A Brutally Honest Conversation about 100 Thieves

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Courage and Nadeshot are two of the founding members of esports and lifestyle company 100 Thieves. We speak with them about the ups and downs of the esports industry.

00:00 Intro
01:40 Thanks to Shopify
03:11 How 100 Thieves Started
09:46 How Money Ruined Esports
13:53 Barstool vs 100 Thieves
18:51 Where 100 Thieves struggled
21:30 Where 100 Thieves excelled
23:19 How Courage Joined 100 Thieves
27:55 The Problem with the Gaming Industry
31:51 The hardest 6 months of Nadeshot's Life
33:40 How Faze Banks saved Faze Clan
37:10 Dave Portnoy vs Nadeshot
42:19 Courage on creator burnout
44:55 100 Thieves Talent Contracts
45:28 Partnerships Business
46:08 How 100 Thieves Makes Money
54:00 Should 100 Thieves make its own games?
58:50 100 Thieves on Faze Clan's Impact
1:05:05 Was VC funding in gaming a mistake?
1:15:20 NadeShot almost quit 100 Thieves
1:19:38 What happened to Juvee?
1:23:40 Colin's advice for 100 Thieves and Faze
1:30:07 Losing $100 dollar deal
1:32:50 Nadeshot on stepping down as CEO

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We’re Colin and Samir, creators based out of Los Angeles California. We make videos about the creator economy, and the lessons we’ve learned over 10 years of being on YouTube. We also interview creators and try to get to the bottom of what’s working on YouTube and where the creator economy is headed.