How Chris Chann Gave Danny Duncan His Big Break

In this episode, we interview Chris Chann, OG YouTuber and Danny’s best friend. Chris has been making videos on YouTube since 2009 and made a name for himself in the skate community with his win at Battle of the Berrics in 2014 as well as viral videos such as “Returning A Pencil 15 Years Later” and many others. Chris helped Danny immensely early in his career by putting him in his videos and then eventually buying him a car so he could stay out in LA. Years later, Danny returned the favor and bought Chris a Tesla redeeming the “IOU” voucher he made when Chris bought him his car. Now, Chris is making videos while traveling the world and is still involved in the skating community. Thank you to Prize Picks for sponsoring this episode, see link here and use code "Danny": https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/DANNY About The Hosts: Danny Duncan is a top YouTuber with 7M+ subscribers and $150M+ in merch sales. He's also the co-owner of the popular frozen yogurt chain 16 Handles, founder of Good Sport, and Danny's Cream Pies. Jon Youshaei worked inside Instagram and YouTube for 8 years where he was Head of Creator Product Marketing before becoming a creator and journalist for Forbes, TIME, and more. 0:00 - 0:35 Intro 0:36 - 4:48 Danny and Chris early days together 4:49 - 5:17 Danny doing things for a shoutout from Chris 5:18 - 7:28 What first put Chris Chann on the map 7:29 - 14:42 Chris and Danny bought each other cars 14:43 - 15:03 Prize Picks 15:04 - 17:45 Chris and Danny bought each other cars (cont.) 17:46 - 19:29 How Chris started making money 19:30 - 20:44 Chris’s first viral video 20:45 - 22:37 Chris had a deal with Adidas 22:38 - 30:08 Working with brands 30:09 - 32:26 Danny almost had a shoe with Vans 32:27 - 34:31 Meeting important people randomly 34:32 - 35:40 Chris on his college degree 35:41- 38:00 Chris helped with friend with a project 38:01 - 40:30 Danny on doing other jobs besides YouTube 40:31 - 45:10 Chris and Danny double date story 45:11 - 46:00 Missing the grind 46:01 - 47:46 Scheduling videos for the future 47:47 - 48:00 Outro