hey mojo holics i’m your host rebecca
and in this 16th episode of watchmojo
faq our CEO and co-founder ashcan
carvers fruition joins me to discuss the
feedback on dan’s new show topics and
the possibility of upcoming watchmojo
books movies game shows and more welcome
to watchmojo me as sometimes is our CEO
ashwell kamesh how are you nice to see
you that’s bad you looking cat attack
yeah I was on a red-eye from LA so if my
eyes look a bit red I did not smoke a
joint I’m just a bit tired but I’m fine
and I’m hearing let’s get the show on
the road alright last week you explained
how we handle rights and a user had I
think a very astute follow-up question
and living in Sparta I am NOT being
smartass I actually thought this was a
good question Andrea mgc asks does that
mean that sometimes you add companies or
clips in top 10 lists partially because
they’ve asked to be featured does that
factor into your decision to add one
company over another in your list and
then you replied absolutely not here to
expand yeah that is the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth no the
reason why we mentioned that media
companies send this stuff and ask us to
promote them is just to show that they
largely by all for all intents and
purposes support us and approve of what
we do however as you guys know you guys
determine what we produce to a large
extent and while it’s not the only
variable you guys altima tlie decide
what is on the list as well clearly we
research and then it’s rather objective
and empirical but in no way now
occasionally I would say we have 8,000
videos maybe 80 videos in our history so
a very small percentage have been
sponsored by someone but they don’t
necessarily impact what we feature on
them it just means that it’s a tie it
ties in with a given brand and they want
to promote something and then they
sponsored and we’re very transparent
you’ll see at this fact this video is
brought to you by someone the reality is
just to be very clear we turn down I
know sometimes I’ll read in the comments
like oh my god this was just a cash grab
you know what fair comment from
your vantage point we turn down 99
percent of the opportunity we turned out
999 out of a thousand opportunities that
are thrown our way because we don’t want
to insult your intelligence we feel
you’re in the driver’s seat this is
almost like your channel we’re like the
custodians as cheesy as it is so we
don’t want to mess it up and we feel the
same way that we can’t do a list and
botch it because you’ll call us out on
it if we were to kind of just try to you
know monetize and pour the channel for
lack of better word you guys will
butcher us you’ll show up with
pitchforks huh so so no not not at all
they don’t determine any of that stuff
all right moving right along last week
we launched the top x pilot and we
launched the watchmojo news series and
we touched on watchmojo news last week
in the show but you said that you’d go
through the feedback of topics episode 1
so what was the feedback I have some
feedback so like most of our videos
overwhelmingly you guys liked it which
is great but here’s the truth as much as
I’d like to think that you all tune in
and watch this watch will enjoy faq show
or your what’s your mojo show the
reality is like one percent one percent
of you actually care about these shows
which is a shame because this is where
you get to have like a greater say in
our future direction and you also get
like a sneak peek into what we’re gonna
be unveiling soon but since we had
relayed what topics was going to be
through these two shows to that one
percent a lot of you were a bit confused
you’re like why are we seeing Dan why is
he standing at this angle why are you
guys focusing so much on YouTube
channels why is this less scripted why
is it so pinion ated and you know what
the hell is going on here so a few of us
were moderating the channel and we were
quick to point out what we were trying
to accomplish which was it all started
again with you guys you made that
suggestion for top 10 movie critics on
YouTube a light bulb one and it got
uploaded a lot and a lot of people
shared it on social media a light bulb
went on that this could be possibly a
one-off but it could actually become a
series and then we tied it to other
feedback that we were getting over the
years such as once in a while would be
nice if something was a bit more
subjective once no we’d like to see the
host once in a while we’d like
you guys to engage with other YouTube
channels so we kind of like married this
all together and we took your feedback
and things that we were thinking of and
brought it all together but the main
point is it’s one video per week out of
forty two point five percent so you know
we’re not changing the recipe that you
guys made so successful that you told us
you loved so much you know 97.5 percent
of our videos will remain what they are
once a week we’re going to do this
different thing and that’s the reality
media companies change and evolve we
start off very horizontal and then we
became very focused on top 10
entertainment list and now we’re
starting to expand and who knows what
future forms of media will produce could
be books which we’re working on could be
TV shows could be movies could be lots
of things is that why you were in LA uh
yeah partly so um you know like I don’t
know if this is a haha thing but not a
shameless plug but like I’ve written a
couple books and I before starring
watchmojo I was working on a man you
screenplay for a movie and I was gonna
instead of starting watchmojo do this
movie it was basically like couple
college kids thinking of starting a
company together think of like a good
will hunting kind of vibe but and then
the second part was going to be they
start the business so it’s going to be
like madmen but like startup scene
setting in like the late 90s early 2000s
and then the third part of the trilogy
eventually was going to be like now the
businesses big Wall Street type where
there’s like drugs prostitutes exactly
like you saw the evolution that was
gonna be a trilogy but I only had enough
money to do one and I thought it was
gonna be really dumb if I make that bet
and then the movie flopped you know what
Rocky was fortunate Sylvester Stallone
he did that and it was a grand slam so
good for him but that’s usually the best
way to lose your money and your shirt so
instead we started watchmojo and the
idea was let’s produce all this content
build an audience and then over time we
can go and do books which we are now but
it won’t be the kind of books that i
published 10 years ago it’s going to be
books based on what makes sense to you
guys in the content we produce and
similarly I don’t know if that idea i
threw out there 10 years ago for the
movie is what makes sense for us but
imagine if we were to do a movie where
we tap into your wisdom and you guys get
to control like you guys could come up
with like a new breed
of super villains and superheroes and
you could even kind of like I mean we’d
have to give you choices so it doesn’t
become a farce but you guys kind of
determine the main superhero what are
what are his super strength and the main
villain and it’s kind of like you know
and then with all of you guys you we
could I mean we can do movie clubs
there’s a lot in the words like we’re
even working on a game show so it’s just
like why because we have a trivia
section that you guys actually engage
with and it makes sense now to have you
know to work on a game show so the
content evolves but we would never turn
our back to the top 10 list that you
guys come in love it’s just we got a lot
of feedback and we want you guys to give
us more feedback on the direction that
we should take and how we prioritize
things shotgun host of the game show I’m
just saying anyway that pretty cool but
yeah if you have no a lot of female no
there’s like the one there’s a the
weakest link lady so you would be a
pioneer I could be her I don’t know
anyway moving on one last thing and so
this is this has been watched show
number 16 we’ve done so if we’ve done 15
shows where we talked about a lot of
things merchandise the translators for
like adding subtitles and foreign
languages the localized versions so next
week we’re actually going to kind of
like it’s Judgment Day we’re gonna go
back and look at all those things and
give you an update some of those are
rather advanced like on top of t-shirts
we’re expecting a shipment of cups and
caps and other crap you guys said you
want so we’re going to do that for you
and you’ll see how we’re packaging it
together it’s kind of unique it’s not
crap it’s good stuff but there’s some
stuff that are taking a bit longer to
get off the ground but we still want to
give you an update and be honest and
give you like us give ourselves a score
for where every initiative is that and
hope you tune in alright turn in thanks
for watching that’s all for this week
thanks for watching and tune in tomorrow
for me and Dan on what’s your mojo
you
and in this 16th episode of watchmojo
faq our CEO and co-founder ashcan
carvers fruition joins me to discuss the
feedback on dan’s new show topics and
the possibility of upcoming watchmojo
books movies game shows and more welcome
to watchmojo me as sometimes is our CEO
ashwell kamesh how are you nice to see
you that’s bad you looking cat attack
yeah I was on a red-eye from LA so if my
eyes look a bit red I did not smoke a
joint I’m just a bit tired but I’m fine
and I’m hearing let’s get the show on
the road alright last week you explained
how we handle rights and a user had I
think a very astute follow-up question
and living in Sparta I am NOT being
smartass I actually thought this was a
good question Andrea mgc asks does that
mean that sometimes you add companies or
clips in top 10 lists partially because
they’ve asked to be featured does that
factor into your decision to add one
company over another in your list and
then you replied absolutely not here to
expand yeah that is the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth no the
reason why we mentioned that media
companies send this stuff and ask us to
promote them is just to show that they
largely by all for all intents and
purposes support us and approve of what
we do however as you guys know you guys
determine what we produce to a large
extent and while it’s not the only
variable you guys altima tlie decide
what is on the list as well clearly we
research and then it’s rather objective
and empirical but in no way now
occasionally I would say we have 8,000
videos maybe 80 videos in our history so
a very small percentage have been
sponsored by someone but they don’t
necessarily impact what we feature on
them it just means that it’s a tie it
ties in with a given brand and they want
to promote something and then they
sponsored and we’re very transparent
you’ll see at this fact this video is
brought to you by someone the reality is
just to be very clear we turn down I
know sometimes I’ll read in the comments
like oh my god this was just a cash grab
you know what fair comment from
your vantage point we turn down 99
percent of the opportunity we turned out
999 out of a thousand opportunities that
are thrown our way because we don’t want
to insult your intelligence we feel
you’re in the driver’s seat this is
almost like your channel we’re like the
custodians as cheesy as it is so we
don’t want to mess it up and we feel the
same way that we can’t do a list and
botch it because you’ll call us out on
it if we were to kind of just try to you
know monetize and pour the channel for
lack of better word you guys will
butcher us you’ll show up with
pitchforks huh so so no not not at all
they don’t determine any of that stuff
all right moving right along last week
we launched the top x pilot and we
launched the watchmojo news series and
we touched on watchmojo news last week
in the show but you said that you’d go
through the feedback of topics episode 1
so what was the feedback I have some
feedback so like most of our videos
overwhelmingly you guys liked it which
is great but here’s the truth as much as
I’d like to think that you all tune in
and watch this watch will enjoy faq show
or your what’s your mojo show the
reality is like one percent one percent
of you actually care about these shows
which is a shame because this is where
you get to have like a greater say in
our future direction and you also get
like a sneak peek into what we’re gonna
be unveiling soon but since we had
relayed what topics was going to be
through these two shows to that one
percent a lot of you were a bit confused
you’re like why are we seeing Dan why is
he standing at this angle why are you
guys focusing so much on YouTube
channels why is this less scripted why
is it so pinion ated and you know what
the hell is going on here so a few of us
were moderating the channel and we were
quick to point out what we were trying
to accomplish which was it all started
again with you guys you made that
suggestion for top 10 movie critics on
YouTube a light bulb one and it got
uploaded a lot and a lot of people
shared it on social media a light bulb
went on that this could be possibly a
one-off but it could actually become a
series and then we tied it to other
feedback that we were getting over the
years such as once in a while would be
nice if something was a bit more
subjective once no we’d like to see the
host once in a while we’d like
you guys to engage with other YouTube
channels so we kind of like married this
all together and we took your feedback
and things that we were thinking of and
brought it all together but the main
point is it’s one video per week out of
forty two point five percent so you know
we’re not changing the recipe that you
guys made so successful that you told us
you loved so much you know 97.5 percent
of our videos will remain what they are
once a week we’re going to do this
different thing and that’s the reality
media companies change and evolve we
start off very horizontal and then we
became very focused on top 10
entertainment list and now we’re
starting to expand and who knows what
future forms of media will produce could
be books which we’re working on could be
TV shows could be movies could be lots
of things is that why you were in LA uh
yeah partly so um you know like I don’t
know if this is a haha thing but not a
shameless plug but like I’ve written a
couple books and I before starring
watchmojo I was working on a man you
screenplay for a movie and I was gonna
instead of starting watchmojo do this
movie it was basically like couple
college kids thinking of starting a
company together think of like a good
will hunting kind of vibe but and then
the second part was going to be they
start the business so it’s going to be
like madmen but like startup scene
setting in like the late 90s early 2000s
and then the third part of the trilogy
eventually was going to be like now the
businesses big Wall Street type where
there’s like drugs prostitutes exactly
like you saw the evolution that was
gonna be a trilogy but I only had enough
money to do one and I thought it was
gonna be really dumb if I make that bet
and then the movie flopped you know what
Rocky was fortunate Sylvester Stallone
he did that and it was a grand slam so
good for him but that’s usually the best
way to lose your money and your shirt so
instead we started watchmojo and the
idea was let’s produce all this content
build an audience and then over time we
can go and do books which we are now but
it won’t be the kind of books that i
published 10 years ago it’s going to be
books based on what makes sense to you
guys in the content we produce and
similarly I don’t know if that idea i
threw out there 10 years ago for the
movie is what makes sense for us but
imagine if we were to do a movie where
we tap into your wisdom and you guys get
to control like you guys could come up
with like a new breed
of super villains and superheroes and
you could even kind of like I mean we’d
have to give you choices so it doesn’t
become a farce but you guys kind of
determine the main superhero what are
what are his super strength and the main
villain and it’s kind of like you know
and then with all of you guys you we
could I mean we can do movie clubs
there’s a lot in the words like we’re
even working on a game show so it’s just
like why because we have a trivia
section that you guys actually engage
with and it makes sense now to have you
know to work on a game show so the
content evolves but we would never turn
our back to the top 10 list that you
guys come in love it’s just we got a lot
of feedback and we want you guys to give
us more feedback on the direction that
we should take and how we prioritize
things shotgun host of the game show I’m
just saying anyway that pretty cool but
yeah if you have no a lot of female no
there’s like the one there’s a the
weakest link lady so you would be a
pioneer I could be her I don’t know
anyway moving on one last thing and so
this is this has been watched show
number 16 we’ve done so if we’ve done 15
shows where we talked about a lot of
things merchandise the translators for
like adding subtitles and foreign
languages the localized versions so next
week we’re actually going to kind of
like it’s Judgment Day we’re gonna go
back and look at all those things and
give you an update some of those are
rather advanced like on top of t-shirts
we’re expecting a shipment of cups and
caps and other crap you guys said you
want so we’re going to do that for you
and you’ll see how we’re packaging it
together it’s kind of unique it’s not
crap it’s good stuff but there’s some
stuff that are taking a bit longer to
get off the ground but we still want to
give you an update and be honest and
give you like us give ourselves a score
for where every initiative is that and
hope you tune in alright turn in thanks
for watching that’s all for this week
thanks for watching and tune in tomorrow
for me and Dan on what’s your mojo
you
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