EP. 61 - He’s saving YouTube from MrBeast & the algorithm: Max Reisinger interview [VIDEO]

@MaxReisinger will save YouTube. At age 18, he cofounded the YouTube New Wave -a movement focused on telling powerful stories that are anti-algorithm and anti-clickbait - with friends like @RyanNgFilms @nataliexlynn @wholesomesimon At age 20, he’s now helped raise over $200K from brands like Polaroid & Notion to support the New Wave while documenting his life growing up thru YouTube. Today, Max shares his story on what’s wrong with YouTube, how to do business in a human way, and how to create good art. ---------------------------------------------- Learn more about Karat at https://www.trykarat.com Follow Karat at https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/?hl=en Follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/erictway/?hl=en Follow Max at @MaxReisinger https://www.instagram.com/maxbrsee/ -------------------------------- 00:00 - Introduction 01:24 - Making my life a documentary 02:14 - Unhappy with who I was 03:25 - YouTube NEEDS to CHANGE 06:46 - What is good art? 08:30 - I'm an entrepreneur not an artist 09:49 - How to purify YouTube 11:47 - The luxury most artists have 12:54 - This 20yr old ran FOUR businesses 13:44 - Business is an art 16:30 - Casey Neistat hit me with magic fairy dust 17:34 - My ultimate dream: stay at home dad 19:00 - Money is just pieces to a puzzle 19:58 - Perspectopia: wearing my OWN world 21:53 - Life of a lonely creator 23:31 - Trading crypto in high school 24:05 - I hit rock bottom in France 24:24 - How I bettered myself 26:12 - I edited the perfect version of myself 28:20 - The struggles of editing my own videos 31:01 - Going to therapy to understand myself 33:01 - YouTube is my public journal 33:47 - How I'm seen online vs IRL 36:28 - Why I post my struggles over my success 38:43 - The need to share my vulnerable side 40:03 - Starting my own agency 42:35 - My businesses started by accident 45:24 - What I look for in any relationship 46:33 - Finding friends in any industry 47:06 - Feeling seen in the content world 49:02 - What I want my story to be