Buying Elon Musk a Couch, Talking Tesla, & Growing as a Niche YouTuber ft Ben Sullins

Nowadays anyone can become a "news outlet” by simply commentating on what’s new, what was just announced, or regurgitating what they read online, but to really stand out from the noise in a topic you’re interested in you need to bring a different slant to it.

In this episode I talk with Ben Sullins of Teslanomics about how he approaches covering Tesla and sustainable technology news using his years of experience as a data scientist.

We also discuss how & when to leave a day job behind, how he experimented on YouTube until something “popped”, how he makes money from his channel now, and the story behind how he bought Elon Musk a couch.

📕Chapters/Timestamps:

- 00:25 - Introduction
- 02:05 - Before Teslanomics
- 11:21 - Teslanomics
- 21:09 - Don't just quit your day job
- 29:16 - What Youtube content worked and what didn't
- 39:17 - Getting Noticed by Tesla
- 41:59 - Buying Elon Musk a Couch
- 48:43 - Income & Revenue Streams
- 53:19 - Re-branding a Channel
- 1:05:48 - Next 5-10 years of electric cars
- 1:17:13 - Future of self driving cars

Items mentioned in this episode:

* Teslanomics with Ben Sullins -
* Ben's Cybertruck Announcement Event Video -
* Ben's Tesla CyberTruck Ride Video -
* Tesla -
* Marques Brownlee -
Trello -
* Ben's Courses on LinkedIn Learning -
* Ben's Courses on Pluralsight -

📺 Watch Other Podcast Episodes:

* Episode 81 Sean McCabe -
* Episode 80 You're Doing it Wrong -

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