Hank Green Quotes

As one of the first creators on YouTube, I've been fortunate to sit in the front row, witnessing the remarkable evolution of digital media. The experiences and knowledge I've been afforded are invaluable, and I'm excited to take that skill set, together with Endemol Beyond, to build a reliable, reputable business.

YouTube is akin to having my own network.

Your YouTube channel is your show. I think it's a wonderful platform for anyone who wants to have stronger creative control over their content, their message, their vision and their branding.

When we started doing YouTube, the goal was, hey, let's make stuff that we want to see, that entertains us.

I am a professional creator of online video and I have had that job since the moment of its existence. I'm also something of a professional advocate for, and follower of, online video.

I think the advent of things like YouTube have made it possible for creators to tell stories cheaply and efficiently and to have a built-in audience.

When we started out doing YouTube videos, I think we were very, very early on in terms of people doing a behind-the-scenes component.

We didn't join YouTube until late 2008 because when we first looked at it, honestly, I viewed them as a competitor. But then it grew to the point where if you wanted to be part of the conversation, you had to be on YouTube.

To me, mass media is when you are able to use a platform to reach an audience on a large, global scale, and I think YouTube has certainly achieved that and is still finding ways to bring a wider range of content to its audience.

The YouTube industry is quite alien to a lot of people.

Now we know that if we make a ten min video for YouTube, people will watch it.

The exciting thing about today with the Internet, streaming, and YouTube, is you can just go do it. You can go make a short and put it up, and it, very well, may be seen. You can create your own Internet series and just put it out there. It wasn't like that when I was in my 20s. People weren't doing this sort of thing - now they can and they should try it.

One of the hardest things to do when you launch a channel is find a voice.

TV has been my goal since before I started YouTube.

It's insanely difficult to ask an audience to go somewhere other than YouTube to watch videos.

I'd like to help other YouTubers.

If you could position the best platform media company around the world with the best content, we could get explosive growth.

'Content is King,' and with more screens needing entertaining content now than at any time in history, that statement is truer than ever.

YouTube can sometimes be really discouraging. When I first started doing it, I almost stopped doing it.

If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.

I was one of the first artists to have a YouTube account, if not the first. I joined two months after the site launched.

Babelgum has no ties to individual content owners and distributors, and as a result our editorial strategy is primarily 'user-centric.' That strategy ensures the platform satisfies the needs of a potentially infinite number of niche audiences around the world.

New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.

When Google reached out to me in 2011, they wanted me to build out their female lifestyle vertical. When they were starting with that initiative, they were giving each production house a million dollars to produce content.

When I first started YouTubeing, the idea was, 'Oh, YouTube is going to be a stepping stone to get to other places,' and I just totally don't agree with that. I think YouTube is amazing. The digital space is amazing.