I quit grad school to do chemistry in my garage: NileRed’s story

If you want to learn more creator stories - check out our newsletter! : https://news.trykarat.com If you're a creator - try Karat's new Insights tool for free! https://link.trykarat.com/yt-insights It analyzes your stats to calculate how much you're making from content - and how much more you could be based on what your competitors are doing Before he was a rogue super scientist making uranium glass in his garage, NileRed loved playing with firecrackers with his dad. Now he has over 12 million followers across all platforms. Learn his origin story on the Karat podcast. ------------------------------------ Learn more about Karat at https://www.trykarat.com Follow Karat at   / trykarat   Follow Eric at   / erictway   Follow NileRed at ‪@NileRed‬ ‪@NileBlue‬ ‪@NileRed2‬ https://www.instagram.com/nile.red/?h...   / nilered2   -------------- 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - The reason why NileRed became a YouTube chemist 11:58 - NileRed almost went into filmmaking instead of chemistry 15:56 - Why NileRed does all the production on his own 27:27 - How NileRed was ALMOST a doctor 39:55 - Balancing creativity with business 45:22 - How money has changed Nigel 55:21 - Why Nigel NEEDS to see a therapist 01:00:28 - How YouTube helped Nigel become confident 01:06:20 - The reason Nigel HATES being a celebrity