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Ariel Viera, Founder of "Urbanist" sits down remotely to discuss his journey from studying engineering at CUNY and working as a community manager for Foursquare, Gawker, and Vox, to his passion for the history of cities and vlogging; how to build organic growth, live streaming vs. pre-recorded, the validation of our friends, the Millennial "insecurity gene", how to not be boring (or not care?), why our identity is often wrapped in money, and why entertainment is so important.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ARIEL: http://arielviera.com/
FACEBOOK: @UrbanistLive
YOUTUBE: Urbanist Channel
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
- Please explain briefly what is urbanist?
- You have over 40,000 followers across YouTube and facebook. What was the pace of the growth? I’m trying to understand how you accomplished that? Was that organic? Was it through marketing? I’m sure other entrepreneurs want to know.
- Why are you doing this? You went to queens college, you studied engineering at city college which is part of CUNY. How did you decide to get into film history?
- Topics
- Labels and comparison
- A lot of millennials fear putting themselves out there. We tend to get in our head a bit. We worry that everything has to be very polished and manicured in appearance. I know i feel that way sometimes. Call it insecurity or whatever you want. You seem to not care and your videos are very raw and authentic. Do you just not share this millennial insecurity gene?
- diversity and inclusion
- Another feature of millennials is that they can become very tribal. I go to this gym. I live in this neighborhood. I wear this designer brand. Not always, but often it has to do with money. Its some form of identity. You travel all around the world. Why do people do this? And what has history taught us? I mean can’t we all just get along? I thought you’d be the perfect person to ask
- Travel and entertainment
- Millennials love to travel and explore. We pay a lot of rent to live in a place like New York City only to want to leave and go other places. Why do we have this travel bug? Where does it come from? And why is entertainment so important generally?
- Ask about you..
- Why are you focused on cities? Are interesting things not happening in rural areas? Or just don’t have the same history?
- What’s your favorite episode you’ve shot or subject matter?
- This might be a loaded question but are there any insights you’ve learned about people generally over all of your experiences?
- What is something you wish someone had told you 5 years ago, or you had told yourself, that you had to learn on your own? But would have made life so much easier had you known.
- How can people get involved and learn more about you?
