Billy McFarland: The Man Behind The Infamous Fyre Festival Disaster | E202

The Diary Of A CEO · Beginner ·🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ·3y ago
The co-creator of the infamous Fyre festival, Billy McFarland spent 4 years behind bars for lying to investors and using the mythical tropical island festival as a way to pay off his debts. You have probably heard of him from the 2 massively popular documentaries that blew up on social media. Topics: 0:00 Intro 02:01 Early Context 05:53 A desire to prove yourself 16:08 Your entrepreneurial journey 21:28 Magnises 26:20 The start of Fyre 33:34 Are you a pathological liar? 37:32 Not wanting watch the documentary 41:53 Your skills sets that enabled all of this 45:10 The ‘urgent payment sheet/…
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Intro
2:01 Early Context
5:53 A desire to prove yourself
16:08 Your entrepreneurial journey
21:28 Magnises
26:20 The start of Fyre
33:34 Are you a pathological liar?
37:32 Not wanting watch the documentary
41:53 Your skills sets that enabled all of this
45:10 The ‘urgent payment sheet/‘
50:29 The mental health implications of all of this
54:42 Your insecurities
57:12 When you realised everything had gone wrong
59:47 Did you ask Andy king to such a penis?
1:01:39 People losing their life savings
1:02:39 The FBI coming for you
1:04:55 Carrying on with the scams
1:08:01 Your relationship with lying now
1:10:09 What was it like when the FBI came knocking?
1:11:57 Ja rule
1:13:17 Going to jail
1:19:45 The worst thing the happened in jail
1:26:07 Your mental health journey now
1:29:11 What was your plan when you got out?
1:37:38 How are you doing?
1:43:17 The last guest question

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