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HIBT Lab! Nas Company: Nuseir Yassin

How I Built This · 6 Apr 2023 · 44m

What this episode covers

Nuseir Yassin, founder of Nas Company, explains how he quit his software job at Venmo to film one minute of video daily for 1,000 days, growing Nas Daily to over 40 million followers. He details the operational discipline required to produce content globally and his strategic pivot from relying on his personal brand to building a scalable ecosystem including the community management software Nas.io and the creator education platform Nas Academy. Yassin discusses raising $23 million to fund this expansion and his long-term vision of creating a 'Virgin Group'-style conglomerate focused on bringing people together through technology and media.

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Companies
Nas Company, Venmo, U.S. Bank
Products
Nas Daily, Nas.io, Nas Academy
Tools
Final Cut Pro
Also
Harvard

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