How Creator Platforms Are Eroding Their Most Important Resource
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Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet
Web3 is missing the magic of “mine”
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Web3 is inverting the online creation model
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Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles
Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators
Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge
Gabe Luna Ostaseski & Adam Jackson on why the way we work is broken and how to fix it
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
Jason Prado, Head of Product at the Drivers Cooperative, is bridging the gap between labor and capital
Read to the end for a new tech & society newsletter you won't want to miss
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Read to the end for an insightful OnlyFans creator AMA
Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy
And why David Dobrik may have a bigger impact than David Letterman
News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters
The founder of Universe joins us to discuss how to democratize website creation
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
Read to the end for a 9-year-old YouTube star who launched a Roblox world
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
