you're not going to be interesting.”
Aug 9, 2021 bullish
Abbas: Podcasting and audio expanded as a reaction to visual screen fatigue
“The other thing that's happened is when there is too much visual fatigue, audio picks up. Audio has picked up because there were certain places where you could not be distracted visually. So in your car, when you were driving, why was most audio consumed as dr…”