🎧 Episode 2 — The Rise of Creator Led Media Companies Venture Desktop

In this episode of Venture Desktop, we are looking at a topic that is quite foundational to how we should think about economic growth and progress as we look to the future. And that is the rise of Creator Led Media Companies — which, to give a definition is a business (large or small), that is is first and foremost built around the creative skillset of an individual or a small team.  

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The links we go through in the episode can be found here. 


Creative Compounding
HBR — The Bannister Effect
John Cochrane — Free Solo and Economic Growth
Ben Cohen — The NBA's Youtube Generation
Jayson Tatum on learning from NBA players on Youtube
Overtime
Overtime's Dan Porter on Recode Media
Anthony Edwards Dunk
David Perrell and Samo Burja on The North Star Podcast
Balaji Srinivasan — Adobe for Influencers
Li Jin — The Passion Economy and the Future of Work
The Professionalizing Creator Class
Come for the tool, stay for the network

Retweetables / Relistenables / Rereadables

Rereadables — The Future of Workers / Mercedes Bent + My Hope for the Future of Work Jomayra Herrera
Relistenables — Emily Weiss, Glossier
Retweetables — Dave Ambrose on Podcasting


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