MrBeast

Across Kyle’s essays, MrBeast functions as the recurring proof-of-concept for compounding through consistency. In VCs Beyond The Meme and again in The State of Startup Media, Kyle cites the stat that MrBeast “published a YouTube video every 11 days for 10 years,” using it to argue that “consistency and shots on goal are critical in building any engine” and that “success in creating anything is often just in the act of creating.” He distills the lesson as: take a simple idea seriously and keep shipping — “that’s how compounding works.” MrBeast also surfaces in Tastemakers as an example of a creator who makes taste rather than merely curating it.

Context: MrBeast is the online handle of Jimmy Donaldson, an American YouTuber known for high-budget stunt and philanthropy videos and for becoming one of the most-subscribed creators on the platform.

Where this appears

• VCs Beyond The Meme — the “video every 11 days for 10 years” stat as evidence that consistency and shots-on-goal build any engine.
• The State of Startup Media — same stat reframed: success is often in the act of creating; take a simple idea seriously and keep shipping.
• Tastemakers — cited as a creator who makes taste rather than merely curating it.