February 2021 archive

Every article we published in February 2021.

Feb 1, 2021

TLC Podcast #10: Fresh Brains

Accessing excitement and announcing the self in writing

Every Team

Feb 4, 2021

#55 - Why Raise Venture Capital for a Media Company?

Taking to Clubhouse for their first-ever live episode of Talk Therapy, Dan and Nathan attempt to answer a question they've gotten a lot sinc

Every Team

Feb 4, 2021

Facebook Pushes Into Newsletters

YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more

Feb 5, 2021

A Post-Mortem for Social Podcast Discovery

Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.

Feb 5, 2021

Revenue: It’s Simple, Until It Isn’t

Finally, a clear explanation of bookings, billings and revenue

Feb 6, 2021

#56 - Why audio has a lower "Dunbar's Number"

With the news that Twitter has acquired the podcasting company Breaker, Nathan walks Dan through his latest Divinations article on the state

Every Team

Feb 7, 2021

The Sunday Digest: Remain Calm

Everything we published this week + our latest takes on Amazon and the newsletter boom

Every Team

Feb 9, 2021

TLC Podcast 11: What’s So Impressive About A Diamond Except the Mining?

With special guest Fadeke Adegbuyi in the room this week, the gang discusses her upcoming essay on the tracking app Spoonbill, the tensions

Every Team

Feb 9, 2021

Creeping as a Service (CraaS)

How Spoonbill reveals our obsession with identity

Fadeke Adegbuyi

Feb 9, 2021

Welcome to Free Radicals

A very belated welcome to Free Radicals. When we launched this newsletter in September of 2020, we just sent it out into the world without really taking a moment to stop and properly introduce ourselves.

Annaliese Griffin

Feb 10, 2021

#57 - How to conduct a luxurious edit

Dan and Nathan peel back the curtain on the editing process they've cultivated (and are still cultivating!) for the collective. Shifting bet

Every Team

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

Feb 13, 2021

Validating a Side Hustle

How Justin Mares validated the idea that became a successful D2C company

Feb 14, 2021

Sunday Digest: Creeping as a Service (CraaS)

Everything we published this week and more.

Every Team

Feb 17, 2021

#58 - We switched from Slack to Discord, and we're loving it! Here's why.

Listen NowNathan and Dan reflect on their first week spent using Discord instead of Slack, and lay out their reasoning for making the jump t

Every Team

Feb 18, 2021

TLC Podcast #12: Restful Reading

After Rachel, Nathan and Taylor provide a diverse array of reading recs for Dan's in-home vacation, the TLC crew wonders: why do we read wha

Every Team

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

Feb 18, 2021

LinkedIn Is Launching A Creator Program

Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more

Feb 20, 2021

Why I like Dispo

David Dobrik’s new photo-sharing app just might be a winner.

Feb 21, 2021

The Sunday Digest

Everything we published this week + news from within and outside

Every Team

Feb 24, 2021

Who Shaan Puri is Becoming

The co-host of the My First Million Podcast reveals his tools for growing into a better version of himself

Feb 24, 2021

Breaking the Dam, with Sameer Gardezi

Sameer Gardezi likes to tell stories and his most beloved project is his biggest yet—rewriting Hollywood altogether.

Sherrell Dorsey

Feb 25, 2021

Can NFTs Be A New Monetisation Model For Creators?

Also: Dispo’s $200 million valuation, MrBeast sells 1 million burgers, Spotify’s latest announcements, and more

Feb 26, 2021

#59 - Goals vs Virtues

Returning from a well-earned week off, Dan takes Nathan through his return to Superorganizers: a look at My First Million cohost Shaan Puri'

Every Team

Feb 26, 2021

When should you take money off the table?

Accidentally predicting the (most recent) Bitcoin peak

Feb 26, 2021

The Sunday Digest: Testing, testing...

Everything we published this week + exciting new offerings for you to try out

Every Team

Feb 28, 2021

#60 - Comfort with Chaos

Nathan and Dan discuss their differing approaches to writing, and wonder how they can manage to still be effective sounding boards for each

Every Team

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