Posts tagged leveraged creator
Start betting on yourself

Tara and I just released our first romantic comedy series on YouTube. I directed it. She stars in it. It’s not perfect, and it’s not for everyone. But we committed, bet on ourselves, and shipped the thing that lived in our heads into the real world. Here’s what happened when we did.

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How we turned a viral sketch into a pitch for a TV series

A few months ago, Tara and I had a budget airline sketch go viral, and this week we’re pitching a TV series based on it. It’s a real-world example of how permissionless leverage works: build something online first, then use that momentum to attract permissioned leverage later. This is how we turned a sketch into proof of concept, an audience into an asset, and views into a defensible TV pitch.

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