Even putting the obvious problems aside, I have no clue from this video or from the channel itself what we'd even be "investing" in. It's a YouTube channel, nothing is particularly unique about it to justify anyone other than the actual creators investing money into it for the purpose of eventual profit. If you're saying we should invest in the metaverse, any talk about investing and profit is so insanely premature.


granted, if this is legit and clean. I think its a great way for future creators to involve their audiences in a way that hasnt been done before


You guys produce AMAZING content.  Youtubers do seem to be getting squeezed financially.  Creative thinking about this problem is laudable.  I'd advise against this particular approach.  Even small investors can sue you if you make decisions that may harm their position.  <br>Maybe the plan will work.  Youtubers are already selling their content outside of YouTube for additional income.  One of those outlets may be worth exploring.

You guys produce AMAZING content.  Youtubers do seem to be getting squeezed financially.  Creative thinking about this problem is laudable.  I'd advise against this particular approach.  Even small investors can sue you if you make decisions that may harm their position.
Maybe the plan will work.  Youtubers are already selling their content outside of YouTube for additional income.  One of those outlets may be worth exploring.


I feel like the way this business move will play out will be deserving of a Disrupt video about it.


Sad to see this happen. This channel has produced some of my favorite videos. Hope you stay afloat, but it doesn’t look like you’re going down Path A.


After putting the pieces together now, I somewhat see the timeline. I'm assuming Disrupt was always about becoming its own stand-alone streaming platform, which at the time of channel's launching, made sense since everyone and their mother on this platform had one or was putting out sponsored content on one. Disrupt+ launched and unfortunately streaming was oversaturated by then, and turning the free content into a meager drip-feed on here didn't foster into attracting subscribers over yonder. Now that tech is bombing overall, be it streaming or software platforms from Google to Meta performing hiring freezes, layoffs, or underperforming on the stock market, a last ditch effort to square up the bill for a former LLC member was launched, most likely based on the value of his services which I'm assuming were based on whatever speculation was given to Disrupt+ at the time.  Now, we're to somehow believe a channel that's already defaulted on a legal obligation and has only grossed $200K last year prior to expenses and liabilities is valued at $10.7M. It's not a scam necessarily, just seems like a once-reputable channel of amazing content trying to pull the wool over its fans' eyes for bad business decisions in the hopes that they effectively donate to shore up for the consequences.


This seems like a good donation premise but a Terrible "Investment". Just be wary of that if you are to buy in. Any other channel would straight up look like a scam, as well.


Disrupt makes amazing content and has incredible potential, but as of right now ain't no way the company values itself at 10,7M$ lmao


Upload more, engage with your audience, start a Patreon, get sponsors. There are so many things to do that will help your channel with monetization.


i love this channel and its content, i just hope this doesnt go wrong


I love this channel so much but I've seen others try something similar to this and go down harsh. I will support the channel but not by investing.


Just looking at the balance sheet, valuation, and financials, this is a terrible investment. Great YouTube channel. Terrible investment.

Honestly I don't think it's a great channel either his editing are so distracting and unnecessary it makes a lot of content hard to enjoy. I've subscribed for years but only ever finished like 5 of his videos.

@Silverporium There is no chance of a net positive. Jak himself said you wont see returns over a few cents for multiple years.

Investing in a YouTube channel, or any social media account at all is literally gambling, but the chances of getting a net positive are even worse.

Yeah I was looking at that to. I would have a hard time wanting to investing in a YouTube channel to begin with because of how quickly things change on here

Unfortunately, even for the long term I still think it’s a terrible investment..


Wow, okay. Watched the first minute and thought it sounded interesting, seeing as I'm a huge fan of the channel, then scrolled down. Did not expect to find this!

Edit: The criticism definitely sounds fair. He seems to be going about this the right right way at least, since he's not accepting any money at this time and just trying to gauge interest. Hopefully we see a follow-up discussing the feedback he's received in the comments!


Quite meta to be laying the groundwork for being the subject of one of your own future videos, 'This guy stole $500,000'.

A video his former partner will make when he sues them into the ground and regains control of the channel.


Never thought I’d see a YouTube channel stock listing 😂 it’s both amusing and scary


Although your videos are produced immensely well. There was always something about this channel that left a sour taste in my mouth… and that’s been confirmed with this.


i like the idea of this! it’s cool! even if it were still a slightly longer term investment i would consider it. i am disappointed that there seems to be an over evaluation of the company and that my funds would pay for jak’s mistakes rather than more genuine company expenses like product, staff etc.


You guys are one step below opening your own game studios. I hope you guys get the funding you need so Disrupt can thrive as a company. You guys provide some of the best content on YouTube, you rival the more traditional studios with high budgets and larger staffs.


It's an interesting idea, but I think it should have been phrased more as a way to support the channel rather than an investment, which I think people would have been happy to do. A donation to the channel wouldn't be a crazy ask, especially for producing content as high quality as this. I do love this channel but I can't imagine it ever getting big enough that you would make any sort of money back on an investment of $100


Ok, this feels sketchy. Really sketchy. The balance sheets don’t exactly look spectacular, the valuation is insane, what’s with the $500k promissory note? All said, thinking about this a little bit in terms of perks, you’re buying lifetime access to the premium content and getting paid some dividends to do so for the price of a bit under 2 years of said premium content. While I don’t see any YouTube channel lasting forever, I would at least hope that a channel calling for investors should last longer than 2 years on the capital invested at the bare minimum. I’ll try out Disrupt+ first and if I think it’s worthwhile I might buy in.


imagine investing in a youtube channel in an age where youtube is erasing channels without any explanation whatsoever.

I''m good, thanks.


Look dude I love your channel and I wouldn't mind this as long as you keep making quality content but I do mind you lying and showing little respect for your fans for not saying you're using the money to pay off debt and saying you're using it to improve the content wich is entirely false.i will still keep watching your content but if you don't answer or apologize then people will lose respect of you and your channel including me wich directly affects you and the people you work with


Jesus Christ just give out monthly stickers on a Patreon this is deranged lmao


I looked at your financials and I can't believe I'm about to say this: Offering an NFT is more morally right than this.

Reconsider starting a Patreon. Or maybe reach out to Nebula and move some of your content there.


As long as your high quality videos don't stop then you can do whatever you wish to do

@Maddie Morrin I don't think he's investing he's saying he doesn't mid this

But if his high quality videos did stop then you would prevent him from doing whatever he wishes to do? 😉

He can do whatever he wants but this concept definitely sounds like a scummy scam

Please look into this before you post that. He originally bought half the channel for a 500000 loan and defaulted imideatly. He's pretty much just looking to pay back his friend. Check the balance sheets and ROI

Agreed, their content still has a very high quality standard. It doesn't bother me if it means more good content on the way.

Regardless of the quality of the content, the man doesn’t need your approval

Can do whatever he wishes to do even if his content is shit

@Don't Read My Profile Photo I can’t read so what now

Lets be honest we all enjoyed this video by having this:
https://youtu.be/mCfYi7634rU

Lets be honest we all enjoyed this video by having this:
*https://youtu.be/mCfYi7634rU*

https://youtu.be/i4gIqgtBXJU
Finally its here.


dude, you could've just say that “we have debt. We need to pay it. To be able to continue this channel your donation will be a great help” Instead of scamming people with this investment thing. I'm not really good at business stuffs but people are not that dumb dude.


As you have stated you are testing the waters here I will not pass any final judgement. What I will say is that, having read your financial statements myself, as an investment you seem to be greatly overvaluing your company. Additionally, the public seems to know the root cause of this. Your liabilities are almost 550k. Your income is roughly 330k to match that. I am all for donating to the channel. I am all for your trying to ensure your success with your own streaming platform. I am all for opening up donations to request financial support. What I am not for is trying to pretend this is an investment. As a donation with the potential of future rewards, sure. But this us is not an investment.

What has happened is that you are leveraging the good will of your audience in an attempt to correct a very very bad loan, and instead of begging pathetically for donations, you are offering a potential of future gains with it. While i don't appreciate the lying by omission, it is understandable. Your content has earned you the good will to leverage here, and many of us will fork over a few sold crypto currencies or shares to 'invest' in Disrupt. However: good will is a resource like any other and doing this will make it spent. We will still watch Disrupt content but henceforth do not be surprised if people do not trust your business endeavors for a while.

If you are serious about investments, I would recommend getting yourself audited by a third party to be %100 clear and transparent about details we need to know are true.


Can't wait to see how the channel responds to this backlash.


I hope everything turns out okay. I would hate to see this channel go.


Really a bad way to go about this. Love the channel and videos but raising money to pay off debt by selling a revenue shares disguised as “equity” is a scam at best. The company can just pay out salaries equal to profits and never show any real revenue and there’s no liquidity to the “equity” on any market so you are stuck waiting to get payed out money in dividends to cover the investment. Please don’t do this “investment” for any other reason than to support the channel. You will not get your money back or any profit.


Apart from the grossly inflated valuation you've just kind of slapped over the whole thing without thought as to where it comes from, you didn't even get the basics right. You are really banking on a select few people loving this channel enough that they pay your loans for you; I mean you didn't even make it an appealing sell. Why wouldn't an investor just give their money to Disney or Coca Cola and get a guaranteed return almost immediately?

I hope you're able to pay back the 500k you took out to make these videos, because they are seriously fantastic. Don't go and get more loans from more and more shady people. I think we all would've preferred you start a GoFundMe with the expressed purpose of helping pay back your loans. I know lots of would've been willing to help.


The SEC gonna have a field day with this lol


Crazy concept on YouTube, but I guess no different from the stock market. At the very least, fan buying could be considered sponsorship or a donation. At best, it could be much more. With that said, I would hope it is written into the T's and C's that Disrupt can't just liquidate/declare bankruptcy and/or start new channels that don't net investors profit.

Sounds really cool though as a way to support channels. There were ads, then merch, then lots of crypto/NFT scams, now equity? This could be something ground-breaking, provided it's not a scam of some kind (not that I'm suggesting it is).


Big respect for wherever you take the channel. Been watching for about 2 years and loved every video
edit : despite my love for the videos and production quality, this is really sketchy. Needless to say I’m pretty disappointed in the way this was handled. Very misleading. I encourage everyone to read all the details and do your own research

Big respect for wherever you take the channel. Been watching for about 2 years and loved every video
*edit* : despite my love for the videos and production quality, this is really sketchy. Needless to say I’m pretty disappointed in the way this was handled. Very misleading. I encourage everyone to read all the details and do your own research

@Maddie Morrin not planning on investing, just showing my support for the channel

Please look into this before you post that. He originally bought half the channel for a 500000 loan and defaulted imideatly. He's pretty much just looking to pay back his friend. Check the balance sheets and ROI

https://youtu.be/mCfYi7634rU
Finally its here YES

*https://youtu.be/mCfYi7634rU*
Finally its here *YES*


what kind of vr content will you guys be bringing? full experiences interactive or just videos like in the past?


really like your content. and I'm really ashamed that this popped up in my feed. i wouldn't have minded if you decided to sell merch. or invested with the money you already had from the channel back into making higher quality videos. i would kill to have that type of following and if I did I would be taking my own advice. you can make more and do more with your channel but shadily crowd sourcing to strangers is kind of sad.


You make amazing content but this is the worst possible way to source funding for your content. As most of the comments say, you should’ve just opened a patreon


The only reason i appreciate this is becouse of all the great youtube docu's that will be made about this


I don't think I've ever seen a channel do this before. This is REALLY flashy for only selling 10% of the company right now (would've expected about 20%). Shame it probably wouldn't be a good investment from the discussion I saw over the balance sheet.


"A fool and his money are easily parted"<br>that is all

"A fool and his money are easily parted"
that is all


As their wefunder page says, you are BETTING that they will be worth 10 mil.

Read the top comments if you want details on what's happening.


If we do ignore the facts about financials of Disrupt, this is essentially artistic stuff that needs investment. They are already using Unreal Engine which suits the name 'disrupt' but it is actually a free tool and it looks great! There doesn't seem to be any real need for extra money for producing content.

I guess we can compare the business model to Corridor Digital which uses its own website as an extra source of income. They are doing great and I am sure their graphs look like a straight slope going upward left to right. SO, essentially Disrupt can do the same, providing paid content access on their website (which shouldn't cost more than income generated via 2-3 of these videos)


dope stuff man, wont be investing but can't wait to see what will be put out in the future


From the website:

"I do not expect that you will receive a substantial amount of dividends for quite some time. Disrupt is an early stage startup and should be viewed as a long-term investment, rather than a quick return. As such, if you invest $100 today, do not expect to receive more than a few cents for many years to come."

@DCJ this is sketchy my friends now im not gonna call you dumb for investing in it but I will say I find it apauling yall arent seeing the picture....this is just to pay off his debt that he has and the balance sheets show the "company" is not worth that much and probably wont be.

@Stein Lone this issue is if he simply ASKED for donations and was upfront people would be skeptical but do it out of the enjoyment for the channel. Calling it an investment sets certain expectations and not mentioning the key details in the video is misleading at best.

Did he admit any of this in the video? No. That’s why he lost my respect for the channel. He’s misleading people that don’t do their homework. I was thinking this might be a cool idea, until I see these comments pointing to the hidden boiler plate about why he needs the money. Not impressed at all. Feel manipulated

@Beep Bop you're exactly right. People here are treating it like the stock market hoping for quick gains.

I respect them for admitting that. Anyone who's serious about investing should know that they're basically donating to keep the channel running with a tiny chance of making back some of it.


Welp, putting something on the public stock exchange is always the end of a product. Was nice knowing this channel for a few months.


I took a look at the financial records and saw this at the end of the statement. In summary, 500K of the money raised from the equity offer will be used to pay off the defaulted Promissory Note balance to the co founder who was bought out a little while ago.

"Jak has agreed to equity crowdfund 10% of Disrupt to pay the remaining member buyout in full, expand the operations of Disrupt, and bring high-quality content to new markets.
"

"Disrupt has defaulted on a Promissory Note with a prior member of the company and as of May 23rd, 2022 currently owes the Noteholder a Note Balance of $466,179.87 on which interest is accruing at a rate of 2.5% per annum. Disrupt will use $500.00 of the Campaign proceeds to pay off the Note Balance, to pay legal fees to the Noteholder’s counsel, and to pay Disrupt’s legal and regulatory fees in compliance with Reg CF.
"


I love this channel and all, but this seems REALLY sketchy. I don’t think your company can even afford a buy-back, like actual shares. This is kinda shady.


I will still pay the monthly disrupt membership, but given the comment section and my love for the content and production value, I will have to look into it. I hope for you the best.

@Selection yup, I’m aware. I don’t have a BBA for nothin.

please read the financial documents... you are basically throwing money in a pit by ""investing"".


this is just to raise capital on a defaulted loan... inflated valuation with uncertain returns (no one stays relevant on youtube forever!) and i think the bad reputation they have taken for this has likely been negotiated into this cost, the returns are on a varying income (ad revenue and people actually using your platform), even if your channel goes down the toilet (by the looks of it it may), you will still have raised the capital to clear any debts...


I had a feeling before that you were using Unreal for your animations, guess I was right. I plan on getting a Valve Index in the future so I am eager to see what you create, but I'm not sure if I have the money to help invest


this makes me sad, hope yall become a bit more transparent in the future instead of hyping up a unreasonable investment strategy to subsidize your legal fees.... love the content and best wishes to you all... but I can't support this decision. looking forward to the next update.


We should invest in some weird company that would make living in virtual reality a REAL  thing(for fun)


This is a scam. From what I read in the comments, you’re just asking for 10M cause you’re in debt. Just stream on Twitch or start a go fund me. Anything other than this. This entire ad gave me a Cryptoland vibe


If he visualised this stuff and talked in more detail, like the details of path A, I think I'd be convinced. I think it'll be another scam attempt.


This would be a disaster. RIP disrupt, I at least hope the old videos will stay along with the channel


This channel makes fantastic content, but calling helping bailing out on a partial buyout an investment on future supposed value is...sketchy at best. Re-evaluate dude.


Buying shares that check out annually is pretty risky considering it's a YouTube channel that may be going down hill.


While I think this video is extrremely deceiving of what the money will directly be used for, I think we should also take into account that they are trying to continue producing content for their entertainment ecosystem, and as long as they are in a +466k$ debt that is extremely complicated, especially with a profit margin so small that comes with creating a video/audio entertainment lybrary of content, so, while I wouldn't personally give money to this as an invetment, I would rather prefer a video explaining the situation and asking for direct support in form of donations since that would feel more transparent and I would be more comfortable donating 20$ for small perks rather than being sold the idea of this as an investment with the intent to generate you money when realistically you will never recover said investment, especially with the absurd unrealistic valuation of the company and minimun paywall of 100$ which to somepne like myself represents a substantial amount of money.


At the bottom of the financial disclosure, it mentions an existing default on a promissory note of roughly $500K, and a statement that you intend on using up to $500K from this investment to pay off that debt, as well as the note-holder’s legal fees.

Considering your relative financial standing, I think investment is an incredibly risky venture at this point. A venture capital investment firm would expect a tighter valuation and larger equity stake, which is I assume why you’re crowdfunding the investment. It seems like you’re hoping the masses don’t look into your financial statements…


You should recover with the things that made you be in the state you are now, not make a decision you don't know if it's worth it. Just don't play with people's money and stay transparent, because thats where all the respect we have for you is going


This feels like an investment scam, I don't trust in this at all. There are better ways to make money and more content than just investors.


Why not just create a Patreon? That way, people support your future endeavours, and they own no portion of your YouTube channel which allows you to make whatever content you want, isn't that what YouTube is all about anyways?


I'd like to invest as the work is good and that's a great idea however I'd just expect Holywood to offer the team silly money once their skills are up to scratch and they'll simply leave. You won't be able to match the money.


So many of my favourite channels are turning out to just be scams (not that this is one), i’d say go for this if you want, but this is likely going to be used to pay off debt.


I love your channel and wish you the best but I'm sorry I'm scared to invest anymore after hearing so many scams these days.


Definitely a shame to see one of your favorite channels try to blatantly mislead people into giving up their own hard-earned money to pay off personal debts.


I did not see this as an investment opportunities but a way to help out </disrupt> if that means invest on a highly speculative asset so be it. Hope that they succeed as I love the content. But please do your research and never invest more than your willing to loose as that is the main thing you always need to be aware of.


I've loved this channel and everything it's put out for years, but this just screams scam.


The content is incredible, but niche. The valuation is in Thanos territory. I'm shocked and disappointed by this tact. ROI is virtually zero. There were other more conducive ways to appeal for more capital.


Ignore the investment. This looks kinda sick. Nice animations and stuff. This channel could get huge if things works out.


Shame, I did not expect this from one of the greatest channels on youtube, I'm pretty sure this is the death of your channel, a lot of people will unsubscribe.


this man is making a legit tv show with shares out of the blue 🤝


Well it was neat while it lasted. RIP Disrupt.


Hey, We love your channel. But most of the viewers don't like the idea of investment. Instead of that, make a proposal for Patreon, it will be beneficial.

* Thank you for making awesome videos.

Hey, We love your channel. But most of the viewers don't like the idea of investment. Instead of that, make a proposal for Patreon, it will be beneficial.

*** Thank you for making awesome videos.


Looking over your general presence in social media beyond YouTube, its extremely negligible and cannot support something like this when eventually YouTube decides it does not support systems like this (If it does not already). This is a bubble at best, and something that will take your credit/bank info at the worst.


"I’m a fan of disrupt, however this is a terrible investment and he’s misleading viewers by not disclosing the fact that he’s using the majority of this money to pay off bad debt, NOT to improve “production” or make “films”

The only way you’d find that is buried in the last page of the financial disclosure document where you can discover that Jak has defaulted on a $500K buyout from his partner, In exchange for 50% of the channel. However he was unable to pay this full amount. So now he’s trying to raise $500,000 in exchange for !!!10% of the channel!!?

This is completely absurd, and that’s not even mentioning the insane valuation of $10 million which is 100X their net profit which as a YouTube channel owner of similar size I can tell you is NOT fair value.

I’ve personally reached out to disrupt in hopes of clearing this up and finding out if there’s more to the story, but for now Id just like to warn people to get all the facts before they “invest”.

As I said at the start of this, I’m a fan of their channel and hope that they can find some less shady way of raising money, and I wish them all the success, but misleading fans is NOT the way forward." - Coffeezilla


Never thought I'd see youtube channels being "investments" with actual shares. I can't do it. I don't even need to see charts to know that this is a bad idea. Good luck though

Just buy the minimum<br>Its like donating

Glad to see someone else can see this plane crush from a mile away too


This video is the reason the dislike count is important, to warn people about this being a scam


lowkey gonna be expecting either an apology vid or "this was an Harvard experiment tee hee UwU"


if you are on the virge of having to restructure your entire operation, then it does not seem like a problem you can fix by throwing more money at it.


Restructuring kinda sounds like bankruptcy


Even knowing very little about stocks I can tell you the way you worded this is fuckin’ sketchy.

Not everybody is gonna understand that you’re selling 10% to be divided amongst everybody that “invests” with you. With your audience + the $500,000 debt you conveniently forgot to mention here that $100 isn’t seeing any return for a long time.

You’re lucky your content is great because this is enough to get most channels banished to the shadow realm.


May want to consider taking this down before it does more damage to your channel's image. Remember when Netflix tried to release Qwikster? People and companies recover from bad moves all the time, but you have to realize you made a mistake and do a 180. Good content, bad move.


I can see the vision in investing into this company but the main thing is the amount of risk involved with this investment. And that's why I'm out.


Make a patreon. The content produced by this channel is absolutely superb, but I don't think this is the way to go about this.


wefunder has terrible BBB rating that stopped me from funding(but coming back to read other people's comments regarding the financials definitely stopped me from thinking about funding


After reading the comments, I think Disrupt first needs to

1. Give proof of what the money is for, no bad ties inside.

And second,

2. Disrupt doesn't screw over the buyers that spent money, it's bad giving money to the poor but that poor person buys it for alcohol


i dont know much about all this trading and investing shite but from what ive gathered from other commenters, this is completely ridiculous. ive been a fan of this channel for as long as i can remember it existing and i seem to have lost a good amount of respect. disrupt is so much better than this :(


This video currently has 32,000 views but 120,000$ ”invested”. Is it just me, or is that 120k ”invested” from 30,000 people absolutly unreasonable? It rather seems like they had people invest im this ahead of time, to make it seem more realiable than it is

@Jason Jones in what way. I’m curious do you have screenshots or something like that?

Those figures are COMPLETELY FAKE! He has been planning this scam on Discord for quite some time. I've seen him doing it.

Something feels off about the numbers, the views are currently 130k and the donations are at 160, meaning that even though the views increased by 4 times the money has gone up by a third. Everything about this feels sketchy. Love the channel, and sucks that it will forever be scarred by whatever the hell this is


I’m now just waiting for the apology video, and post on social media, for what is akin to buying a box of air on eBay. You definitely got “something” for your money, so it wasn’t an outright scam, but did you really get “something”????????


Selling 10% of the Channel then shows 20% less than a minute later, no equity value posted, pulls a 10 million studio evaluation from who knows where…..dude just call it a crowd fund no one is making money here.  That’s predatory and you will lose your channel if you continue this.


a kickstarter or a patreon would have more sense to make, at least for me,you make great content man


Obviously a bad choice. Don't invest guys. Save your money and do something good for you and your family


damn this was really starting to be one of my favorite channels too...


I really love this channel but funding it in this way seems like a guaranteed loss of investors money. Id recommend patreon or even the YouTube membership program to help ur channel and ur debt. Just a thought🫡


As many others have already said, doesn't look like a good investment. It probably would have been wiser to try raising money through Patreon and other conventional means other big channels use.


I mean, the channel's content is good, not denial of that (even I'm considering the subscription to d+), but by checking the info and there seems to be something misty here, including the debt of the founders and the honesty to say "do not expect more than a few cents in the next years".  However, why not going or looking also to another possible schemes? Like Patreon, live content, the merchandise, maybe following another schemes (I'm thinking in Kurzgesagt example, but I'm not sure if this is a possible path). Also, $100 during these times, it seems to be a big money quantity.


at first i thought that was a joke but then i started to read the comments.. personally i find this as a horrible idea 🙁 i’ve been watching your channel for two-three years


Seems like you’ll get about $2/year back on your $100 investment unless the channel sees exponential growth year over year. That’s the 10% of $130k net from this year, spread out among 5,000 investors (i.e. $100 per investor to reach $500k funding goal).

Even after paying off the debt (which saves around $100k per year from the quarterly payments), you’d only get $4 if that went straight back to profit.

30k subs past month, means 25% growth this year. So, best case it looks like ~$5 per year per investor if those new subs translate directly and linearly to same net profit.

I’m no financial person though, so someone feel free to correct me. Love this channel, but send that $100 as a gift, not an investment.


I miss when your videos were about gaming. It's a shame that it's literally come to scamming your fans to make good on a debt that is not our responsibility.


Disrupt, I love your videos, but I'm sad to see you go down this rabbit hole of disaster. I believe you are making a huge mistake by not telling the whole truth to us in a video trying to convince us to invest in your studio. The lovely folks down in the comments and I know you will use the money you earn from this glorified scam to pay off your debt from when you bought the channel, so please stop trying to mask this and tell us the truth. You also didn't release crucial information that a sane investor would like to know before investing, such as how much money you earn per month. Please, change something or cut the crap. It's truly heartbreaking to see my favorite channel turn to scamming to pay off a debt. Have a good day/night.


Now this, this feels like a social experiment


As much as I enjoy this channel, this feels like a scam and would be something terrible to invest in.

Yup it's a scam Jak needs to pay of his 500 000 loan


I feel like you should just have made this a dono. None of this adds up at all, even discounting ROI. No real quality perks. Seems like a shady way of getting money to pay off a debt. When you have a fan base that would deliver if you just asked outright. Still gonna watch still gonna be here. But this move made me lose a lot of respect.


Betting that the channel will be worth $10.7Mil one day? No chance it gets even close bro...


From the sounds of it, you're gonna have to sell a lot more than 10%.


100$ might be too high of a barrier to entry, especially when you consider the viewer base of disrupt TV maybe 25$ or something and just have the $ pay out once a year or something

@I'll punch you In the face yeah but angel investing is meant to take 5-10 years to make back. also regardless how of much you invest it will take the same amount of time

@HyperMario thats the main reason im not buying, the financials are wack to me

Don't worry a lot of people are already losing their money to pay the crazy $500k liabilities. Already $120k!

You want even make your money back in a decade


For a channel that makes videos about hackers/scammers, this is incredibly ironic.


I always thought this guy made these videos all by himself and was impressed. Turns out he’s in debt and has drained peoples money…. this has put me off his channel and “investment” ideas.


This is one of the first videos I have ever disliked. I love your content Jak, but this is such a horrible idea. Asking for donations and being clear about why (if its legal) would have been such a better way to go. Instead, you say that selling a portion of disrupt will help fund shows, film, and other content. While your terms say that it will be used to pay off a 500k debt with your previous business partner. I would be more than willing to help by donation with clear reasoning, but im not invented in a 10-40 million evaluated YouTube channel with no way to actually get my investment back through profits, not to mention that the valuation seems SUPER bloated and unrealistic. You could have asked for donations to pay off debts with a share of the channel in return as a "thank you", but instead this share program is used under the guise of content. I dont think its done out of complete negligence; paying of debts and such would allow more time, energy, and money to be sent to the content, but dammit just say that instead of hiding the debts and reasoning why you're doing this.

A follow up video to address these concerns we all have would be GREAT. I hope that happens and you don't just say "its the haters trying to bring us down".

I can't wait to see more content from you, but I won't be investing. I will donate with nothing in return if that ever becomes an option, but not until there is some more transparency.


shame on you for not mentioning: DISRUPT HAS DEFAULTED ON A PROMISSORY NOTE WITH A PRIOR MEMBER OF THE COMPANY AND AS OF MAY 23, 2022 CURRENTLY OWES THE NOTEHOLDER A NOTE BALANCE OF $466,179.87 ON WHICH INTERST IS ACCURING AT A RATE OF 2.5% PER ANNUM. DISRUPT WILL USE APPROXIMATELY $500,000 OF THE CAMPAIGN PROCEEDS TO PAY OFF THE NOTE BALANCE, TO PAY LEGAL FEES TO THE NOTEHOLDER'S COUNSEL, AND TO PAY DISRUPT'S LEGAL AND REGULATORY FEES IN COMPLICANCE WITH REG CF.


Apparently, from the comment section, Disrupt is struggling with debt. Although money management could have been an issue the bottom line is that no banks are willing to loan him any additional cash. Even if the best bank were a fan of Disrupt's videos it is just not happening. So, in efforts to repay the debt with high interest rates quickly, this "shareholder" business model was put into place.

It looks like the overall response is negative because of the lack of information and misleading advertising but this is no different than asking for donations to so that he could continue making videos.

Youtube puts measures in place so that creators do not fall into situations like this, but it was not substantial enough for Disrupt's situation. Donations are not as widely granted when compared to other platforms, so that might have been incentive for the creator to reword in correlation to his predicament.

IMO: this type of business structure will have a large effect on Youtube if other creators copy Disrupt's footsteps. Disrupt's evaluations are higher than reality to entice investors, which might be the reason they got into this situation in the first place.


If you are a half a million in debt,how could anyone expect to make a profit? You might be able to make the twenty nine thousand quarterly payments if you're lucky,but that means most likely any investor would not see any return for five years or more if everything goes perfectly. You would have to increase your subs to about five million or more and average around 3 million views every  video at te very least. Youtube is too sketch,the censorship,banning and removing channels. Little risky now days. I wish you the best though.


People need to understand There's some things that need to be done some you agree with some you won't


$10.7 M valuation for a channel your size? No way in hell.


honestly you should’ve made this as a notification for potential private investors instead of making it public.


I love disrupt, but Shark Tank would have a field day with this one.


Ouch, I hurts to have to unsub and leave a comment of how sketchy and uncomfortable this whole thing makes everyone. Don’t do this to us Disrupt, your too good to go this route!


So,the narrator in this video bought half of the account for 500k from the original owner. Now he wants his viewers to pay for 10% FOR THE SAME AMOUNT. Now i may not be qualified to say this,but he still hasnt paid off his debt of 500k even including the yearly salary. This is a scam, dont buy!

Edit : valuation of 10.7million for a channel that cant pull 500k views at times. Ridiculous.

this channel prolly gonna get termed for violation the tos. So yeah download his videos asap


Idk man, seems like whenever YouTube channels try to expand past a lean business model (1-3 employees) it gets much harder to sustain. If you have 10 employees and a bunch of overhead, you only need a few bad videos to run bankrupt. The whole reason Youtubers can make piles of money is because it doesn't require tons of capital investment and it's hard to loose money. Just look at the trajectories of Pewdiepie vs Smosh.

@wakka chaka Yeah he could make editing courses and all sorts, instead he got into debt and now is asking us for the money but disguising it as some sort of opportunity. The point of youtube is meant to be lower investment, high return if you do it right. he copuld b like cold fusion, instead hes becoming Logan Paul.

@Fidelio I don't doubt this channel makes good money, but very few channels expand their media production beyond youtube. Most YouTubers invest in their merch line that they can advertise for free, which is their huge advantage. Like Vsauce and their subscription box.


Please let this be a really poorly executed YouTube ARG


Love your content, always have and saw the og random videos but the content got so much better, actual comfort show in a way,
Anyways. Love your content, hate this.
Just sell some classy minimalist merch or some fidget shit or desk ornaments, fits your theme, not an investment opportunity. A youtube channel that is an entire entity based on how people respond, views, subs likes, it's no where near worth that much given the liability attached.

Unless you eventually got onto TV or streaming services like Netflix, being entirely a YouTube channel is not an investment opportunity


my man, sell the whole thing if itll be financially good for you


"Disrupt has defaulted on a Promissory Note with a prior member of the

company and as of May 23rd, 2022 currently owes the Noteholder a Note

Balance of $466,179.87 on which interest is accruing at a rate of 2.5% per

annum. Disrupt will use approximately $500,000 of the Campaign proceeds to pay

off the Note Balance, to pay legal fees to the Noteholder's counsel, and to

pay Disrupt's legal and regulatory fees in compliance with Reg CF."

So you purchased the other half of the company, defaulted on payments, and now you're selling us 20% of the company's net income (not even in shares because it's an LLC)? Bro, whatever money you're going to get is going to be settling this debt. It isn't going to be going into anything new.

@day deficiency I'm not donating to cure a man's shitty business decision

@day deficiency he didn't try to sell it as a donation, but as an investment. It is neither. It is a scam.

Props to you for actually reading the balance sheet.  I see a lot of people in the comments section who didn't read it and ACTUALLY INVESTED.  Correction: the company is now a registered Georgia Corporation, and no longer a Georgia LLC.


This is just sad, reminds me of the whole Connor Murphy situation. I'll probably remember this channel in a few years and come back to listen to some old videos, but this channel just got hit by a freight train.<br>-long time supporter

This is just sad, reminds me of the whole Connor Murphy situation. I'll probably remember this channel in a few years and come back to listen to some old videos, but this channel just got hit by a freight train.
-long time supporter


Bro I can already hear SunnyV2 scripting a YouTube video for this "The tragic downfall of Disrupt"


There's tons of sketchy things going on here as by the info pointed out in the comments. Another thing that should be said is the amount of likes. 40k views with 10k likes is pretty irregular in 2 hours given the previous like to view ratios and how controversial the subject of this video is.


I'm just going to hide this video from my timeline and pretend it never happened.


My thoughts based on a quick analysis of their financial statements:

The reason the owner of this corporation (Jak) is crowdfunding is because he defaulted on a Promissory note in which he performed a Leveraged Equity Buyout of his co-founder's share of the company.  They originally founded the company and each took 50-50 equity, but then Jak bought out Jordan's 50% share of equity in the company for $500,000 at a rate of 6% per annum.

He made an initial payment of $29,000 and a secondary payment of $20,000 upon which he (likely) realized he doesn't have the money to pay Jordan back and defaulted on the promissory note on May 23, 2022.  The financial statements say that $500k of the crowdfunding will be used to pay Jordan back.

Additionally, based on a rough analysis, this corporation isn't doing so hot.  Disrupt has assets in the amount of $60,000, but has liabilities totaling $466,199.  With gross revenues totaling $200,000 for the 2021 fiscal year, this leaves the corporation with a gross monthly income of about $16,000.  It isn't difficult to see why Jak had such trouble making a $29,000 quarterly payment to his co-founder.  The money just isn't there when the corporation's debt-to-income ratio is about 58%.  Jak took home a $40,000 salary in 2020 and an $80,000 salary in 2021.

It's your call whether or not you want to take a chance with this corporation.  Personally, I wouldn't.

EDIT: your accountant spelled "promissory" wrong on page 7 of your 20'-21' financial statements.

@BumblingDolphin That's also funny.  The principal idea that Disrupt wants us to invest in a long-term strategy (and hold our shares for a number of years before we see any real profit) is ridiculous.  In the time that they state they want to produce a mini-documentary (2027) this company could be dead.  We've all seen massive YouTube channels rise and fall in just a matter of a few years.  Will this channel last and continue to grow until 2027? Unlikely.

@00FF00 Well, the promissory note is likely to hold up in court, even if the note wasn't backed by collateral.  So long as the interest rates on the note aren't outrageous (which they aren't), the note is going to stand.  If Jak can't find the $466,000 soon, his ex-co-founder is more than likely going to sue him (especially since there must have been some clause in the note which specified that Jak would cover Jordan's legal fees in the event of a default, since the financial statement says that Jak is covering legal fees).  When that happens, Disrupt is going to go down with the ship.

Very good analysis. Do you have any idea how legally binding the promissory note is? What is the consequence of defaulting and not ever having any money to pay it back?

They also (erroneously) state they have no direct competition on their business plan (they call it a “5 year roadmap”).

He’s just shit at making money. Too proud of diversify and sell different products.


I already pay for disrupt plus, if this were just a chance to grow I would be totally on board. Now that I realize it's because Jak didn't want to share and got himself into debt I'm more weary. I already gave the website my card details but it says I'm not even gonna to be charged yet. I'm thinking investing would be a bad move. I already do more than the average viewer and I won't even be saving on disrupt+ subscription for at least like two years. This seems like a no go.


Yeesh. I love your videos man, like damn they are top quality. Been here since those virus ones came out a while back. I won’t stop watching your videos but this shit is not the play. Seems outta pocket to me.


Bruh just make a Patreon like everyone else. Don't need to be all shady like this


It sounds cool but I highly doubt that anyone who's responsible with their money would actually invest in this.


My problem with shares is that it's a scummy system for the business owners.

Shares should have never been allowed they way that they are.  Dividends should be paid against the share, like a loan repayment...   Share shouldn't be unlimited free money for investors, but rather a way for investors to help a company they believe in get their feet on the ground.

If additional funding is needed after the first round of shares?  Introduce another round of shares to be bought.

I'd love to help this channel, absolutely.  But making free money off the back of somebody's hard work beyond my initial investment?  Seems scummy of me.

To go further, how much beyond the $500,000 debt repayment is needed to keep the channel going?


if you were honest about your position im sure people would be happy to help financially, but a borderline scam that relies on misleading "investors" is not the way to go and will lose you the respect you earned through your content


And I thought nfts where bad, when YouTubers can just sell part of their channel and give people the illusion they'd make profit


I would assume this is a decentralized decision. Do not pin the blame on the voice of the channel!


the deer comedy bit convinced me this is a weird scam and we don't actually know enough to even make a decision.


Yeah no, I'm sorry but no. I'll still watch for the great content but 95% of crowdfunding is a sham/scam and this seems like it as well.


this is a youtube channel, not some major corporation where you own shares and have stockholders with a board of directors


As one of the many that are not qualified to make paragraphs long comments on the idea, I'll just say this:

I just pray Susan doesn't see this and gets any ideas...

It's interesting, and if sustainable, glad to hear it.
But not a fan of having channels being bought as stock.
Feels very... Dish, very Comcast, very Cox, the type of industry I'm trying to avoid HERE.
My view mainly comes from being an artist and video editor that cherishes their works and loves to see that same self pride in others, so something about having share holders in something as personal as a YouTube channel is a primal-level repulsive idea...

I'm not gonna hit dislike, but just know I feel unsteady with this...

As one of the many that are not qualified to make paragraphs long comments on the idea, I'll just say this:

*I just pray Susan doesn't see this and gets any ideas...*

It's interesting, and if sustainable, glad to hear it.
But not a fan of having channels being bought as stock.
Feels very... Dish, very Comcast, very Cox, the type of industry I'm trying to avoid HERE.
My view mainly comes from being an artist and video editor that cherishes their works and loves to see that same self pride in others, so something about having share holders in something as personal as a YouTube channel is a primal-level repulsive idea...

I'm not gonna hit dislike, but just know I feel unsteady with this...


You're too cool for Patreon or something?<br>"Selling" it like this to me just feels like asking for trouble in the future.

You're too cool for Patreon or something?
"Selling" it like this to me just feels like asking for trouble in the future.


What are the estimated returns? If enough investments come in for path A, will you be ramping up video production?


This is sad to see. Sorry things are this bad


Can anyone who knows a bit about investing / legal shed some light on this offer? Is this type of thing actually legally binding, if so how? I mean, I love this channels videos. They are always entertaining, and this guy has a great voice for the way these videos are presented. But yeah, anyone shed any light on this?

Legally binding, but it's a very small portion of the company being sold here. If it's not clear - the campaign is a desperate attempt to pay off a $500,000 debt that the creator is in. The details are linked on the campaign page, in their financials document. None of the money is going towards growing the Disrupt brand.


The awesome production value and visuals can't hide how ugly this actually is.


seems to me that someone is in financial trouble...


I don't care for any of what you said bro, if u make any decent looking videos in future I'll watch them, if not then ok. I've never given any youtuber a single penny in my life and that's never gonna change. I'm sure the sheeple will buy into this though, if u can get just one of them to do it then thousands will follow. Not for me thoughm


This was a bad decision. And I feel you all knew it was. You may get some fans to join you but I feel you are going to be losing more people than gaining singular $100s


Damn man this is terrible. Never would've thought some shady deal would be coming from you. You should've just been honest about the debt and asked for support by donations on Patreon/GoFundMe instead of creating some lucrative "investment" offer. Loved the content but this is a new low..


Game over, sound like a massive scam. Time to find a new edgy content channel.


Rare (possibly first?) Disrupt L, but damn is it a massive one. Been a longtime fan of the content here and the evidently massive work that goes into making it, but this is a reallly sketchy idea and a little disappointing to see.


Disrupt has always been 10/10 content, but this move just feels unnecessary, and if every other comment is to be believed, misleading. Just open a patreon or accept donations in some other capacity like every other youtube channel maybe..?


Welp. we lost a good channel out of greed.


...Wouldn't it be easier to open up a patreon? This comes over as a scam


if you wanna cover your fees just sell merch and over priced amounts like everyother you tuber


Yikes

Why did you have to do this bro…
You were one of the best channels on YouTube

What a shame.


The face you're making in the thumbnail is the face I'm making after thinking about the numbers for more than 13 seconds


Imma just wait for coffee or muta to pick this apart. Great channel dude, but just start a crowdfunder if you're in debt.


Excited to see the video of this social experiment a couple of months down the road.


Why does this feel like an NFT, Ransomware, and a rug pulling all in one?

I am sorry to not have any trust in you on this but why do you "have to sell" the channel? Why would everything have to be "restructured" if you dont sell? None of this makes sense or feels right to me. Just start a patreon like a normal person if you want extra money for larger projects. Also the $10.7 million valuation is insane.

Hopefully you all see these comments and take a step back from whatever this scam is.

Why does this feel like an NFT, Ransomware, and a rug pulling all in one?

I am sorry to not have any trust in you on this but why do you "have to sell" the channel? Why would everything have to be "restructured" if you dont sell? None of this makes sense or feels right to me. Just start a patreon like a normal person if you want extra money for larger projects. Also the $10.7 million valuation is insane.

Hopefully you all see these comments and take a step back from whatever this -scam- is.


Great content creator but this makes zero financial sense. The footnotes on the reviewed financial statements are devastating.

Please pull this video and rethink your options for getting out of debt.

Be transparent about the situation in your video and start a Patreon.

Or maybe even design and sell collectible NFTs.

But please do not frame this as any kind of reasonable investment.


Never thought I’d see a YouTube channel going public for stock exchanges

this company isn't going public. there is no SEC involved here. this is just crowdfunding for a portion of micro-equity.  Each dollar that you buy in with gets you 0.00004% of equity in the corporation.  I didn't make that number up.  20% of equity will go to preferred "stockholders". 20/500,000 is 0.000004%

The internet gets wilder and wilder each year, huh?


Just be honest about your situation and ask for help to continue. $500k is pretty steep, but this investment thing will scare many off.


to think I subscribed to Disrupt plus two days ago lmao, I'm cancelling this and I cannoooot support you guys in good faith. talk about misleading your fanbase.


Barely a minute in… this is a grift… let's keep watching 😑 with caution


Im sorry but this really feels like a scam and money hungry "if you dont buy some of our channel we will stop!". I like your content but will have to disagree with this...

@00FF00 I think his partner would take control of the channel then. Afterwards who knows what he would do. Try to get it started with a new creator as he was involved before anyway.

@00FF00 yea but this is the wrong way to do it. Instead of making this claim U are “Investing” they could have come out and say they really need support and start a patreon. Have not researched into why he needs money but still seems like the wrong way to do things in my opinion.

It’s better if they go down then for us to give them money. It’s not worth the cost

The company actually will have to go bankrupt unless they hit the goal. Jak needs the money to pay back debt that he defaulted on, that's the reason for crowdfunding. I expect the channel to stop producing content if he doesn't hit that goal, but tbh I don't know how legally binding promissory note is.


Scamming your audience, truly a great business plan


This could’ve been amazing, the beginning of a new type of media, but money is the root of all evil.

exactly. same with politics, both parties.


Feel like now more than ever would be a great time to see the dislike count on this to stop people from buying into this.


You should just ask for money for extra  support and thank ur viewers to help to boost the channel. Not this way.


Jack, you should talk to your friend whom you owe 500k too and negotiate some extra time so you can hire an expert to help you monetise the channel better and pay him back that way instead of this strange route

He’s right. What will happen is his partner will take control of the channel. If he apologises (which he won’t) he would be fine.

Too late the damage is already done. Just look at the comments. this channel is doomed.


Man, I'd love to be a concept artist/illustrator for y'all, lol


PONZI SCHEME
First guy got 50% stake for $500k
Now he wants ‘investors’ to invest $500k, to pay off first investor, in exchange for 10% of the channel…

If channel wasn’t profitable enough to pay off that $500k, how will it be profitable to pay investors back the $500k they invested for a mere 10%? It is literally impossible


While I love the channel, I’m not investing in a channel with a worse balance sheet that Sri Lanka…


This is definitely a scam. Lost my respect, unsubscribing.


Proud of your growth. Happy you're being transparent and want us to be able to be part of it.


lol, it wouldn't be a proper sketchy investment pitch if it didn't mention "The Metaverse". Good job.


This has to be some kind of April fools joke


aslong as we get more high quality distrupt videos im fine with A


I had a weird sensation while watching the last uploads on this channel as they came out, something had changed. <br>I guess my gut feeling was right

I had a weird sensation while watching the last uploads on this channel as they came out, something had changed.
I guess my gut feeling was right


if i had the american currency i'd invest.you are passionate about your job and visionary techniques you use make the content so fresh.go for it people.


Channels 10x larger report an annual net income of roughly 1 million USD. So, every 10 years they would generate roughly the speculative valuation of disrupt.


This is part 2 of NFT’s
Even if there is no bad intentions it will set a bad precedent for the future of other YT channels.
They will sell their own channels and easily make a pyramid scheme or just a bad deal over all.


Can’t wait for the hot take vids on this one


1:17 what would happen to the money invested, would the investors still get a yearly cut or would they be screwed


Great content, terrible scam.<br>Unsubscribed.

Great content, terrible scam.
Unsubscribed.


Yeah, idk about this, go for it if you want but this kinda stuff never ends well, like never


haha, nice joke man. really got me laughing all the way to the bank to be used and abused!


Disrupt throws a glitter bomb at its audience and they respond with shaped charges pointed directly at the financials.


Leaving unreasonable valuation aside, i could not even buy the business plan. Too far fetched to realise profits.


i love the channel but .. this all just seems to have become quite crazy ..


The first half of this video has been the epitome of “never let ‘‘em know your next move”


I hate that I’m about to watch my favorite channel die


Reading through the comments there is definitely a lot of detailed and reliable critique, but I would like to add a bit to constructive part of it all.

I am not an experienced investor and I do not posses any detailed knowledge about the behind-the-scenes of this channel. I am entirely basing this comment on this video, it's comment section and some information on the wefunder page. I am also gonna go with the assumption that this is not a scam, as other comments suggest, but rather a misguided attempt to promote an interesting idea of a fundrising campaign.

The issue is, I think, that this video is not a fundrising announcement, but a sales pitch. And the issue with sales pitches is that they do not ask for help out of a sticky situation, but instead omit details that may dissuade you from buying/investing, unless you investigate deeper. This is exactly what makes many sceptical, as many have pointed out that the investments would not go towards growth directly, but settling a debt caused by buying out the co-founder of the channel for a bit less that 500.000$.

I think in general this is a great idea. People do not only get to support a creator they like, but also potentially gain from it. However, again, the issue being, that that is not the angle this video represents. Instead, it presents like, what many here have compared it to, an investment scam. I think this promotion was a misstep.
The attempt was to attract both people that seek to give support Disrupt, but also people that look for an investment opportunity. This backfired, as many here pointed out that any experienced investor would be immediately deterred by the red flags of a huge debt, unpromising finances, and a gross overestimation of company value. This also makes it seem like it aims for UNexperienced investors that do not recognize these red flags.

I also think that the 100$ minimum is not a great idea, since it dissuades the probably many people that are willing to donate, but just not that much.

Obviously this wasn't actually unsuccessful as almost 140.000$ have already been raised at the time I write this, many donators stating that they did so uncaring for profit and just wanting to help, but as the comments suggest, many have lost trust and respect for the channel. I personally will remain open-minded, but I would suggest an honest response to the criticism raised, and an approach from a different angle. This angle should focus on honesty and transparency, and portrait this campaign not as a 'great investment opportunity', but instead a 'fundraiser with benefits'

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If anyone actually ended up reading this slurry of text that I spent way too much time on, feel free to critque my points, aswell as point out any mistakes I made or things I left out so I can try to fix it.

Reading through the comments there is definitely a lot of detailed and reliable critique, but I would like to add a bit to constructive part of it all.

I am not an experienced investor and I do not posses any detailed knowledge about the behind-the-scenes of this channel. I am entirely basing this comment on this video, it's comment section and some information on the wefunder page. I am also gonna go with the assumption that this is not a scam, as other comments suggest, but rather a misguided attempt to promote an interesting idea of a fundrising campaign.

The issue is, I think, that this video is not a fundrising announcement, but a sales pitch. And the issue with sales pitches is that they do not ask for help out of a sticky situation, but instead omit details that may dissuade you from buying/investing, unless you investigate deeper. This is exactly what makes many sceptical, as many have pointed out that the investments would *not* go towards growth directly, but settling a debt caused by buying out the co-founder of the channel for a bit less that 500.000$.

I think in general this is a great idea. People do not only get to support a creator they like, but also *potentially* gain from it. However, again, the issue being, that that is not the angle this video represents. Instead, it presents like, what many here have compared it to, an investment scam. I think this promotion was a misstep.
The attempt was to attract both people that seek to give support Disrupt, but also people that look for an investment opportunity. This backfired, as many here pointed out that any experienced investor would be immediately deterred by the red flags of a huge debt, unpromising finances, and a gross overestimation of company value. This also makes it seem like it aims for UNexperienced investors that do not recognize these red flags.

I also think that the 100$ minimum is not a great idea, since it dissuades the probably many people that are willing to donate, but just not that much.

Obviously this wasn't actually unsuccessful as almost 140.000$ have already been raised at the time I write this, many donators stating that they did so uncaring for profit and just wanting to help, but as the comments suggest, many have lost trust and respect for the channel. I personally will remain open-minded, but I would suggest an honest response to the criticism raised, and an approach from a different angle. This angle should focus on honesty and transparency, and portrait this campaign not as a 'great investment opportunity', but instead a 'fundraiser with benefits'

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If anyone actually ended up reading this slurry of text that I spent way too much time on, feel free to critque my points, aswell as point out any mistakes I made or things I left out so I can try to fix it.


Honestly it does sorta look like a bit of a donation though the lifetime access to Disrupt plus is like 2 years worth of it so maybe if you want lifetime disrupt then just buy this idk


Sadly 140,000 dollars have already been “invested”


While my viewership won’t be gone (yet)
I do think it’s actually very sketchy to invest, without more information..
And according to coffeezilla (thank you)
He’s using it to pay off bad debt, and not to improve production “quality”


Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen


In the off chance you see my comment before you invest, please for the love of god read others comments. They say it better than I can, the company has defaulted and your investment is paying off their debts. It’s a horrible idea and you’re chances of seeing a return are slim to none. Disrupt would have to grow to the size of Disney for your $100 investment to have any real value. You’re getting a minuscule fraction of equity, which means your return is a minuscule fraction.


Haha how is this guy trying to scam us openly like this?


This would seem like a much more solid investment if the video views didn’t fluctuate (100k-1mill) as much as they currently do for your channel.

@Jake Wolf I don’t doubt it. Sometimes he definitely struggles to get to the point quick enough to keep I’m sure some people engaged enough to sit the entire thing out.

His content are over-edited and for me hard to enjoy, been subscribed for years because I like the premise but I don't recall ever finishing more than 5 videos. Judging by the views I can't be the only one here.

Even if his channel made $10.000 each video with 24 videos a year. You still wouldn’t see a return on your invest for many years, and that’s if the channel stays at that pace.


Smile guys. We're in the "REACT World" that videoessays will be made about.


sell merch, get a deal with Netflix or Hulu or something, don't do this.


This has to be some kind of a social experiment.


Well, yall made amazing videos and it was fun while it lasted but I can't support such an obvious money grab as this one. Good luck, unsubscribing (not like anyone cares)


I don't know if I fully trust this decision but as long as the content stays the same or gets better I'll still be watching.


Really held up to the theme of Disrupt here, Jak… bad move brother. Not the type of Disruption we want.


Two paths diverged in the woods. And I... I took the wrong one.


Holy fuck they are REALLY trying to pass this off as a legitimate investment opportunity 😳


So, according to your website, if you have the same income as you currently do, it will take 200 years to make my money back?<br>Thats absolutly outragious

So, according to your website, if you have the same income as you currently do, it will take 200 years to make my money back?
Thats absolutly outragious


You could replace some of the 3d modeling with an open source community of creators submitting 3d shorts based on what you need. As long as those creators are given credit I think you could save money and prop up other digital artists at the same time. I don't know much about funding a channel like this but open source creation is a solid way to go.

Also can we just have like Elon Musk fund this channel lol.


This sounds like a scam "get a portion.." heard this millions of times before.


I really hope this is just a temporary lapse of judgement. Your content is great but this doesn't feel right.


Okay, so my take on it that really the only way there is a need to have the debt paid by investments and not just normal donations is by some bizarre legal obligation. That or there never was a channel buyout and this is just some scummy way to earn 500k


I almost had a heart attack when I saw the video title, thought you where suddenly leaving ahah


Every single aspect about this seems entirely untrustworthy to me.


I have one question, If I Invest in this channel and the "Path A" is not completed and the Disrupt company goes to "Path B" I get my money back or you guys keep the money?


On the surface I can fw this idea, but as coffeezilla stated, this is incredibly misleading and just to pay off debt.


Yikes...This raises too many questions...Nope. Not going to fall for this one. Even as a huge fan of the channel. This is really sketchy. And this is going to cause a pretty bad fallout once word spreads and other channels get ahold of this and start exposing the channel as trying to manipulate and scam subscribers into paying for someone else's debt with a questionable service. I can already see a SunnyV2 video in the future. This is not good.


disrupt as a fan,im dissapointed

why do you think patreon exists?
why its so popular?

its a website where you and your team can provide fixed and certain videos.
there is no way this is a good idea,

the income from the following:-
disrupt tv & disrupt +
is not at all fixed,
its basically gambling

also there is not adequate  information why you're doing this

this misleading.

patreon is where you can give consistent rewards for "investors"

I'm dissapointed.

disrupt as a fan,im dissapointed

why do you think patreon exists?
why its so popular?

its a website where you and your team can provide fixed and certain videos.
there is no way this is a good idea,

the income from the following:-
disrupt tv & disrupt +
is not at all fixed,
its basically gambling

also there is not adequate  information *why* you're doing this

this misleading.

patreon is where you can give consistent rewards for "investors"

I'm dissapointed.


Why are the most talented people always the worst with management and financial handling ?<br>This whole plan is unrealistic. You could have just asked for donations for a smaller scale project instead of this half-scam with crazy projections

Why are the most talented people always the worst with management and financial handling ?
This whole plan is unrealistic. You could have just asked for donations for a smaller scale project instead of this half-scam with crazy projections


"A crowd funding campaign"  instantly looked like star citizen lmao

Difference is, Star Citizen isn't a scam.


I’d be willing to invest a decent sum if there was an in-depth video on financials (bad & good, just honest), timeline, goals, etc towards a valuation… Sorry, need more details beforehand.


"Disrupt has defaulted on a Promissory Note with a prior member of the company and as of May 23rd, 2022 currently owes the Noteholder a Note Balance of $466,179.87 on which interest is accruing at a rate of 2.5% per annum. Disrupt will use approximately $500,000 of the Campaign proceeds to pay off the Note Balance, to pay legal fees to the Noteholder's counsel, and to pay Disrupt's legal and regulatory fees in compliance with Reg CF."


I can't really say anything that hasn't already been said by others. Good luck nonetheless.


Well well well.. There is not too much to look for as an investor.
If I'm buying the company, I should at least know very clearly how much profit it turns today and the revenue. Probably the profit is near zero today, but including realistic plans on growth and targets for next quarters is not an option for a serious offer. This is for no more than 10% of the company, the campaign has no upper limit so basically we are buying an ever shrinking part of only 10% of unknown dividends off pure hype. I'm not gonna lie, this sounds terrible and even arrogant/insulting to present that as an investment to an audience of fans! Feels like gauging whether you can get away with selling a corp desperate with funding with no numbers, all the good information kept for yourself.

PS: Actually you do present the numbers, there is simply no marketing material about it. I read through the financials and I doubt much people are gonna look into this. This video lacks transparency and is misleading. This is not good. You need half a million to pay back the liabilities occurred by you taking full ownership of the company a year ago. This is the target in the campaign which has no mention of any of this. Current cashflow is apparently unable to cover the full amount because the company is defaulting and now you are throwing 10% of the company away to people to get over this. I don't know what's going on, current profit (for 2021) should be enough to pay the $30k each quarter (not taking the growth of the channel into account which makes the deal fair enough). This indicates either some grave loss of market share or mismanagement since the restructuring. Given these elements I strongly doubt the crowdfunding is about getting a lot of leverage now to invest into an untapped market which is what this offer suggests. Or are you in FOMO about the Metaverse and find the liability inconvenient for taking advantage of it? The lack of clarity on this situation is concerning, and getting back to this video, this is downright shady.


If this is the case, I truly hope you’re putting out The same quality videos at faster more often rate. For both investors and viewers.


Yeah no, you could've just made a 500k go fund me instead of trying to scam young investors into giving you money to pay off a debt. Stunts like this is how to lose money and trust not make anything


I really like this channel I hope path A works.


Judging by the comments section you shoulda kept this one in the vault big fella.


interesting that the funding goal is almost exactly the debt he owes to another company. bro gon lose a lot of viewers over this. might have to update those wefund stats on viewership/subs


I believe in this channel and will diversify my stock portfolio by supplementing it with some Disrupt shares. I hope this channel grows more than I hope that I keep a small portion of my investments.


I would sooner give you $100 to invest in something that has assurances roflmao


i hope that by the time i get the money i can join this great idea


Very good video's, but this is just a scam even if disrupt gets 2.2mil views monthly that he claims to get, (its closer to 750k monthly (in the past 6 months)) it would give you about $20 yearly and thats only when he gets 2.2mil views a year, but actually you wil get $7 a year. (this calculation was done fast, and should not be taken as financial advise)<br>edit: if you buy 23 stocks that is

Very good video's, but this is just a scam even if disrupt gets 2.2mil views monthly that he claims to get, (its closer to 750k monthly (in the past 6 months)) it would give you about $20 yearly and thats only when he gets 2.2mil views a year, but actually you wil get $7 a year. (this calculation was done fast, and should not be taken as financial advise)
edit: if you buy 23 stocks that is


According to Social Blade, this channel only makes an estimated 5,600-90,000 dollars per year.


This feels like a scam what if my man decides to vanish off the face of the world then he’s 500,00 dollars richer and you lose 100$ for what


based on the information i found, this company made 27k last year.


This sounds really sketchy and is either gonna change the channel fundamentally or is just gonna scam people


Have you thought about curiosity stream/nebula. Merch is also an option. There are tons of ways to turn a profit. Patrons, hell a satire attempt at an onlyfans could get some bucks in. At the end of the day though I'm not a super highly skilled business and market analysis, I just hope the quality of the content doesn't drop.


Wait why don't you just make a Patreon lol


I think they didnt consult any financial professionals about this. Jak and his team just come up with this idea and miss the thought about the risk for their investor. I hope they will go to the right path. Because this is really sketchy.


interested to see how this will turn out for you guys but I won’t be investing because it seems a little weird to me along with a lot of people in the comments, sorry.


Start streaming on twitch to make more money bro. Why not get a Patreon to help and make better content? You offer this money to people in equity but why? Why not just do Patreon?

@Allblaster Yeah it’s for his ex partner apparently.

@Fidelio He needs a lot of money QUICK to satisfy his lenders.

There is so many ways he could monetise seems a bit drastic doing this.


You could’ve just explained your situation and asked for donations


So you bought 50% of the company for 500k, but expect us to pay 100$ at a valuation of 10.7 $? (As stated on the website)<br>Im sorry to say it, but you just lost all respect I had for you

So you bought 50% of the company for 500k, but expect us to pay 100$ at a valuation of 10.7 $? (As stated on the website)
Im sorry to say it, but you just lost all respect I had for you


i panicked when i saw it, until you said 10%<br>dont leave pls

i panicked when i saw it, until you said 10%
dont leave pls


At the bottom of the financial disclosure, it mentions an existing default on a promissory note of roughly $500K, and a statement that you intend on using up to $500K from this investment to pay off that debt, as well as the note-holder’s legal fees.

Considering your relative financial standing, I think investment is an incredibly risky venture at this point. A venture capital investment firm would expect a tighter valuation and larger equity stake, which is I assume why you’re crowdfunding the investment. It seems like you’re hoping the masses don’t look into your financial statements…


Plot twist: everyones saying bad things in order to get themselves a bigger share of the channel


This is more of a donation then an invesment tho


I hope anyone thinking about investing in this channel will donate that money to charity instead. I’m sorry, I really do like this channel, and the people behind it are super talented, but this is really disappointing.

Who’s to say they won’t abandon this channel after they get the money? And even if they keep uploading for years, youtube money isn’t that good. Investors will be making so little. Like a few cents a year little. I’m sorry but I can’t respect it. Good luck though I guess.

I hope anyone thinking about investing in this channel will donate that money to charity instead. I’m sorry, I really do like this channel, and the people behind it are super talented, but this is really disappointing.

Who’s to say they won’t abandon this channel after they get the money? And even if they keep uploading for years, youtube money isn’t *that* good. Investors will be making so little. Like a few cents a year little. I’m sorry but I can’t respect it. Good luck though I guess.


The money we invest doesn't go to  disrupt to help make better content but to pay off a loan which was defaulted.


Bro wtf I'm kinda disappointed

A channel who has posted videos on financial scams tries to scam it's viewers?


This is extremely intriguing to me…it’s just a glorious mindfuck to me


Iiterally just do a patreon. It works just as well for other people, so why can't it work for this channel?


Please please PLEASE DO NOT BUY,disrupt is an amazing channel but with a channel this size it is incredibly unlikely that you will get any profit from buying shares


After reading everything on the website, it sounds like it’s going to be far too much to handle. I don’t see it being sustainable and don’t see how you guys will be making a profit for a very very long time.. I’d love to invest but I have my doubts

Just to turn your doubts into a clear no, the corporation is currently in 500k debt which was defaulted so really he had to turn to crowdfunding in order to pay the debt (which he got from taking full ownership of the channel) otherwise the channel is probably done for. In the financials it does also seem like he should have had enough money to pay the 30k each quarter for the debt, but instead it was defaulted on. This could also mean that there is a certain level of mismanagement.


Why not just ask for a $1 donation to pay off the promissory note?

Edit: donation(s)
 LMAO


This is the first time I have witnessed something like this


Im offering good feels and prayers for 49%


Bro this is so transparently some kind of scheme. Trying to take the goodwill of a community that loves your content to the degree they do is just plain gross. Disappointed beyond words.


Sorry guys, not the best way to go about paying things off. A straightforward approach would’ve been received better and from an investing standpoint there is no visible payout in the near future unless your content skyrocketed. Another side note is that even with a large following, this is still viewed as a youtube channel by many and needs more time to become recognized as a studio with animators across the globe.


Sadly don't have the $100 now, but I'm starting a new job soon! Hopefully I can still get in on investing later.


woah, I thought this was a sketch / parody of weird shady deals, but it's acutally real ._. you should keep it to the entertainment content my dude, this is dogecoin levels of cringe.


Nah man this ain't it, i didn't need to read any further when it was stated that the channel will be valued at 10mil at some point. I wouldn't recommend investing, but to each their own I suppose.


$9.7m valuation and in 2021 the company had a net income of $132,938. 9,700,000 / 132,938 = 72.96 so to break even you need to be getting 73x the net income you are currently getting.

You are valuing each subscriber at $6.83 which in my opinion is very absurd. I wish you the best in your investments. But I'm out. I have no confidence that at the current the valuation there is any possibility for a meaningful return. As you, yourself, mentioned "if you invest $100 today, do not expect to receive more than a few cents for many years to come".

Please do some research before investing. I really think that a re-evaluation needs to be completed.

The corporation also has a DTI of 58%, which is insane.  The second that Jak fails to raise $500,000, his ex-co-founder is going to sue him and this channel is going to be dead.

It’s a massive scam just to pay off their debt, and investors won’t see their money back for years, and that’s if the channel doesn’t go down hill

He also lists a $500K defaulted promissory note to his ex-partner that is seems like the money will be used to pay off. This doesn’t seem like an investment, but rather a lifeline. Combine that with the insane valuation and it’s no wonder even vulture capital firms would take a deal like this.

read the "financial report". he paid out the other founder and prob needs the money now. why would you do that otherwise?


i would give 100 dollars to go back to the day i discovered your channel.when is the deadline


Looks like a typical cryptoscam, if we invest for your company to make more projects I feel like we gonna have a watch mojo or Smosh situation


Disrupt plus gave me a netflix vibe that I unsubscribed just recently, just saying.
Albeit, Chief have good intentions, I get it, to be one of pioneer of web3 metaverse. But the execution of this not that convincing, definitely sketchy TBH.

Still a fan of the channel though..


Imagine Elon musk doing a hostile take over


Sounds too good to be true without even doing research on it. I don’t touch.


Wtf is this nonsense??? I’m a giant ass fan of everything you put out brother but this has got to be one of the most sketch things I’ve heard in a minute besides  investing in TERRA/LUNA. Please just keep making content and putting out more of it instead of trying to hustle us which is the last thing we need in times like these. Take care of your people and get your shit together mate


Just make a GoFundMe or something my guy. Tell people you're in debt. I'd rather give you a couple bucks here and there based on the truth, rather than something sketchy


great pitch, unfortunately im broke AF so i wish yall the best to succeed


5 seconds in and my gut tells me somethings fishy so I look to the comments and it looks like my suspicions were correct


If you need money start a gofundme not a scam.


or you could literally just set up a patreon and not deceptively scam us?


I'll buy it for a penny mate. Can't do more than that I'm afraid.


i really hope this was an experimental prank or some shit. i love your channel dude, but this is not the path u wanna take.


8M other comments said what they said so I'll just say...YIKES. I don't understand or care about financial investments and reading what I've read I won't participate in this smoke and mirrors scheme. It's a shame really, you could have asked for donations litteraly!! Anyways, I certainly won't stop viewership but I'll not see you and this channel in quite the same light any more... Good luck regardless


As long as i don't have to spend 24 hours in minecraft vr.


Definitely a net loss in trust and reputation.


I would highly recommend getting 2 million subs before selling the channel.


when you want to invest but your banking app decided not to work 🥲


I don't even think LTT, a YouTube channel with at least a couple dozen employees who release a video a day making a steady cash flow even have an evaluation of 40 MILLION dollars like what you say your channel is worth. Something seems a bit off eh...


Invested in your quality channel. Feels good


Your content is amazing , but why not just à Patreon ?


Gotta make that profit on that false familiarity built up from constant exposure by your viewers. I see you, playa playa.


I love this channel I was scared he was gonna stop making videos.


Not amazing at math but wouldn't that mean you value your company at 40 million dollars in total? that sounds like complete fucking out of this world insanity I'm sorry


I was waiting for this video to reveal it's all a giant hoax but nope, seems like it's real...


I might consider this if VR didn’t make me want to vomit


It's very cute that you believe "investors" will be nice little mom and pop watchers of the channel. Big investors are parasites who will throw money hoping for a return. If you need funding ask for donations, or patrons. Don't turn to stock investors.

100% agree. He jumped from cute donations to plain scam. By the way, no sophisticated investor would ever put a single penny into this. The people are paying.


Just yikes man I would've taken a long look at my viewer metrics before posting something like this anyone 20+ year old adult can smell the doodoo hiding in your proposal from a mile away I like many other really enjoy the channel but it genuinely seems like you are trying to persuade a younger audience hoping they will play into your false narrative. Honesty is huge man huge just tell people you fucked up don't lie gonna have to unsub for the time being hope you the best


Okay, great art etc, it seems very shiny and memey. Yeah, we see lofi girl and matrix guy - very pog etc, but this just screams scammy behaviour my guy. It feels like you're dancing around the point. I'm not involved in crypto or VR, but gut feeling and life lessons from irl business is screaming that this, while perhaps a great idea, seems sus. I love this channel, but this is not the move I think you should go down.


Hey boss. I love your work. It is really good, but I must say this is not the way to get money off of it. Please reconsider before you destroy what you've built hwre


I mean this in the most respectful way possible: What the absolute fuck!? Surely you can see how mindbogglingly sketchy this comes off as...


I really like his content but instead of district plus why didn't he just swallow his pride and make a Patreon

You put it exactly how I was thinking. I've always found it odd that he went that route instead of making a regular Patreon, it's as if he's making it more difficult for himself. On the roadmap it's said that they expect 5,000 Disrupt+ subscribers by 2027, so surely their subscriber numbers must be pretty low right now. I feel like if he had made a Patreon he would've had double the amount of subscribers he has on Disrupt+, if not more. They both do the same thing which is to have financial support alongside a platform to serve premium content, the thing is that one of them (Patreon) is viewed as the standard for this. People who would support on Patreon most likely already support or have supported artists on the platform in the past and wouldn't think twice about doing it for Disrupt. Making an entirely new platform is just adding unnecessary steps.

Doesn’t he have one? Or just join nebula?


Welp, unsubcribed. Are we seriously buying shares for a youtube channel of all things? Just seems money hungry to me.


Would love to see the like to dislike ratio for this video.


This feels like A.I generated stuff, not buying into it lol


Man, you should've just asked people to subscrive to disrupt+ or made a patreon page


don’t do it. people out there see potential with these channel and one day you will regret selling this off. disrupt could make millions and millions … i would just stick with it.


Fucking hell, that pun... XD I'm genuinely interested, but god that was perfect.


I love this channel a lot but honestly… u gotta take this video down along with the “investment program” and try to bounce back from this absurdity.


Yeah, no….. this channel had high quality content and you’ve now lost all of my respect. I’m unsubscribing, sad to see such a good channel go to hell.


I’ll give you $100 for the whole channel


So I love this channel but this was a bad move. I think this is a Hanlon’s razor situation, I don’t think you are scamming people I just think you tried a interesting new idea. However it’s not a good one, just a quick look at the comments shows that this has been a massive hit to disrupt’s reputation. I think it would have been a much better idea to promote a patreon. Many have already talked about the debt and the value and all that other stuff. I see the potential and the big ambitions that you have but I don’t think a channel of your size can make it happen. You should just do a patreon pay off the debt grow a bit and when you actually start making these things and become a public company and do this investment. Right now there is no reason to invest since you won’t get a return on it for years.


500k?  Bro, I love this channel, but whoever made that mistake, made a BIG mistake.  Honestly, I'd only toss you $100 max.


Can't wait for netease to buy a 70% stake on your channel


Wow guys look at how far we have come now it's OUR turn to be the sharks :)


Bro why are you doing this, every good youtuber has to either sell their channel or go inactive. Honestly i'm disappointed in you and if this is some elaborate joke then i'm still usubscribing.


well idk shit about finance but from the comments alone.. its been nice knowing this channel and watched its quality contents..


Me playing this video as background noise while I read the comments: <br>😬😬😬 Yikes.

Me playing this video as background noise while I read the comments:
😬😬😬 Yikes.


I feel like this is against youtubes tos


“You think we should toss them a few bucks?” “I don’t see why not my deer 🦌 “


remember people. only invest what you’re willing to throw in the trash.


The fact that you did not disclose the fact that you have defaulted on your $500,000 buyout of Jordan's shares in this video feels a little disingenuous and very sketchy. I love your content, and want nothing but for Disrupt to grow and prosper, but this fact now made me lose a little trust in the company. Your financial disclosure document even states that all $500,000 is being used to pay off your debt to him, but you wouldn't have known that unless you dug all the way to the final page of the document. For that reason, I personally cannot instill my financial trust in Disrupt, and caution other prospective investors to really put some thought into investing. If you want my personal recommendation, I'd like for you to pin a comment disclosing your true intentions for seeking investors. I wish you the best of luck with funding.


And I'm leaving this channel, be transparent or be gone.
I loved your videos but your dishonesty is disgusting.

You made a bad choice, you have to pay the consequences.

And I'm leaving this channel, be transparent or be gone.
I *loved* your videos but your dishonesty is disgusting.

You made a bad choice, *you* have to pay the consequences.


We're mostly viewers trying to get entertained, not investors trying to get money back. I'm sorry but we part here.


Hahahaha someone needs to archive this video, all the comments, and any of the details he published. This will be on the exams next year.


You make good videos and stuff but maybe don’t beg your fans to help you get out of a crappy situation that is entirely your fault <3

He could if he was honest about it. He’s too arrogant that the problem.


Yeah this is, off man. Your content is great. But we don’t know who you actually are. Especially in a time where we are going to get crippled by a recession. Just know there’s a 95% chance you will never see any profit or benefit monetarily from investing in this.


How much is the annual ROI ? (for the last year)


This is clickbait. I thought disrupt was better than that.


Patreon, this is not the way. Don't burn your bridges and lose the good faith you've built up over the years. And for god's sake, be more TRANSPARENT.


You should do a video where you see if people on Fiverr can do your job and what price point. On the upside you might fin a cheaper way to make your videos. Maybe cut down on the effects 🤔 Would this story stand on it's own? Best channels on YouTube can usually be listened to.


RIP disrupt..its been nice watching you're content but it kind of leaves a bad taste..thought you'd have a bit more respect for you're viewers but I guess not..


You could maybe pull this off if you had 5 million+ subscribers. Probably wasn't wise to buy the other guy out for 500k since you only post a few times a month


This channel is always asking for more money. For what? No one wanted 3D graphics in videos. No one wants VR content. Your videos are paywalled half the time already , and when they aren't- they consist of 30% silent, drawn-out scene transitions. Sorry but I'm unsubbing.

Actually the docs are good, but i agree he tends to go overboard.


Just start a Patreon instead of trying to scam lol


Interesting, I like the idea of selling equity like this. I’m curious to see how you value it and what kind of returns it’ll have

The returns will be no more than a few cents, according to the owner of the company. Its only being done to repay a 500k debt that he defaulted on, ASAP, otherwise the debtor will take the channel back and Jak will be in a load of trouble. Wouldnt really matter, since the debtor is the co-founder. Content wouldnt change much.

It’s on the link, although given from what others (who seem to have given it a look), it aint pretty

@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok we won't

Isn't this just a mix of Stocks and Patreon?

https://youtu.be/i4gIqgtBXJU
Finally its here.

https://youtu.be/mCfYi7634rU
Finally its here YES

*https://youtu.be/mCfYi7634rU*
Finally its here *YES*


tell me your desperate without telling me you're desperate.


So this is just a kickstarter version of a publicly traded company, but with none of the oversight, federal regulation, or consumer control? Yeah hard pass, this is a scam.<br>Edit: holy shit and you are only doing this because you defaulted on a 500k debt and have to pay back your debtors, wow what a fucking trip.

So this is just a kickstarter version of a publicly traded company, but with none of the oversight, federal regulation, or consumer control? Yeah hard pass, this is a scam.
Edit: holy shit and you are only doing this because you defaulted on a 500k debt and have to pay back your debtors, wow what a fucking trip.


Yes the beginning of the YouTube stock market


I helped out with the Minecraft machinimas back when this channel was Propersteeze/Lopsideful, I should totally get a free share lol


a 10 million valuation for a YouTube channel 💀


your money isnt going into anything other than debt


Dammmmm i expected better form such a good channel now they try to run a ponze scheme


And how is this totally not a pyramid scam? 1: Get Funders 2: .... 3: Profit.

@Dogald Trump False, there are companies paying good dividends every quarter. But on this one you definitely won't make any money.

This is just to pay off debt, you won’t make your money back ever

investing is just a scam no one has ever made money investing !


So for $100 i get a few cents a year and you get to pay off your 500k defaulted loan? This just sounds like privileged charity with extra steps


Probably one of the biggest channel downfalls of this year.

Yeah he needs to default on this idea like he did on his debt


Nothing like buying stocks for something that can easily go dead in a matter of weeks


Nice, i'm gonna spend my entire life savings then


Why not just start a Patreon? Just stay you need money.


ppl here acting like this is a scam as if they arent being transparent on everything lol


love this channel, interesting content. 1.4 million is nothing to scoff at, but at the same time, it’s not, for example,  pewdiepie numbers and revenue. hope it all works out, wishing you the best!