HQ Trivia's failed mutiny against their CEO

In this episode, we cover HQ Trivia. A mix of bad business decisions, a peculiar personality, a product that was too good to be true; and a flawed business model. Find out why HQ Trivia, a seemingly innocent game in which players earned money by answering general culture questions, against the clock, failed tremendously.
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[incrediblefoodie]

“When you’re giving away money daily, you end up running out of it fast” 😂😂 #facts

[robhirsh]

Great video!! I almost completely forgot about HQ trivia until I just saw this. I used to play regularly once or twice a day for almost a year. I go to concerts and right at the stage at 9 pm I'd play lol. It all went to crap after the quiz daddy left.

[hoseaderricklal]

He fired everybody.. LMAO, what a mess

[glxbe]

you should do a forensics episode on Pokemon Go

[robertrichards]

They probably should've charged $.20 a game and pay that out as the prize

[craigkenny]

Referring to vine as a “failed start up” is simply ridiculous...

[IbukunOluwaShotubo]

I these episodes! Can't seem to stop.

I, however, wish that Caya would advise on what each company would have done differently.

[lenshibo]

i remember when all my friends and co workers were obsessed with this. i never tried it though because i couldn't figure out how they were making money and that scared me. i guess the reason i couldn't figure out how they were making money was because they weren't making money.

[shiholololo]

Hey Caya,
Can you do an episode on JUMIA? It is said to be the Amazon of Africa.. In April 2019 it was listed on the NYSE and claimed to be the 1st African start-up to do so, well what could possibly go wrong???

However 6 months later it ceases to operate in numerous countries in Africa due to a series of events and controversies surrounding the company. such as its lack of its truth about being 'African', terrible management, the Samwer brothers etc.
Wish you could dig into the origin, past and future of the company said to be the Amazon of Africa…
Are we experiencing the rise of another Amazon? or the Fall of what is to be the Amazon of Africa?



Thanks and see yo soonest

[Donteatacowman]

I remember when this was big - I worked at a cafe and when it came on, normally we weren't too busy, so even the supervisors would drop things to use our phones. Not if a customer was there obviously! I won it once but only got a few cents. It was fun but also by its nature flash-in-the-pan, so I wasn't playing by the time any of this happened. It's a weird trend in the cyber-age where investors throw money at whatever gets a lot of users even if the nature of the product is that people will leave if it ever costs money or runs out of funding.

[scotttaylor]

I’ll never forget my Grade 9 year everyday during Science. Half the class would be playing with their phones hidden beneath their desks

[berkayberkayuk]

Thanks for this video, I wonder if we will be ever seeing them again..

[actionchaplain]

This is easily the funniest video you've posted so far that I've seen to date.

[JackieMartin]

Peter Thiel "Peculiar"... very kind to Peter Thiel ;). Great video.

[andresallegre]

well i got $33 dollars out of the game so im fine lmao

[NorwayDuck]

There's a version (one for each country) called "Primetime" and it's actually really fun. Just like with HQ, everyone who wins, gets the money evenly split. I won 0.10 Norwegian kroners yesterday.


that's just 0.011 US dollars, but it's something. 😂

[inxendere]

LMFAO THE LAST HQ TRIVIA THAT EVER WENT LIVE SOUNDS LIKE SMT STRAIGHT OUT OF A COMEDY ANIME IM WHEEZING

[SuperMustache]

This is such a solid video! The editing is slick, the writing is quick, concise, and informational. I love the host as well, he has a great voice and personality.

[ExistentialismEnjoyer]

HQ Trivia is back now, thanks to an anonymous investor !

[AceFurryTrash]

I can't wait for your video on Quibi