A Brutally Honest Conversation about 100 Thieves

Start your business today at http://shopify.com/colinandsamir 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 COLIN AND SAMIR’S NEWSLETTER 📫 125,000+ read our free newsletter that breaks down the business of creators. Sign up: https://bit.ly/publish-press ASK US A QUESTION ❔ We answer questions from creators every Sunday in our newsletter. Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/publish-creator-support LISTEN TO THE SHOW iTunes: https://apple.co/2K1pYhu Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OnTmBC GET IN TOUCH 🌍 Our website: www.colinandsamir.com 🌍 Work with us: ColinandSamirTeam@unitedtalent.com JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 📡 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/colinandsamir 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/colinandsamir 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColinandSamir 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colinandsamir ABOUT US 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.