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CALVIN: The Fyre app is a booking app
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Fyre Fraud

The Fyre app is abooking app so you can rent out celebritiesto appear at your events, and...

CALVIN: The Fyre app is a
booking app so you can rent out celebrities
to appear at your events, and I think this was sort of the Tinder for booking talent

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CALVIN: The Fyre app is a booking app
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so you can rent out celebrities to appear at your events,
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and I think this was sort of
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the Tinder for booking talent.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:15
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Mic,Billboard,The Cinemart

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Concert promoters and rapper Ja Rule advertise a high-end festival experience that fails spectacularly when they don't plan for the infrastructure to support the venue, artists and guests.
You'd swipe right and make an offer on Coldplay, - Fyre Fraud 00:14
You'd swipe right and make an offer on Coldplay,
A very dear friend sent me a term sheet - Fyre Fraud 00:06
A very dear friend sent me a term sheet
It was for a significant amount of money‐‐ - Fyre Fraud 00:07
It was for a significant amount of money‐‐
But he was just indicating that - Fyre Fraud 00:08
But he was just indicating that
And that's really when it turned from something - Fyre Fraud 00:11
And that's really when it turned from something
And so at this point, - Fyre Fraud 00:07
And so at this point,
So I called Comcast Ventures, and I said, "Look, - Fyre Fraud 00:06
So I called Comcast Ventures, and I said, "Look,
"Promise me that you won't write a check to this company - Fyre Fraud 00:12
"Promise me that you won't write a check to this c...
And the more money people were spending on this thing, - Fyre Fraud 00:20
And the more money people were spending on this thing,
The guy would start talking to other people - Fyre Fraud 00:06
The guy would start talking to other people
And I think everyone in the room kind of had, like, - Fyre Fraud 00:15
And I think everyone in the room kind of had, like,
People are like, "Eh, someone will figure it out." - Fyre Fraud 00:07
People are like, "Eh, someone will figure it out."
If people are drunk, - Fyre Fraud 00:04
If people are drunk,
They didn't even think, like, "Maybe we need a fence." - Fyre Fraud 00:13
They didn't even think, like, "Maybe we need a fen...
"this could actually be, like, a failure, I think. - Fyre Fraud 00:05
"this could actually be, like, a failure, I think.
Could it?" And everyone would be like, - Fyre Fraud 00:13
Could it?" And everyone would be like,
OREN: So there were a few vendors who dropped out. - Fyre Fraud 00:06
OREN: So there were a few vendors who dropped out.
This is one of those things that you kind of question, - Fyre Fraud 00:10
This is one of those things that you kind of question,
VICKIE: If it were my agency and I didn't think - Fyre Fraud 00:08
VICKIE: If it were my agency and I didn't think
OREN: There's so much momentum, - Fyre Fraud 00:30
OREN: There's so much momentum,