Cody Ko On Building A YouTube Empire, Partying With Elon & Stand-Up Comedy (#503)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 3, 2023

Duration

58m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - Episode 503: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) sits down with Cody Ko (https://twitter.com/codyko) to talk about building the viral app I’d Cap That, his +$1M YouTube empire & partying with Elon Musk. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:00) I’d Cap That hits #1 in the App Store (9:00) App developer to content creator (13:00) 1M views overnight (17:00) How to crush live shows (23:00) Get better at your craft (36:00) Tiny Beat Gang and making music videos (44:00) Frozen S’mores, Shark Tank for Creators, AI Thumbnail app (51:00) Going to Elon Musk’s house party — Links:

• Vine - https://vine.co/
• Cody Ko YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/codyko
• That’s Cringe - https://tinyurl.com/2adyejay
• Cody’s Run Club - https://www.ko-official.com/
• Living with a Seal - https://tinyurl.com/wdjkj2je
• Marquis Jetset - https://www.marquisjetset.com/
• Tiny Meat Gang - Keep Ya D*ck Fat (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - https://tinyurl.com/559w6pve
• Tiny Meat Gang - Super Xan (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - https://tinyurl.com/57ks7yat
• Tiny Meat Gang - Broke B*tch - https://tinyurl.com/pz8jya2p

— Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents.

— Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur/investor.

• Cody Ko

  guest

  YouTuber, comedian, and co-founder of Tiny Meat Gang (TMG).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Shaan Puri and Cody Ko, Cody Ko On Building A YouTube Empire, Partying With Elon & Stand-Up Comedy (#503) explores Cody Ko on viral apps, creator grind, live shows, and AI Cody Ko recounts how he taught himself iOS development in college, built the viral caption app “I’d Cap That,” and navigated monetization through acquisition, paid versions, and sequels.

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