Tyler Chou on LinkedIn: Mark Rober is the idol for most creators. Over 50M subs on YouTube… | 10 comments (2024)

2014: I left The Walt Disney Studios where I was the lead attorney on Saving Mr. Banks and Cinderella (live-action)2015: Left Hogan Lovells where I worked on billion dollar M&As2016: Left where I was on teams of Tom Hanks, Marisa Toemi, Ryan Murphy and Robert Rodriduez where I billed $1000/hr (I would be at $2000/hr now if I stayed in BigLaw)2019: Left Skydance as head of features business affairs where I led Gemini Man and Terminator: Dark Fate2020: Left BuzzFeed as the lead LA attorney in charge of the Creators Program, where I existed huge creators who now have million+ subs.2022: Started my YouTube channel and got to 30K within a year.2022: Attended VidSummit where I saw Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry hit 1M subs2023: Left a private equity firm and Hollywood to protect creators2023: Started my law firm dedicated to creators2023: Attend my first VidCon (asked my former colleague Eric Carreiro, Esq. for a discounted ticket code)2024: Spoke at NAB Creator's Lab on a great panel with Avi Gandhi Renee Teeley ⏩ and 2024: Speaking at Open Sauce TODAY in a fireside chat with Jim E. Lee COO of Mark Rober's YouTube channel and CrunchLabs2024: Giving my 1st keynote at VidCon in 10 days plus a panel with Avi Gandhi and a mentoring session with creators (3 separate talks)So grateful. Pinching myself.What's my why?To protect creators because there are companies in the space that take advantage and creators sign agreements that they shouldn't.To support a whole generation of kids to create for the beauty of creating so they never have to wait for a studio head to deem their story worthy of being told. And help them grow their channels into a legitimate business, to 7-figures faster by building on their own land, capturing and growing their email list, and starting a paid community. Plus launching products like courses and goods. Taking equity in brands vs being a one-off salesman where the ROI is bad for them and the brand.And thanks Jon Youshaei for the inspiration. Your post flowed better but I loved the format.If you'll be at Open Sauce today or Vidcon let me know, I'd love to see you.********Day 27/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended by Ana JunejaThis is changing my life by the way, I’ve gained over 900 new followers in the last 26 days. Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it’s humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024...please give me a follow! and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)I am speaking at Open Sauce today in a fireside chat with Jim Lee who is the COO of Mark Robert crunch labs and YouTube channel. I’m so excited! Session is at 1:40PM. 13 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited. Oh, if you have DM me here in LinkedIn and I have not responded. I apologize. I’m getting a lot of DMs. Please email me at tyler@tylerchoulaw.com. My emails are tracked by my assistant. DMs here are not tracked.

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What happens if a creator defames somebody in a video?That’s a better hook, but this was the original first sentence for this post:Do creators need Media Liability Insurance?Yes. That’s the post. Okay just kidding.Let’s break it down. I just spoke to an insurance broker about a policy for a big creator client of mine. 1M+ subs on YouTube. What is MLI? It’s something that I recommend to my Creator clients who are media companies creating content. The policy will protect the Creator from third-party liability claims from defamation, copyright infringement, plagiarism, and invasion of privacy. I have another client who tricked his way into a huge celebrity’s house and then filmed content about it, then came to me and asked me if he could release the footage. I told him no, but he’s probably going do it anyway so I put guidelines and bumpers around how to protect him. But if he had Media Liability Insurance and this big celebrity sued him, then the MLI would probably protect (indemnify) him from this invasion of privacy claim. A lawsuit is likely to happen here. Sigh. Come catch my keynote talk VidCon (6/29 at 1:30 Room 207CD in the Creator Track) and I will talk more about that client’s story. As well as share all the biggest mistakes are creators make when setting them up their businessesAnd when they are negotiating their brand deals and management agreements. As well as share all the tips on how creators can get to 7-figures faster. I’m also speaking with Avi Gandhi on another panel. Date and time in photos. ********Day 26/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended by Ana Juneja This is changing my life by the way, I’ve gained over 900 new followers in the last 25 days. Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it’s humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024...please give me a follow! and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)I am speaking at Open Sauce tomorrow in a fireside chat with Jim Lee who is the COO of Mark Robert crunch labs and YouTube channel. I’m so excited! Session is at 1:40PM. 15 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited. Oh, if you have DM me here in LinkedIn and I have not responded. I apologize. I’m getting a lot of DMs. Please email me at tyler@tylerchoulaw.com. My emails are tracked by my assistant. DMs here are not tracked.

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Death scrolling for social media is known to be detrimental to mental health. Tonight I joined a bunch of creators and mental health experts to talk about how creators can help open the dialogue around mental health wellness and creating mental health content. Also we as creators need to focus on our own mental health because content creation is a really tough profession. I said it. Content creation is a legitimate career and profession.Honestly, I’m having sort of a tough mental health week myself and I wasn’t going to go, but I’m so glad I went because I saw some old friends like Rob Ryan who I adore (we didn’t take a photo!) And new friends like Cassandra Bankson who is so smart and kind (BIG heart energy!). I am a huge fan! I bought my iRESTORE Laser (Freedom Laser Therapy) red light helmet because of her, and it has helped my hair to grow back! Kelsey Darragh who is such a badass and inspirational. Kelsey said that she wish she could make content about mental health all the time, but it doesn’t pay as well so we are bound to do brand deals that pay the bills. And we connected over being at BuzzFeed at the same time!!But if all of us creators could focus on making content about mental health and destigmatizing therapy, it would be a powerful movement.You in?Let me start. I have had years of therapy in my life, and I am so deeply grateful to my therapist who helped me leave an alcoholic ex-boyfriend after realizing that I could not save him. And helping me understand that my parents did the best they could. Even if that meant leaving me for two years in Taiwan without them and me thinking that they had left me forever.And 1000% if not for our couples counselor, my husband and I would not still be together. Thank you Shira Lazar and @thekinn for hosting. **********Day 25/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended by Ana Juneja This is changing my life by the way, I’ve gained over 800 new followers in the last 24 days. Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it’s humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024...please give me a follow! and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)I am speaking at Open Sauce on Friday in a fireside chat with Jim Lee who is the COO of Mark Robert crunch labs and YouTube channel. I’m so excited! Session is at 1:40PM. And!15 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited. Are you going? Let’s meet up!Oh, if you have DM me here in LinkedIn and I have not responded. I apologize. I’m getting a lot of DMs. Please email me at tyler@tylerchoulaw.com. My emails are tracked by my assistant. DMs here are not tracked.

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Do creators need managers?As we saw MrBeast leave Night Mediabehind, we are seeing that the biggest creators are bringing themanagement of their brand deals and sponsorship and in-house. But what about the smaller creators?I’ve handed my clients over to Jon Henson over at Underscore Talent Management and WME | William Morris Endeavor And they’ve been great. For creators to search for brands on their own would take hundreds of hours to figure out which brands actually have open campaigns or are open to working with social media creators.Find a good manager who believes in you and who cares about your future and helping you diversify your revenue streams. Then you’re golden. —————-Day 23/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended by Ana Juneja This is changing my life by the way, I’ve gained almost 800 new followers in the last 18 days. Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it’s humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024...please give me a follow! and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)19 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited. Will be at Open Sauce next week, just got confirmed that I will be speaking with Jim E. Lee who is the president and COO of CrunchLabs and Mark Rober. Are you going? Let's meet up.Oh, if you have DM me here in LinkedIn and I have not responded. I apologize. I’m getting a lot of DMs. Please email me at tyler@tylerchoulaw.com. My emails are tracked by my assistant. DMs here are not tracked.

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Do creators need managers?As we saw MrBeast leave Night Mediabehind, we are seeing that the biggest creators are bringing themanagement of their brand deals and sponsorship and in-house.But what about the smaller* creators?I've handed my clients (like Jenny Hoyos) over to Jon Henson over at Underscore Talent Management and another to WME | William Morris Endeavor And they've been great.For creators to search for brands on their own would take hundreds of hoursto figure out which brandsactually have open campaigns or are open to working with social media creators.Find a good manager who believes in you and who cares about your futureand helping you diversify your revenue streams.If you haven’t met Jon Henson, reach out…He’s the real deal Caring and brilliant.* by the way, when I mean smaller, I did not mean Jenny Hoyos is a small channel. She’s approaching 4 million in 2 years and she’s a rock.********Day 24/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended byAna Juneja This is changing my life by the way,I've gained almost 800 new followers in the last 18 days.Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it's humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024... please give me a follow!and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)18 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited.Will be at Open Sauce next week, just got confirmed that I will be speaking with JimLee who is the president and COO of CrunchLabs and Mark Rober.Are you going? Let's meet up

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16 years in Hollywood and I was often the only female executive.Of color.Now that I am in the creator space, I am happy to see more creators of color.Especially Asian creators. We were always taught to be quiet and so to see creators on camera and as talent...delights me.And fills me with hope that my kids will grow up and be able to create (or work) in a space filled with people who look like them.I am so honored to be on of the mentors of the Tower 28 Beauty, Inc. Clean Beauty Summer School (CBSS) supporting these amazing minority founders and creators. Thank you Amy Liu for inviting me into this wonderful community of beauty founders.CBSS is a 10-week virtual professional development program led by experts in the beauty space with the mission of accelerating the careers of minority founded beauty brands. We believe the world is a more equitable and beautiful space when all of our voices can be heard and represented.And although I am a creator, I have not ever received a gift from a brand. So I was tickled to receive a gift from Tower 28 Beauty, Inc. Thank you!

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Taylor Swift takes down Ticketmaster. I called it in November 2022 when her Eras tour launched to utter chaos.Now the Department of Justice is suing live nation to diverse Ticketmaster.It has taken them a year and a half to do the research and file the complaint as well as get the buy-in from 30 states plus the District of Columbia. I believe Live Nation has a monopoly over the live entertainment industry. What are your thoughts?I think this video is too educational and will likely not do well on YouTube. It’s a bit too wordy. I got to 30K subs on YouTube in a year so I have a good feeling about what does well and what doesn’t do well. Although all my videos on Taylor Swift tend to do better. Give me some feedback as I am trying to get back to consistent video content creation.********Day 22/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended by Ana Juneja This is changing my life by the way, I’ve gained almost 800 new followers in the last 18 days. Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it’s humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024...please give me a follow! and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)20 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited. Will be at Open Sauce next week, just got confirmed that I am a speaker.Are you going? Let's meet up.Oh, if you have DM me here in LinkedIn and I have not responded. I apologize. I’m getting a lot of DMs. Please email me at tyler@tylerchoulaw.com. I just hired an assistant who is helping me track emails. DMs here are not monitored as closely.

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I asked Ang Lee’s attorney:“What does Ang need?” I’ve been the lead attorney on 22 feature films.At Disney and Skydance. I ask the question most attorneys do not ask:“What does your client need?”“Ang needs money for the technology.He doesn’t care about flying first-classor if his wife visits the set.”This was super helpful. And allows me to close deals.That let me go back to Will Smith’s team and tell them:“We cannot give Will his normal $5M* perq package,We need to reduce it by $2M becauseAng needs it for his technology.”And actors like to help their directors out.So Will had a smaller perq package on Gemini Man.Find out what the other side needs. This applies to your clients every time they come to you with a problem with a question or a deal. I ask my clients all the time, what do you need from this call?Solve their problem, each time.Comes from my training as a performance coach.Listen deeply to understand what your clients need.I ask my creator clients, what do you want to do with your YouTube channel?“Do you want to make videos forever or do you want to exit?”The answer to that question, helps me to orientate every deal and agreement for that client.If s/he wants to exit, we approach deals differently.I will introduce this client to VCs who approach me daily.*Yes, the perq numbers were changed.And yes, many attorneys, lots of those in Hollywood just want to scream and be right.My goal is to close the deal and get my client what they want, I do not need to be right.16 years in Hollywood has taught meto not have an ego. ----------Day 21/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended by Ana JunejaThis is changing my life by the way, I’ve gained almost 800 new followers in the last 18 days. Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it’s humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024...please give me a follow! and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)21 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited. Will be at Open Sauce next week, just confirmed that I am a speaker.Are you going? Let's meet up.Oh, if you have DM me here in LinkedIn and I have not responded. I apologize. I’m getting a lot of DMs. Please email me at tyler@tylerchoulaw.com. I just hired an assistant who is helping me track emails. DMs here are not monitored as closely.

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$25,000 termination fee. Loan shark terms. Unable to break the contract. 50% taxes on the loans. 20% of your AdSense for getting you verified on Snap (that’s not a thing btw). Promises of creators tools and support that disappears after the first month.These are some of the terms that I encounter every single day in the creators economy.Creators call me often upset or scared because they’ve been screwed. Having been in Hollywood for 16 years, I’m shocked by the predators taking advantage of creators. This is why I left Hollywood and made it my life’s mission to protect creators. It’s slow. It’s one creator at a time. But it’s so meaningful. There are so few established Entertainment lawyers willing to do the work.Late at night, I lie awake and I miss my steady paychecks. Worried. But then I have creators who tell me sometimes in tears how grateful they are to me and that having me in their corner means the world. And by the way, those contracts that seem unbreakable? I just broke a huge one for one of my clients. It took a lot of phone calls and emails and I told the other side, let’s go. Let’s go to arbitration or court. I am not scared of you.********Day 20/90 posting on LinkedIn.Challenge extended by Ana Juneja This is changing my life by the way, I’ve gained over 700 new followers in the last 18 days. Wild and grateful!So many founders and CEOs are reaching out and it’s humblingHelp me hit:10,000 followers on LinkedIN in 2024...please give me a follow! and help me hit 100K subs on YouTube (currently at 31K)22 Days till I speak at VidCon, so excited. Are you going? Let's meet up.Oh, if you have DM me here in LinkedIn and I have not responded. I apologize. I’m getting a lot of DMs. Please email me at tyler@tylerchoulaw.com. I just hired an assistant who is helping me track emails. DMs here are not monitored as closely.Ana told me selfies do well on LinkedIn so I just grab whatever selfie is in my album.

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