Matt D'Avella

creator · in 20 sources (2018–2020)

Works: The Ground Up Show, Minimalism

Speaks in 2 sources; this page lists what is said about them.

Sources by year: 2018: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2020: 10

Threads

• Ali promises to contact Thomas Frank and Matt D'Avella about collaborations when he moves to America (2020) — promise, open (updates through 2020, not reported done), 2020

Also named in the threads: Ali promises a collaboration video with Matticus giving tips for freshers starting university (2018) · Ali plans to take the USMLE and move to America for an emergency medicine residency (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Thomas Frank (8) · Peter McKinnon (3) · AirPods (3) · The Tim Ferriss Show (3) · Tiago Forte (2) · Amazon (3) · friction (2) · iPhone (3) · Spotify (2) · passive income (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

• 2020-04-17 · Answering your Questions — Ali would love to collaborate with Thomas Frank and Matt D'Avella; one big reason he wants to live in the US for a while is that it unlocks collabs with many of his internet friends. — 00:25:55
  • Ali tells Thomas Frank and Matt D'Avella he will contact them about collaborations when he moves to America. — 00:26:08
• 2020-07-03 · I'm Moving to America 🇺🇸 - Life Update — Ali: Being in the US would unlock collaborations: most of his YouTuber friends, such as Thomas Frank, Matt D'Avella and Sarah Dietschy, his agency Standard and productivity people like Tiago Forte and Nat Eliason are there. — 00:14:33
• 2020-11-15 · How I Gained 1 MILLION Subscribers — Ali's friend Matt D'Avella recently released his own course and also talked about how many people complain that it costs money. — 00:16:25
• 2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied) · How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber — Ali: The Part-Time YouTuber Academy is the first time Ali has charged real money: Skillshare classes, free on a trial like a Netflix documentary, and affiliate deals do not count; at first he was really scared. — 00:42:54
• …and 5 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

Also named in: How to Stop Procrastinating, How to Make Money from your Passion

2019

• 2019-08-06 · Smart Passive Income + The Third Door - Monthly Favourites #11 — Ali thinks he first heard of The Third Door on Matt D'Avella's podcast, The Ground Up Show, in a really good episode with Alex Banayan that he says viewers should listen to. (hedged) — 00:01:20
• 2019-10-09 · How I Built a Million Dollar Business in Medical School - 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs — Ali: Had he held his first videos to the standard of Peter McKinnon or Matt D'Avella, Ali says he would never have released any; early on he told himself his first 50 or 100 videos would be terrible anyway. — 00:09:54
• …and 2 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

Also named in: THE BEST EARPHONES - Apple AirPods Review

2018

• 2018-04-16 · Monthly Favourites #3 - Ali Abdaal — Ali: Matt D'Avella is a filmmaker best known for the Netflix documentary Minimalism. — 00:10:05
  • Matt D'Avella has started a YouTube channel with a podcast, The Ground Up Show, interviewing YouTubers, artists and musicians about how they got started. — 00:10:05
  • Ali finds Matt D'Avella very inspirational because he started on YouTube with zero subscribers, a barrier to entry for many people and once for Ali himself. — 00:10:35
  • Matt D'Avella films his podcasts from three camera angles and posts the hour-and-a-half episodes on YouTube as well as on the podcast. — 00:11:04
  • Ali says Matt D'Avella followed a formula of good production value plus good content plus consistency, and his channel has exploded in popularity in the last two months. — 00:12:32
  • Ali recommends Matt D'Avella's channel and podcasts as inspiration to anyone in a creative field, such as painting, drawing or poetry, who wants to get their work out but is unsure how. — 00:13:01
• 2018-08-30 · Monthly Favourites #6 - Ali Abdaal — recommendation: Ali has got a lot of value from podcasts such as Matt D'Avella's The Ground Up Show, The Tim Ferriss Show and, for those into making software, the Indie Hackers podcast. — 00:12:22
• 2018-09-11 · My new podcast - Microphone setup + reflections — Ali: The inspiration for Ali's podcast setup is Matt D'Avella's podcast The Ground Up Show. — 00:01:27
  • Ali calls the MasterClass videos amazing but a multi-million-dollar operation, while Matt D'Avella's podcast is a one-man operation that looks very good. (overstated) — 00:02:17
  • After long research, Ali chose Rode Procaster microphones as a good sweet spot between price and quality over the Shure SM7B, which Matt D'Avella and many pro podcasters use but which was a bit expensive. — 00:03:18
• 2018-11-01 · My Favourite iPhone XS Apps — recommendation: Ali's recent favourite podcasts are The Ground Up Show by Matt D'Avella and The Tim Ferriss Show, which he has listened to for years, and occasionally he likes Sam Harris's podcast. — 00:13:31
• 2018-12-08 · Ask Doctor Ali - 100k subscribers Q&A — recommendation: Ali has recently come to really like Matt D'Avella, who he says has exploded in popularity. — 00:31:53
• …and 4 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018