Oct 14, 2021

Legitimacy Lost

How Creator Platforms Are Eroding Their Most Important Resource

Aug 17, 2021

Building a Driver-Owned Alternative to Uber and Lyft

Jason Prado, Head of Product at the Drivers Cooperative, is bridging the gap between labor and capital

Dec 14, 2021

Braintrust’s Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace

Gabe Luna Ostaseski & Adam Jackson on why the way we work is broken and how to fix it

Dec 20, 2021

The Web3 Renaissance: A Golden Age for Content

Like this essay and want to support us to create more like it? Consider collecting it as an NFT!In January 1996, Bill Gates published what w

Sep 28, 2021

Packy McCormick on Web3 (how he got sucked in)

Packy McCormick, author of Not Boring, one of the most widely-read analysts in tech. His newsletter now has more than 75k subscribers and he

May 17, 2022

A Theory of Justice for Web3

Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet

Jul 20, 2021

Inside the Longform Content Game at Twitter

“There’s a massive appetite for content that goes beyond 280“ - Head of Longform Content Nick Sallon

Jan 27, 2021

Twitter Acquires Revue

Also in this week’s roundup: Clubhouse’s $1b valuation, a16z’s new media property, Forbes’s new deal for writers, and Instagram’s plan to keep up with TikTok.

Apr 10, 2023

How Psychological Ownership Can Make Crypto Less Mercenary

Web3 is missing the magic of “mine”

Jun 30, 2021

Inside Spotify’s Vision for Audio Creators

“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström

Sep 16, 2022

The New Creator Playbook: Jumpstarting Communities Through Tokens

Web3 is inverting the online creation model

Sep 23, 2020

Making Websites Super Easy To Build, with Joseph Cohen

The founder of Universe joins us to discuss how to democratize website creation

May 22, 2021

Is The United States a Creator-Friendly Country?

European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?

Aug 27, 2020

The Art of Unbundling, with Greg Isenberg

The Consumer Social innovator on how audiences become communities — and how you should monetize them

Mar 27, 2021

Unpacking The David Dobrik Controversy

Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more

Apr 10, 2021

Assessing Clubhouse’s Post-Pandemic Future

Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more

Jan 25, 2022

DeFi Explained

Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles

Jan 4, 2022

A Look Inside Pinterest’s Creator Strategy

Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators

Nov 30, 2021

Li Jin on the journey behind Variant’s new $110M fund to back the ownership economy

Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge

Oct 7, 2020

How To Use ‘Good Jobs’ To Create A Great Company, with Dan Teran

And the future of worker classification

Apr 3, 2021

How can Creators become successful Angel Investors?

Also: Spotify’s answer to Clubhouse, Cameo’s $1 billion valuation, Substack’s $650 million valuation, and more

Sep 30, 2020

Enabling Anyone To Create an Online School, with Ankur Nagpal

And what the next phase looks like for Teachable

Jan 19, 2021

Snapchat’s Attempt to Mint Their Own Celebrities

News Roundup #16: Andrew Yang bringing hype houses to NYC, Apple launching a paid podcasts, the power law on OnlyFans, and more

Nov 18, 2020

Building Profitable Online Businesses, with Courtland Allen

And how software relates to the Passion Economy