Part of the problem with the question (and perhaps people's expectations of his answer) is that it's really asking about two somewhat-different things.

Louie's talent as a comedian is something he's built over many many years. He's obviously not the first, and definitely not the fastest to rise to critical acclaim ... so arguably, you could make the case that there's nothing special about what he's accomplished there ... just that he's currently very highly thought of in the comedy world.

What he's done is pair the timing of that success with a different business model for his personal brand than had previously been applied to the world of comedy - and he's done that with a technological solution that really anybody CAN replicate.

He booked venues that weren't beholden to large ticket companies giving him the freedom to record and resell his performance. He hired his own crew to record those shows. He hired people to build a website for $32,000 to distribute those shows, and he asked people to pay $5 instead of stealing them online. Then he used the success of that experiment as leverage for the deals he struck for his tour and with HBO because they wanted him more than he needed them.

Really anybody could have (and still can) do what he's done, but there's few short-cuts to the talent part. But I guess since I'm commenting here, I've "canceled my subscription to being a good person".