How and why early-stage startups sacrifice power for growth
♥ 22 🔒 Jul 16, 2021 by Nathan Baschez and Austin Langlinais
“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström
♥ 2 Jun 30, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
♥ 2 🔒 Jun 16, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators
♥ 2 Jun 7, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?
♥ 5 🔒 May 22, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
A friendly rebuttal
♥ 36 🔒 May 21, 2021 by Nathan Baschez
What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?
♥ 7 🔒 May 10, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
A mind-expanding conversation with Kat Tenbarge
♥ 2 May 3, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
♥ 47 May 1, 2021 by Nathan Baschez
Why are they doing it? And will it work?
♥ 7 Apr 27, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
Recent news from TikTok, ConvertKit, and Ditto reveal an emerging new funnel for music creators to directly acquire, engage, and monetize fans.
♥ 8 Apr 17, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more
♥ 24 Apr 10, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
Also: Spotify’s answer to Clubhouse, Cameo’s $1 billion valuation, Substack’s $650 million valuation, and more
♥ 8 Apr 3, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
♥ 13 🔒 Apr 1, 2021 by Nathan Baschez
Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more
♥ 18 Mar 27, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Introducing our newest publication, Glassy! (A weekly study of technology through the lens of gender.)
♥ 17 Mar 24, 2021 by Nathan Baschez and Taylor Majewski
Also: Clubhouse’s accelerator program, Twitter’s new monetization tools for Spaces, a platform that lets fans control creators’ lives, and more
♥ 5 🔒 Mar 18, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Turner Novak
Also: Facebook’s take on short-form music creation, Charli D’Amelio’s distribution power, influencer marketing on Clubhouse, and more
♥ 5 🔒 Mar 6, 2021 by Nathan Baschez and Li Jin
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
♥ 11 🔒 Mar 4, 2021 by Nathan Baschez and Bryant Jefferson
Also: Dispo’s $200 million valuation, MrBeast sells 1 million burgers, Spotify’s latest announcements, and more
♥ 8 🔒 Feb 25, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
David Dobrik’s new photo-sharing app just might be a winner.
♥ 24 🔒 Feb 20, 2021 by Nathan Baschez
Full transcript of our conversation with Allen
♥ 1 Feb 18, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more
♥ 8 🔒 Feb 18, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
♥ 10 🔒 Feb 11, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
♥ 40 🔒 Feb 5, 2021 by Nathan Baschez
