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Eating For Free


Mar 6, 2020

In Part 2 of our deep-dive about Jake Paul's Financial Freedom Movement, Joan and Matt talk with Kendall about what its actually like to take a Financial Freedom course, how kids are taught to sell themselves out to Jake's dream, and why the culture surrounding YouTube is inherently toxic. 

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Sources:

    • Official Financial Freedom Movement Site (FFM)
    • I Tried Jake Paul's "Financial Freedom Movement" Classes So You Never Have To (BuzzFeedNews)
    • YouTuber Jake Paul Launches Entrepreneur How-To Platform, Financial Freedom Movement (Variety)
    • YouTuber Jake Paul is trying to cash in on teaching fans how to become influencers — two years after his first project failed (BusinessInsider)
    • YouTube Star Jake Paul Quietly Launches Edfluence, An Online Course That Will Help You Become “Social Media Famous” (Tubefilter)
    • Jake Paul Emotionally Addresses Anxiety Tweet (ImpaulsivePodcast)
    • Jake’s socialblade has seen a massive drop since 2017 (SocialBlade)
    • Jake acts dumb on camera, but he is hyper aware of his power, influence, and the business of being a capitalist, as evidenced by all the interviews and speaking events he’s done, and the old videos on his second channel, JakePaulBiz (YouTube)
    • Financial Lessons From Jake Paul’s Lamborghini (Forbes)
    • Jake Paul’s predatory marketing tactics point to bigger regulation concerns (The Verge)