#41: Issa Rae, Founder of Issa Rae Productions, Creator & Star of HBO's "Insecure"

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Issa Rae is doing it all. In addition to being the creator, co-writer and star behind HBO's "Insecure," she's also a bestselling author and has a popular YouTube channel garnering millions of views. After graduating from Stanford in 2007, she received a theater fellowship at The Public Theater and then worked odd jobs between business school and law school until her web series "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" went viral. Funded through Kickstarter, the web series went on to win the Shorty Award for Best Web Show in 2013. Issa discusses her journey to "Insecure" and how her determination helped her land a show on HBO. Follow Issa Rae on Instagram & Twitter: @IssaRae Like Issa Rae on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/issarae112 Check out Issa Rae Productions on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrtNuDTtMzVbxdROsT_D4HQ Issa Rae Presents: http://www.issarae.com/ Entrepreneur of the week: Adriana Epelboim-Levy, Founder of ALEPEL Learn more about ALEPEL: http://www.alepel.com Know someone who should be a featured Entrepreneur? Send your nominations to [email protected] Like what we're doing? Leave a review! ----> http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0	I remember getting the call that the show wasn't going to go this year and just feeling like, where am I?
0:06.9	What did I just do?
0:08.0	And what's going to happen now?
0:09.9	Now I have no money and I have no show.
0:12.0	I basically have to start all over again.
0:14.7	Welcome to No Limits.
0:17.4	I'm Rebecca Jarvis.
0:19.4	Each week we're talking to women playing at the top of their game.
0:25.1	So how are they doing it?
0:27.2	Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story, you're in the
0:32.0	right place.
0:37.2	Hey everyone, it's Rebecca and we have a special episode of No Limits coming up today.
0:41.4	I traveled to Los Angeles for today's interview with Issa Ray.
0:45.5	She is the creator, co-writer, and star of HBO's Insecure.
0:49.6	It is now in its second season.
0:51.5	She is also the founder of Issa Ray Productions.
0:55.3	She is a New York Times best-selling author for her first book, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,
1:00.4	the creator of multiple web series, including the hugely popular Misadventures of Awkward Black
1:06.6	Girl. Her web content has over 23 million views.
1:10.9	She went to Stanford, and she's awesome.
1:14.2	Issa Rae, welcome to No Limits.
1:15.9	Thank you.
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