Read to the end for publicly listed TikTok Creator Mansion
"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more
Recent news from TikTok, ConvertKit, and Ditto reveal an emerging new funnel for music creators to directly acquire, engage, and monetize fans.
“There’s a massive appetite for content that goes beyond 280“ - Head of Longform Content Nick Sallon
“As a player, you actually earn 2-3x more than an entry-level job” - Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games
And what content creators can learn from open-source developers
And how the best of OnlyFans can be applied to other platforms
European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?
Also: Spotify’s answer to Clubhouse, Cameo’s $1 billion valuation, Substack’s $650 million valuation, and more
A mind-expanding conversation with Kat Tenbarge
The Consumer Social innovator on how audiences become communities — and how you should monetize them
Coordinape co-founder Tracheopteryx on how DAOs function, and what they entail for the future of work
And the product dynamics that drive social platforms
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
And what it means to be a journalist in 2020
Read to the end to learn how a business model changed a company culture
And the future of worker classification
Also: Dispo’s $200 million valuation, MrBeast sells 1 million burgers, Spotify’s latest announcements, and more
News Roundup #14: Twitter acquires Breaker, Clubhouse announces a Creator Pilot Program, Substack’s SEO issues and more
What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
News Roundup #15: Solutions for creator burnout, Substack announces new features, Cameo reveals 2020 stats, and more
