#28 - Sam Lessin
This week on Means of Creation, we spoke to Sam Lessin! Sam is currently the co-founder of Fin and General Partner at Slow Ventures. He also writes a column at The Information called Modest Proposals that covers creators, platforms, and startups writ large. He was formerly a vice president of product management at Facebook from 2010 to 2014. Prior to joining Facebook Sam founded drop.io, a file-sharing platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2010. In this interview, we are going to talk to Sam about: - Equity financing for influencers - How platforms’ attitudes towards creators has changed over the years - The creator revenue streams that will be significant in the next few years - Why Reels won’t really stop TikTok’s growth and how Instagram can incentivise creators - Slow’s early investment in Clubhouse. - What to look for in early-stage social platforms before they’ve proved scale and network effects - The success of OnlyFans and how it fits in with the societal problem of only needing 1,000 true fans to be successful online