Creator Economy

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The passion economy is not limited to social media influencers but encompasses an entirely new economic movement empowering individuals over institutions across education, media, money, and every industry.

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What kids do for fun today will become the new creator professions of the future, and some form of Universal Creative Income will become prevalent across social platforms as the creator arms race heats up.

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Podcast Moments

Ethan Evans00:00:09

“You had the idea to have a newsletter. You've been working on the expression of that idea for years now.”

Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon) · Ethan Evans 2.0

Gergely Orosz00:00:00

“In my best year at Uber, I made about 320 or $330,000 in total compensation. And when I quit my job, I was actually thinking, am I crazy? But now I am making more in compensation than I made at Uber. And the difference is that now my earnings keep going up as long as the newsletter is growing, so there's no theoretical cap on this.”

Leaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer) · Gergely

Sachin Monga00:00:00

“I really think that we're just starting into this golden era of what it might mean to be a writer on the internet. The economic model for supporting great writing on the internet has been generally pretty terrible for the entirety of the internet's history. In the last year or so, there's been so many really interesting success stories from writers who might not even consider themselves writers. People who are able to make a living doing great work without needing millions of viewers.”

Building Substack | Sachin Monga (Substack, Facebook) · Sachin Monga

Cutting Room Floor

Guest insights on this topic that Lenny hasn't (yet) written about in his newsletters. Potential material for future posts.

Ethan EvansUnsynthesized

“You had the idea to have a newsletter. You've been working on the expression of that idea for years now.”

Taking control of your career | Ethan Evans (Amazon) · Ethan Evans 2.0