What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?
8 May 10, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?
7 May 22, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators
3 Jun 7, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
4 Jun 16, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal
“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström
4 Jun 30, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
The TCG partner on the most interesting investment opportunities in crypto right now
3 Jul 8, 2021
“There’s a massive appetite for content that goes beyond 280“ - Head of Longform Content Nick Sallon
7 1 Jul 20, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
“As a player, you actually earn 2-3x more than an entry-level job” - Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games
2 2 Jul 26, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Jason Prado, Head of Product at the Drivers Cooperative, is bridging the gap between labor and capital
2 Aug 17, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Let's face it: 'writer' has never been considered a viable career goal. And it may be harder to make money as a writer now than it has ever been before.
18 Aug 20, 2021 by Elle Griffin
"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka
2 Aug 31, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy
4 Sep 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
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
6 Sep 28, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
How Creator Platforms Are Eroding Their Most Important Resource
72 Oct 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott
Can a piece of technology democratize the art world?
21 Oct 26, 2021 by Babe Howard
Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge
23 Nov 30, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
2 Dec 7, 2021 by Nathan Baschez and Li Jin
Gabe Luna Ostaseski & Adam Jackson on why the way we work is broken and how to fix it
25 Dec 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
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
55 Dec 20, 2021 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott
Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators
21 Jan 4, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles
12 Jan 25, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
“Quantify the impact, reduce it as much as possible, and offset the rest” says Joseph Pallant - founder of the Blockchain for Climate Foundation
5 Feb 15, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Preethi Kasireddy on what Ethereum is and how it works
2 Mar 1, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Dani Loftus on disrupting the trillion dollar global fashion industry
3 Mar 15, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Coordinape co-founder Tracheopteryx on how DAOs function, and what they entail for the future of work
4 Mar 22, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez