The Colin and Samir Show

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Lessons from a Failed Pitch: dealing with nerves, comparison and imposter syndrome Nov 19, 2018

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This week Colin and I talk about a recent experience that turned out to be one of the most nerve-wracking experiences we’ve had in a while. It all revolves around a pitch for our show The Breakdown - and we’ll get into more specifics about the opportunity and the experience in the episode itself.

This podcast recording was actually the first time Colin and I talked about the experience and it led to a lot of interesting topics in our conversation. We talk about how each of us felt before, during and after the pitch experience, we talk about the concept of comparison and imposter syndrome and we even talk about morning routines and how we each try and set ourselves us for success in the mornings.

This is probably one of our most revealing podcasts - I think even we were surprised about where the conversation went.

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How to remain authentically You: The return of Jack Coyne Nov 12, 2018

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This week we are joined by Jack Coyne, who was actually the first person on the show. We dive into topics that affect us as online creators. The topics include the importance of writing, picking the right projects, advertising and the pressures that come with having an audience.

We love having Jack on the show and are excited that he is our first returning guest. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording.

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17 Year Old Entrepreneur and YouTuber, Jade Darmawangsa on being different and finding success online Nov 05, 2018

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Today on the Colin and Samir Podcast we’re joined by 17-year-old entrepreneur Jade Darmawangsa. Jade is a Digital marketer who has built a very impressive brand across all social platforms. Jade has a YouTube channel with 130,000 subscribers where she focuses on giving knowledge and tips on how to grow your business online.

Jade’s been on YouTube for almost 10 years, so she brings a really interesting perspective on utilizing YouTube to grow an audience and a company. We cover a bunch of topics on this episode, we talk about business, family and dealing with being different.

Jade is an entrepreneur, YouTuber, marketer, brand builder and all in all just an absolute hustler. I think you’ll really enjoy our conversation with Jade Darmawangsa

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Questions to ask yourself: Are you living the life you want to live? Oct 29, 2018

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This week on the Colin and Samir podcast, we take a look at ourselves and more specifically, we take a look at our lifestyle and how the work we’re doing everyday is leading us towards a life we want to live. As we started thinking about this topic I wrote down a bunch of questions to ask myself and eventually turned it into a worksheet that I printed out for both Colin and I to fill out and answer on our own.

After we answered them, we got together and reviewed our answers and In this podcast, we go over our answers and talk about what we learned by doing this exercise.

We’ve actually turned the worksheet into a PDF that you all can download, just go to Colinandsamir.com or check out our twitter @colinandsamir and we’ll have a link to download the worksheet if you are interested in doing it after you listen to the episode.

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Designing the life you want to live with Rachel and Daniel from Mango Street Oct 22, 2018

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Today on the Colin and Samir podcast, we are joined by our good friends, Rachel, and Daniel of Mango Street. Rachel and Daniel have created a very successful brand on YouTube through photography tutorials, films and a unique take on vlogs. They describe their channel with one simple line: “Photography Tutorials that Don’t waste Your time” Since they started the channel in January 2017 they’ve gained over 750,000 subscribers and a rapidly growing towards the 1 million subscriber mark.

On this podcast, we talk to them about their creative partnership and what it’s like to balance their marriage with their business. We also talk about Monetization and how they think about diversifying their revenue as online creators. We get into a lot of interesting topics about the concept of creation, the difference between passion projects and creative projects and we talk about our mutual love of the greatest television show of all time, The Office.

Tweet at them @mangostreetlab

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Why are we doing this? Answering the toughest question we've asked ourselves. Oct 15, 2018

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This week on the Colin and Samir podcast we ask ourselves one question - Why?

Why do we do what we do every day? This conversation was inspired by a Ted Talk from Simon Sinek called Start with Why. We have been doing a lot of thinking around our purpose as creatives and trying to better understand our own personal reasons why we want to make videos for a living. In this episode, we record an open and honest conversation about our choice to work together and take on a challenging and time-intensive career path.

I’m sure some of you have listened to Simon Sinek’s Ted Talk, but if you haven’t, definitely look it up on youtube - just type in Start with Why and it will come it - watch the 18 minute video, Colin and I liked it so much that we both ended up buying his book, Start with Why.

Let us know what you think about the episode and about Simon Sinek's talk, tweet at us @colinandsamir

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Yes Theory's Thomas Brag and Matt Dajer on working through uncertainty, dealing with lows and Saying Yes. Oct 08, 2018

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Today on the Colin and Samir Podcast, we’re joined by Thomas Brag and Matt Dajer from Yes Theory. This is an episode we’ve been wanting to record since we met the guys back in February.

Yes Theory is not only a YouTube channel with millions of subscribers, but a movement and a way of life. They believe that the best things in life come from putting yourself in uncomfortable situations and challenging yourself to say yes to more things in life. They spread that message across the world through the content the content they create and we can tell you first hand that they authentically live the message in everything they do.

If you haven’t checked out Yes Theory, we highly recommend you check them out on Youtube and see what they are all about, I can pretty much guarantee you’ll be hooked. When we first watched Yes Theory videos, we were instantly hooked and decided to challenge ourselves to meet them in 24 hours, which worked and we’ve been friends since.

On this episode we cover the early days of Yes Theory, the choices they made and the challenges they faced trying to get their idea off the ground. We were incredibly inspired while recording this episode and we think you will feel the same way after listening.

Check out Yes Theory: www.youtube.com/yestheory

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Candid thoughts on fame and early stage success on YouTube. Oct 01, 2018

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In this weeks episode, we are driving to the Grand Canyon to help out with The Jump. In case you missed it - Last week, Will Smith bungee jumped out of a helicopter because of our friends at Yes Theory.

While we were driving from Pheonix to Flagstaff Arizona, we turned on our mics and recorded one of our most vulnerable conversations to date. We talked about fame and what it means in the modern world. We also talked about some early stage success we've had with our new show, The Breakdown, and how that has affected us.

We hope you enjoy the conversation and please let us know if you have feedback for the show by tweeting at us @colinandsamir.

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18 Year Old Filmmaker Braxton Haugen on YouTube vs Film and Working with Colin and Samir Sep 17, 2018

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On this episode of The Colin and Samir Podcast, we’re joined by the youngest guest we’ve had on the show, Braxton Haugen. Braxton is a filmmaker and YouTuber based in Oregon, he has a long history of working in entertainment, more specifically in television. He’s 18 years old but as you’ll hear on this podcast, he’s wise beyond his years.

We met Braxton because he wrote an article about us, and it was so well written that we schedule a Skype call to learn more about him. On that call Braxton told us that if we ever needed help with anything, he’d fly out to LA and work with us…so a few weeks later Braxton landed in Los Angeles to help us with our new show, The Breakdown.

Over the past two weeks, we’ve put out 2 episode of the show and learned a lot about the production process. But the most important part of the experience was getting to know Braxton and learning how to collaborate, which turned out to be a seamless process.

He’s extremely talented, he's well spoken and we’re excited to introduce all of you to Braxton Haugen.

Braxton's YouTube channel: YouTube.com/BraxtonHaugen

Braxton's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BraxtonHaugen

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Brand building and struggling to stay consistent on YouTube Sep 10, 2018

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This week we talk about our new show, The Breakdown. We dive into how we are approaching our brand on YouTube and some of the struggles we've had in the past 2 years of staying consistent on the platform. Check out the first episode of The Breakdown on YouTube.com/ColinandSamir

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