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MADE: It seems like each of you have projects
outside of Dormtainment. What does a typical
week look like for you guys?
Cameron: Usually Monday through Friday, we
wake up around 10am and we all meet up to
discuss the business for the day or the week.
Sometimes it’s a skit. Sometimes it’s a project
outside of Dormtainment. It may be the podcast
for that day. It changes, that’s why we like it so
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much. It’s always something new and creative,
and it’s always on a week-by-week basis so we
never know. I can’t tell you what I’ll be doing in
two weeks because I never know.
MADE: What are some of your habits, either
individually or as a group, that have played a
role in the group’s success?
Cameron: As far as a group, we read a
lot of books on different subjects like self-
improvement, comedy books, business books.
We watch almost everything that’s on TV that we
find to be of quality like Atlanta, Insecure, Power,
Curb Your Enthusiasm—everything. We listen to a
lot of podcasts, we do a lot of research, so we’re
fully submersed into this culture of comedy and
trying to be the best we can be.
MADE: That was actually my next question.
What books have you read recently or what
podcasts are you listening to for personal
development?
Cameron: The books I’ve read lately—the 7
Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra,
Kevin Hart’s book (I Can’t Make This Up),
this is going to be funny, but Uncle Luke’s
book (The Book of Luke: My Fight For Truth,
Justice & Liberty City). I like to read a lot of
autobiographies too. As far as podcasts, I listen to
Brilliant idiots, I recently listened to two episodes
of Oprah’s podcast, Super Soul Conversations
and Joe Rogan’s podcast (The Joe Rogan
Experience). Amanuel put me on to that.
Rome: Another
good podcast is
NPR’s How I Built
This with Guy
Raz. I really like
that one because
everyone’s success
story is the same.
Well it’s not the
same, but as far
as them having
to go through a
certain struggle for
a certain period
of time. It’s just
interesting to hear
that.
Amanuel:
YouTube is the
biggest source for
information. I would say I go on YouTube every
day and I’m watching something and learning
something new. And it’s cool to see that you can
learn just about anything on there. The other day,
I was looking at what a quasar is, and then today
I just typed in twerk videos.
Cameron: I also read a lot of Medium articles.
I love Medium.com. That’s an amazing site for
information.
MADE: We love Medium too! Ok, I’m going to
switch gears a bit. How do you guys identify
business opportunities and what metrics do you
use to measure their viability?
Cameron: I would say it has to make sense
for our brand first. We’re not the type to just be
money hungry to do anything. It has to make
sense for the brand and that it satisfies our fan
base. At this point, we like to do things we’re
excited to do, and that will be our best work.
We don’t like to do anything that we’re not
necessarily excited about or in love with because
those projects usually don’t get your full passion,
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