The Hastings Harvest

Eric Wei ( @erictway  ) is the Co Founder of Karat Financial, A company that helps creators and influencers with their very own credit card, taxes, and bookkeeping. The company has raised over $30M from from Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator, and previous founders/CEOs from Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube. Before Founding Karat, he worked at Instagram and Facebook, and graduated from Harvard University. In this podcast, we go over why formal education (and a perfect SAT score) doesn't translate well to the real world, how his competitiveness formed due to a lack of validation, learning to untie your self worth to external accomplishments, improving communication skills and making friends, and why he started his financial company.

David ( @howtobeast  ) is an entrepreneur and YouTuber with over 1.2 million subscribers. He is the founder of the "EDGE" clothing line, the Beastly Fitness App, and now, GAINS CLUB fitness supplements. In this podcast, we go over his early days with Computer Science (and what that taught him), the importance of building wealth slowly, keeping your passion going even after you reach success, tips for improving on YouTube, losing relatability, the pros and cons of self improvement's new popularity, traditional Masculinity vs modern Masculinity, and much more...Follow David here:https://youtube.com/howtobeasthttps://instagram.com/howtobeast

Amir Odom (@amirxodom) is a public speaker committed to providing objective truth, and giving people the tools they need to rationally share their opinion. He initially started to gain traction for his more conservative takes on his instagram, which eventually led to him meeting President Trump, and participating in a Prager U video on YouTube that now has over a million views, which might surprise many of you since he is both black and gay. But only a couple years ago, Amir was the complete opposite. He was a very left leaning, BLM supporter who had his world shaken up after just a few instances in his life.  Today, I talk to him about:  His upbringing and how his failed suicide attempts changed him  What made him start leaning more towards the conservative side of the political spectrum  How he has handled criticism throughout his life  Why critical thinking is dying  Why I disagree with some of his political beliefs  My New Podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thehastingsharvest

Matt Vs Japan is a YouTuber and Cofounder of the Refold website, a language learning roadmap that teaches people how to make language fluency straightforward, fast and fun. His YouTube channel consists of interviews and tutorials on how to master learning any language, but specifically as his name might suggest, the japanese language. He has now achieved near native level fluency in Japanese using his teaching methods, one of which includes simply just watching anime. In this podcast, we talk about: Matt’s rough experience living in Japan for the first time (and how it changed him) How language shapes your perception of the world The “refold” strategy to learning any language effectively How he stays disciplined and what keeps him motivated to learn more Follow Matt: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MATTvsJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattvsjapan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattvsjapan_/?hl=e

TheTalentlessWriter is an animation YouTuber with over 345,000 subscribers. He has been making animation videos for 6 years on his channel, where he makes short storytime/trending comedy related videos. In this podcast, we talk about: His journey with self help Why he dropped out of college and tried to become a game developer The keys to his success on YouTube How he created a cult of bird profile pictures on YouTube Follow Dimitri here: https://youtube.com/c/TheTalentlessWriter https://instagram.com/thetalentlesswriter

Hamza Ahmed (@hamza97x) is a YouTuber, Entrepreneur and self-proclaimed Cult Leader who has amassed over 385,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. His story of self improvement and getting into YouTube is strikingly similar to mine, but the way in which he conducts his teachings can be described as….polarizing. In this podcast, we go over: His degenerate days If he’s considered going vegan His 3 most impactful self help habits Why I don’t like the fact that he calls his channel a “cult” Follow Hamza: https://www.youtube.com/c/Hamza97 https://instagram.com/hamza97x

R.C. Waldun is a writer and YouTuber with 195,000+ subscribers. In his videos, he shares insights on storytelling, creativity, reading and writing. I stumbled upon his videos one day through YouTube recommended, and decided to reach out to him to join me in a podcast episode. In this episode, we go over: - His beef with waking up at 5am - The disconnect between YouTubers and their audience - Journaling tactics to improve your storytelling - Why getting your heart broken is one of the best things you can do Find R.C. here: https://www.youtube.com/c/RCWaldun https://www.instagram.com/r.c.waldun/ To get the vegan supplements I mentioned, click this link:https://bit.ly/3MCmxiU And use code "COLE10" at checkout for 10% off

Pat McAuley is a vegan triathlete and entrepreneur based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is most commonly known for his ted talk titled “A Plant Based Diet Changed My Life”, which has been viewed over 1 million times on YouTube. He now runs an all vegan pub in Boston called "Plant Pub" which is designed around the casual, laid back vibes of a pub, but with a vegan spin (which you rarely ever see), and hosts a podcast called the “Eat Green Make Green” podcast. In this podcast, we talk about How a plant based diet cured his asthma and arthritis (and what his diet looked like before) How to educate/influence people to adopt a plant based diet His favorite smoothie recipe His early entrepreneurial fails The best way to start/succeed on your entrepreneurial journey Show notes: Follow Pat: @eatgreenmakegreen Best website to educate yourself on veganism: https://nutritionfacts.org/

Jordan Welch is a 23 year old entrepreneur, digital marketer, and YouTuber. He has built many dropshipping businesses over the years and now makes over $100,000 a month. Jordan also documents his dropshipping/entrepreneurial journey on his YouTube channel, where he has many helpful videos for those looking to get started with this type of business. In this podcast, we go over: - His first entrepreneurial ventures as a 12 year old - Why he started his YouTube - His daily routine - How lifting weights relates to business (and why he’s plant based) - The core principles of standing out in dropshipping Follow Jordan: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5deKm1RRbcoUIuLuSCFprg https://www.instagram.com/jrdn.w/

Adam Kellerman is a digital artist, entrepreneur, videographer, photographer, and creative. He is someone who I met through Nick Ciavarella who has already been on this podcast. Adam owns the sneakershop the cellar in Buffalo NY and also runs his own studio called project 816 which he rents out to people looking to do videography and photography work. In this podcast, we go over: His early entrepreneurial failures The effect never graduating high school had on him How to get good at (pretty much) anything How to deal with stress Why you might want to quit your job to go full time into entrepreneurship Follow Adam and his studio: @akxadam @project.816