Asian Gang Members to YouTube Kings: JustKiddingNews interview

Sign up for free access to Karat Insights: https://link.trykarat.com/yt-insights ‪@JustKiddingNews‬ cofounders Bart Kwan and Joe Jitsukawa grew up working in gangs in the "pharmaceutical industry" - but wanted to be better and make good. In 2007 - they started the Just Kidding YouTube empire. 17 years later - despite fellow creators quitting & AdSense dropping - they're still going strong- and today share the secret to their success. ------------ Follow Karat at   / trykarat   Now available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/17My... Follow Eric Wei at   / erictway   Follow Bart Kwan here: ‪@BartGeo‬ ‪@barbellbrigade‬   / bartkwan   Follow Joe Jitsukawa here: ‪@JoeJitsukawa‬   / joejitsukawa   Follow JustKidding News here: ‪@JustKiddingNews‬   / justkiddingnews   -------------- 0:00 - Intro 2:09 - Troubled youth to YouTube stars 4:23 - Bart's special high school program 5:39 - How did Bart get KICKED OUT of military school 7:43 - Joe's story of being in a street gang at 15 11:19 - He went to college to buy w**d with financial aid money 11:51 - Why he decided to assimilate into society 16:20 - How would their lives be different if they had Youtube in High School 19:17 - How MMA brought them together 20:33 - Bart the “peacemaker”...who beat people up 23:49 - How he maintained a 4.0 GPA after being in a gang 24:26 - How Just Kidding Films started 25:50 - How did Bart shift from Marine Corp/Doctor to Youtube? 29:29 - How did Joe get to where he is now & shifting priorities to JK media 37:52 - When did they realize JK media was a business? 42:15 - Did money change their business? 42:48 - Their Youtube EMPIRE: Rise and Fall 50:17 - Their businesses outside of JK media 54:26 - How being a dad CHANGED him 57:02 - The unique experience all Asian Americans share 58:09 - Bart and his family relationship 1:03:54 - Struggling to fill a void in life 1:05:16 - Why have they stayed friends after all this time? 1:09:09 - Eric's strange relationship with his cofounder 1:10:31 - How they each drive each other crazy 1:14:11 - A moment when they needed each other 1:15:40 - What is the secret to their success