EPISODE 15:  Caspar Lee is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and one of the first Youtubers. As one of the OGs of the social media generation, Caspar featured interviews with the likes of The Rock, Ed Sheeran, Zac Efron, Kevin Hart and Anna Kendrick. In 2019, Caspar decided do leave Youtube to focus on his businesses Margravine (Talent Management), Influencer.com (marketing platform), Proper Living and launch his own VC fund Creator Ventures. Caspar is a Forbes 30 under 30 lister and we talk about his beginnings, rise to success, burnout, Tourettes and how he started a VC fund as a creator. Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed this episode - it helps the channel get more great guests! Sequel: http://instagram.com/sequelxyz Gustaf: http://instagram.com/gltore Caspar: https://www.instagram.com/caspar_lee Check out our sponsors: - Cyberghost VPN (80% off): https://bit.ly/3JknGfd Topics 00:00 Intro 01:05 What Caspar thinks about Stockholm and how Caspar and Gustaf met 04:18 Beginnings 07:45 Getting 10 million views in every video 11:01 Growing up in South Africa, choosing LA vs UK 16:20 Growth hacks to get off the ground 21:04 Interviewing The Rock, Kevin Hart, Ed Sheeran, Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick and Maisie Williams 25:38 The income needed to be happy 27:30 Leaving YouTube and the realization that led to it 32:15 Best and worst part of fame and the fear of being canceled 38:02 Turning down TV opportunities 43:36 Business ventures: WME IMG, $20m VC fund, creator platform, management company 52:17 Are you happy now? 52:14 Are you coming back to become a creator? 55:11 Anxiety 56:23 Dealing with Tourettes syndrome 01:00:58 Who does Caspar go to for advice? And the risk with mentors 01:06:15 What would Caspar change? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices