Freddie Wong

We founded RocketJump for two reasons: to provide quality entertainment and to reach as many different audiences as possible. ”

You have to figure out some way of making money without relying on video ads or people paying to download. ”

A user who essentially costs YouTube money has very little say. The way to have a say is to concretely support the creators and channels you watch directly by giving them money. ”

Shooting on location and dressing locations in Los Angeles is shockingly expensive, especially when you're talking about webseries-level budgets, so the opportunity to build our sets in YouTube's space gives us a lot more room in our budget in being able to create the world of 'VGHS' properly. ”

As you reach more people, there is a potential to make a living with what you are creating, and that's the goal. ”

I want to see more people push what it means to be a web show... because it's very difficult to make a living making those types of shows. ”

Hulu understood how much content costs. By remaining defensive, YouTube is losing various aspects of video - long-form, for example - to other companies. ”

If you can't answer the question 'What is VR adding to that experience?' - and it should be more than just a gee-whiz thing - then that project shouldn't be in VR. You're not taking full advantage of your medium. ”

We were looking for representation that was creatively and commercially in synch with our core DNA. The team at WME understands where we're going, and we're looking forward to taking our company to the next level with them by our side. ”

We are not frou-frou creative types. We have done both sides of the business and are constantly asking ourselves, 'How are we going to pay for this?' But the criteria is that it must fit with our world. ”