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On this episode Mickey Meyer, an America-born and Los Angeles-based little league baseball coach, producer and Oscar-winning network president in Hollywood, California, USA, reflects on his charmingly successful career in the media industry. We hear his path from humble beginnings as a runner to being a creator at the right place and right time during the early days of YouTube. Mickey is known for his groundbreaking work on the early stages of YouTube and a successful acquisition to Vox Media and his latest venture Group Nine Studios generated 8 billion monthly views across 40+ platforms reaching 80 % of Americans in their 20’s.
Episode 007 is recorded at an announcer booth of little league ballpark in El Segundo, Los Angeles, California on a pleasant Friday March evening.
Talks of imperfection is hosted by Risto Kuulasmaa, a Finnish-born and Amsterdam-based global marketing entrepreneur, media executive and rookie surfer, and enabled by Edita Prima, the kindest Nordic tech company, founded already in 1859, that orchestrates automated customer journeys to perfection.
Opening quote
“My parents always told me that I can do anything. As I’ve grown up there was moments of unwinding that, of realizing your own humanity.”
Chapters
1. The grandiose encounter with perfection. (00:01:46)
2. What’s your advice to young creators who strive for perfection? (00:01:58)
3. Holding the Oscar trophy in his hands. (00:04:51)
4. When did you first get into entertainment? (00:11:10)
5. Creators movement and rise of YouTube. (00:17:30)
6. How Mickey sees himself as a leader and what kind of leadership style he is practising. (00:22:34)
7. What's your take on success? What does success mean to you? (00:31:16)
8. As a coach, what is the role of failure in Little League? (00:36:52)
9. First step towards unlocking a much bigger version of Group Nine Studios. (00:44:26)
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