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Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
For our guest this week on Means of Creation we welcomed Joseph Albanese, co-founder and CEO of Stir!As we’ve discussed on the show before,
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And the future of social media platforms
Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators
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Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
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Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
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