The Truth About Starting a YouTube Channel With No Money
Podcast Highlights (Bite-Sized)
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27-Sep-2025
Before Trilogy Media was full-time, it was a side hustle, built on late nights, freelance gigs, and financial stress. In this raw and honest clip, Ashton and Art share how they juggled jobs to survive, why their first collaborations with Rosie and Kitboga were game-changers, and how they slowly (and painfully) phased out everything else to go all-in on YouTube.
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