It's a wrap! Season 1 of our A-Team Mini Series has come to an end. In this episode, we share some behind the behind the scenes along with Cory (our video producer). This was filmed back in May 2023 and so much has evolved since we filmed this already. When we filmed this, we were just starting out on YouTube, had no idea what our channel would turn into. At this stage, we hadn't pitched any sponsors so far, but knew there was a way we could partner with software companies and share some of our Top Picks with viewers of the podcast. Listen in to our conversation around our hopes for this channel, what we don't want it to turn into and some of our motivations for creating the mini-series in the first place!

P.S. Leave us a comment if you want us to record an updated behind the scenes with our learnings from securing sponsors, editing, posting, and figuring out our business model around this channel!

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ALL EPISODES 🎥
• EP. 0:    • Getting Married to Invest in Startups...  
• EP. 1:    • I Proposed to my Co-Founder 💍 (her re...  
• EP. 2:    • I gave the Motion App Founders $35k a...  
• EP. 3:    • We spent our entire salary for a year...  
• EP. 4:    • 1,000 Days of Business Partnership (W...  
• EP. 5:    • Become An Angel Investor In 54 Minutes  
• EP. 6:    • We tried investing in Arc Browser (Wh...  
▶ EP. 7:    • Behind The Scenes: Everything We Lear...  

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The Stories (Timestamps):
0:00 - Intro
‍0:45 - What it's like having a video producer
‍3:03 - Finding our video producer
‍4:11 - Experience with content creation
‍4:49 - Austin freeze 🌨️
‍5:42 - Talking YouTube
‍7:14 - Filming setup
‍10:57 - What will this podcast turn into?
‍14:52 - Podcast was YEARS in the making
‍17:50 - Pivoting Efficient App
‍18:59 - Bad Sponsorships
‍20:10 - Our approach to sponsorships
‍21:39 - Copper CRM (Sponsor)
‍22:56 - Talking sponsorships (Part 2)
‍23:50 - Podcast FEARS
‍24:45 - Building in public
‍27:03 - Making $3k so far
‍27:45 - Figuring out business model
‍29:30 - Affiliate Revenue Earnings $$$
‍30:37 - Creating Affiliate Programs
‍32:31 - Challenges with affiliate programs
‍34:28 - Secret 🤫
‍35:11 - Our affiliate program
‍25:36 - Affiliate vs Referral
‍38:01 - Risks with referrals
‍40:47 - Referring services vs software
‍43:15 - Our wedding was less prep

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