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The Rise of the Creator Economy
In the past few years, startups like Substack, Patreon, and Shopify have created alternative ways for creators to build businesses online through direct transactions, rather than advertising. This shift exposed a simple fact: in an ad-driven world, creators were generally under-monetizing their audiences.
Andrew Chen • The Next Phase of Social? Listen Closely | Andreessen Horowitz
Creator Economy 2.0: What we’ve learned, why it’s hard, and what’s next at andrewchen
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Independent internet-native creators leverage the internet’s frictionless content creation and distribution, but they’re still trapped by traditional business models like subscriptions and advertising.
A subscription model is based on the promise of the production of future gated content. A publication or creator is paid to continue production, not ... See more
A subscription model is based on the promise of the production of future gated content. A publication or creator is paid to continue production, not ... See more