“when she moved to London like three years ago she joined our YouTuber Academy”
YouTuber Academy
By Ali Abdaal and team
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“now I'm buying your boot now I'm getting your getting your YouTuber Academy now I'm doing all these things”
“this was a thought process that led to us canceling our YouTuber Academy”
“when we open the door for our YouTuber Academy suddenly oh crap we've got more more demand than we even know what to do with”
“we did a meet-up for like 100 of our YouTube Academy students”
“with my with my YouTuber Academy I'll have friends messaging being like hey can I can I get on this course”
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