Wait, it was pulling global data instead of your specific audience?

Yeah, @allen.ivan, that whiteboard idea is solid - small habits like that add up fast.

Oh man, I gotta respectfully disagree here. Spending 90 minutes on a hook isn't the problem, the problem is thinking a perfect hook is magic when it's really just one piece of a bigger puzzle. The algorithm doesn't care about your clever setup if the video itself doesn't hook people in the first 3 seconds after they land on it (and 47 views means nobody even got far enough to see the rest). I've had videos with terrible hooks do great because the content was genuinely interesting or relatable, and vice versa. Honestly, you might be better off spending that 90 minutes on the video's overall pacing and value instead of obsessing over one line.

Is this really worth getting upset over? Some people just like to act like they invented the lifestyle and everyone else is doing it wrong. I'm with @holly_walker76 on this one, the guy was way too focused on your schedule for someone who doesn't even know you. Sounds like he was projecting his own insecurities about what he's doing. At the end of the day, you're still working remotely in another country and supporting your kids, which is more real than whatever rules he made up.

Wait, 8 months of work and it got killed right before launch? That's brutal, that had to feel like a complete waste of everyone's time. I've seen projects twist in the wind for months after they were done because some VP got cold feet, it's insane how much momentum can just vanish.