Means of Creation

Means of Creation

29 episodes

Work is changing. The old structures that dominated the 20th century are gradually being replaced by platforms and cultures that have grown up on the internet that aim to help people do what they love for a living. Li and Nathan unpack this new passion economy in a weekly conversation with guests at the forefront of this change.

Podcasts

Documenting the Creator Economy with Avi Gandhi

Published: June 30, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes

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AI music with Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst, and Jesse Walden

Published: May 31, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 50 seconds

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Social tokens, NFTs, and lessons from Uber ft. Matt Alston

Published: May 7, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 29 seconds

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TikToks Creator Strategy ft. Paul Marvucic, Head of Product Marketing

Published: April 3, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 23 seconds

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DAOs Explained ft. Tracheopteryx

Published: March 22, 2022, 5:42 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds

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The Rise of Fashion NFTs ft. Dani Loftus

Published: March 15, 2022, 6:24 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 6 seconds

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Ethereum Explained ft. Preethi Kasireddy

Published: March 2, 2022, 5:50 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 47 seconds

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Is Crypto *Actually* Destroying the Planet?

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 25 seconds

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DeFi Explained ft. Nat Eliason

Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 8:36 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 40 seconds

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A Look Inside Pinterests Creator Strategy

Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 6:49 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 4 seconds

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Braintrusts Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace

Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 24 seconds

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Should Creators Own Their Means of Creation?

Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 33 seconds

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Li Jin on the journey behind Variants new $110M fund to back the ownership economy

Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 11:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 26 seconds

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Packy McCormick on Web3 (how he got sucked in)

Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 9:06 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 54 seconds

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

Published: Sept. 14, 2021, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 39 seconds

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Understanding The Culture and Commerce Driving NFTs, with Kyle Chayka

Published: Aug. 31, 2021, 9:56 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 3 seconds

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Building a Driver-Owned Alternative to Uber and Lyft

Published: Aug. 17, 2021, 8:41 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 57 seconds

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Playing Games to Earn a Living in the Metaverse

Published: July 26, 2021, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 9 seconds

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Inside the Longform Content Game at Twitter

Published: July 20, 2021, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 18 seconds

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Jarrod Dicker Is Thinking A Lot About Web 2.5

Published: July 8, 2021, 6:38 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 24 seconds

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Inside Spotify's Vision for Audio Creators

Published: June 29, 2021, 5:57 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 23 seconds

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#33 - Alex Kantrowitz on going solo as the creator economy goes mainstream

Published: June 7, 2021, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 57 seconds

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#32 - Kat Tenbarge on Why Influencers Need Watchdog Journalism

Published: May 2, 2021, 6:56 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 37 seconds

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#31 - Alex Zaccaria, Co-founder & CEO of Linktree

Published: April 17, 2021, 10:40 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 17 seconds

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#30 - Turner Novak on Substack Pro, Twitter Spaces, and what makes Clubhouse engaging

Published: March 23, 2021, 9:41 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 49 seconds

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#29 - James Young, founder of Collab.Land, on buying Li's first NFT for 13.37 ETH and investing as a form of activism

Published: March 22, 2021, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 51 seconds

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#28 - Sam Lessin

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 9:54 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 45 seconds

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#27 - Allen Lau

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 2:10 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 26 seconds

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#26 - Katia Ameri & Elijah Daniel

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 29 seconds

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#25 Joshua Cohen on the Professionalization of the Creator Economy

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds

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#24 Evan Britton on creating a Wikipedia for a new generation and bootstrapping an ad-based business

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds

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#23 Community Hangout with Li, Nathan, and Adam Keesling

Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 15 seconds

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#22 Chris Messina on why the passion economy needs a more stable foundation to keep expanding

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 6:38 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds

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#21 Nadia Eghbal on the parallels between open-source software development and online creators

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 4:51 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 16 seconds

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#20 Eugene Wei on all things technology, film and media

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 2:11 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 11 seconds

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#19 Indie Hackers founder Courtland Allen on how to build a profitable online business

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 49 seconds

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#18 Li and Nathan on the future of online education and "Universal Creator Income"

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 3:54 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 38 seconds

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#17 Aella on being a top 0.08% OnlyFans creator and opportunities for tech in the adult content world

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 20 seconds

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#15 Taylor Lorenz on the creator economy, online entrepreneurship, the changing media landscape, & more

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, noon
Duration: 52 minutes 35 seconds

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#13 Dan Teran, founder & former CEO of Managed by Q, on how to use Good Jobs to create great companies

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, noon
Duration: 52 minutes 29 seconds

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#11 Joseph Cohen, founder & CEO of Universe on empowering everyone to build the internet

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 15 seconds

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#10 Blake Robbins on the future of media, Twitch, OnlyFans, and creator monetization

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 54 seconds

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#9 Polina Marinova on The Profile, being an independent writer, and changes in the media industry

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 2:24 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 48 seconds

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#8 Visakan Veerasamy on how to make friends on the internet

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 33 seconds

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#7 Adam Davidson (Part 2), co-founder Planet Money, journalist

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 38 seconds

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#6 Adam Davidson, co-founder Planet Money, journalist

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 46 seconds

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#5 Nathan Barry, founder of ConvertKit

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 55 seconds

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#4 Erik Berlin and Leah Culver, co-founders of Breaker

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 1:59 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 8 seconds

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#3 Lenny Rachitsky, founder & writer of Lenny's Newsletter

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 1:57 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 26 seconds

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#2 Greg Isenberg, founder of Islands and Late Checkout

Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 1:39 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds

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#1 Sahil Lavingia, founder of Gumroad

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds

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