The speaker worried that selling early would hurt their brand, but David Molina proved you can sell constantly and keep a powerful brand intact. What damages a brand isn't selling, it's selling low-quality products. High-quality work stays high-quality work, whether you charge for it or not.
I was kind of scared of monetization because I thought the more I wait, the bigger the ask I can make. But then I remembered about David Molina. Like, he sells The Real World and Harvard University. Dude has been selling ever since he started, like all the time. He's always been selling. He also has one of the biggest and most powerful brands in the world. So I don't think that selling hurts your brand. I don't think that monetizing hurts your brand. I think that it's selling something bad that hurts your brand, a low-quality product. But if you're good at what you do and you can provide a good service to to someone, then you're kind of hurting your brand by not selling anything. So that really helped me see like, hey, David sells and he has a huge brand. I can sell and have a brand.
