Means of Creation

A talk show about the passion economy.

Mar 15, 2022

The Rise of Fashion NFTs

Dani Loftus on disrupting the trillion dollar global fashion industry

Nov 5, 2020

Lessons From Becoming a Top 0.03% OnlyFans Creator, with Aella

And how the best of OnlyFans can be applied to other platforms

Dec 16, 2020

Side Hustle or Job Replacement? What Platforms Like Poshmark Are Really Providing

News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters

Oct 13, 2020

Passion Economy News #4: Triller Poaching TikTok Stars, David Dobrik Gets Funding for Dispo, Journalistic Entrepreneurialism, and More

Read to the end for an insightful OnlyFans creator AMA

Sep 14, 2021

How Crypto Projects Like Loot are Rewriting the Playbook for Building Communities

Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy

Feb 11, 2021

Snap’s Spotlight Program Led To a 22% Rise In DAUs

Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more

Mar 22, 2022

DAOs Explained

Coordinape co-founder Tracheopteryx on how DAOs function, and what they entail for the future of work

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

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?

Sep 22, 2020

Passion Economy News: TikTok Deal, Creator Debt Financing, OnlyFans Disruption, Artist Monetization, and More

Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast

Oct 20, 2020

Passion Economy News #5: The Prop 22 Debate, Substack’s Mentorship Program, OnZoom’s Event Discovery Push, Business Insider’s potential Morning Brew Acquisition, and More

Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy

Jun 30, 2021

Inside Spotify’s Vision for Audio Creators

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

Mar 1, 2022

Ethereum Explained

Preethi Kasireddy on what Ethereum is and how it works

Sep 30, 2020

Enabling Anyone To Create an Online School, with Ankur Nagpal

And what the next phase looks like for Teachable

May 3, 2021

Why Influencers Need a Watchdog

A mind-expanding conversation with Kat Tenbarge

Feb 15, 2022

Is Crypto *Actually* Destroying the Planet?

“Quantify the impact, reduce it as much as possible, and offset the rest” says Joseph Pallant - founder of the Blockchain for Climate Foundation

Apr 27, 2021

Facebook’s Foray into Audio

Why are they doing it? And will it work?

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

Nov 24, 2020

News Roundup #10: Snap launches its own version of Creator Fund & rare interview with OnlyFans CEO

Read to the end for publicly listed TikTok Creator Mansion

May 10, 2021

Apple is Holding Back the Creator Economy

What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?

Dec 8, 2020

News Roundup #12: YouTube Revamps Premieres & A New Player in Local Newsletters

Read to the end for a 9-year-old YouTube star who launched a Roblox world

Nov 18, 2020

Building Profitable Online Businesses, with Courtland Allen

And how software relates to the Passion Economy

Oct 7, 2020

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

And the future of worker classification

Feb 18, 2021

Allen Lau, Co-founder & CEO of Wattpad, on creative communities and new business models for creativity

Full transcript of our conversation with Allen