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Opinion
Ian Blair: College is increasingly irrelevant due to AI and YouTube
“I think, you know, college is just less and less relevant today. You know, I don't think it's getting any better with you know, AI and just how much you know, the knowledge is essentially just democratized on the internet. You can learn anything on YouTube at …”
Ian Blair Nov 20, 2024 ▶ 8:17 How Ian Blair Jumped From Building Apps to Selling Laundry Sauce With Acquire.com
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Naveen Arun: Content creators launching products will define new startup culture
“Content is going to be the new startup culture. Content creation, YouTube, Instagram. People who are I mean, if you see already a lot of followers, you know, these content readers are going to start products.”
Naveen Arun Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 44:40 Why is lifestyle the next big thing? | Startup Stories Uncut | Episode 1
Disclosure
Elgazar: Cold outreach to influencers yielded an 80 percent response rate
“I think I've sent like maybe 15 to TikTokers on TikTok, and like, 10 requests, 15 requests on YouTube, and the response rate was like 80%, which is pretty awesome.”
Itai Elgazar Sep 16, 2025 ▶ 5:33 The Secrets Behind This Bootstrapped AI App Life-changing Exit
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Lobo: Bi-weekly webinars drove 60,000 subscribers and 2M YouTube views
“I never thought like these webinars that we do to a two X a week would contribute so much to adding like 60,000 subscribers in two years, but it did because we're doing two X a week at every time there's hundreds and hundreds more people coming. And then it dr…”
Lloyd Lobo Jul 12, 2022 ▶ 25:41 Startup Acquisition Stories with Lloyed Lobo - Founder of Boast.ai and Traction
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