MrBeast - an OG Founder Mode guy?

I'll leave it to you all to debate the ethics of MrBeast's videos, YouTube, and the questionable value of these videos.

Meanwhile, the most fascinating part of this is a glimpse into a new kind of media company, where he instituted a particular process and approach and scaled it up outside of the initial set of producers.

You get the sense he's flying by the seat of his pants into a whole new world, and he's creating the org and the processes on the fly based on what's been successful so far.

The energy, drive and enthusiasm required to create a new model of not only "product" (even one that solely exists to please the algorithm) and company is fascinating.

There are more parallels to startup founders than one might admit.