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Caspar LeeFebruary 18, 2025

Success is just a series of tiny moments. Enjoy the journey, because the destination isn’t where happiness lives.
Caspar Lee

Caspar Lee shares his journey from building a YouTube audience in South Africa to launching successful ventures like Influencer. He highlights the power of real human connections, embracing discomfort for growth, and maintaining joy in the entrepreneurial process. Caspar offers practical advice on marketing, leveraging collaborations, and staying grounded while pursuing ambitious goals.




Interview Summary

1:30

Building human connections in business

Caspar Lee discusses leveraging collaboration and relationship-building skills from his YouTube career to successfully establish ventures like Influencer.com and Creator Ventures.

7:00

Embracing challenges and personal growth

Caspar highlights the value of stepping out of comfort zones, sharing his journey of overcoming fears like public speaking to achieve personal and professional fulfillment.

13:00

Purpose-driven marketing and AI’s role

Caspar reflects on ethical marketing practices, the impact of influencer marketing, and how AI will shape the future of content while preserving the value of human connection.

19:00

Reconnecting with joy

Caspar underscores the importance of hobbies, loved ones and stepping away from work to find balance and maintain joy in life and entrepreneurship.

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Caspar Lee

As well as co-founding Creator Ventures, Caspar Lee co-founded Influencer.com (one of Europe’s largest influencer marketing companies) and Margravine (a talent management joint venture with WME). Caspar is an early YouTube Creator with an audience of more than 15 million across channels, including around 7 million subscribers on his main YouTube channel.