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Means of Creation : #5 — Nathan Barry, founder of ConvertKit

ABOUT THIS EPISODELi Jin and Nathan Baschez interview Nathan Barry–creator, author, speaker, designer, and the founder of ConvertKit. He founded ConvertKit in 2013 as an email marketing company for creators, with the goal of helping more people make money online. The company has been bootstrapped to $23.5M in ARR and has over 31K customers. Nathan… Continue reading Means of Creation : #5 — Nathan Barry, founder of ConvertKit

Means of Creation : #6 — Adam Davidson, co-founder Planet Money, journalist

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAdam Davidson and Li Jin are two thought leaders in the Passion Economy: a new economy where people are able to leverage their passions and creativity in order to make a living. Adam Davidson is the creator of NPR’s Planet Money podcast and New Yorker staff writer who wrote “The Passion Economy,” a… Continue reading Means of Creation : #6 — Adam Davidson, co-founder Planet Money, journalist

Means of Creation : #7 — Adam Davidson (Part 2), co-founder Planet Money, journalist

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAdam Davidson and Li Jin are two thought leaders in the Passion Economy: a new economy where people are able to leverage their passions and creativity in order to make a living. In this session, they answer Q&A about the Passion Economy. Adam Davidson is the creator of NPR’s Planet Money podcast and… Continue reading Means of Creation : #7 — Adam Davidson (Part 2), co-founder Planet Money, journalist

Means of Creation : #9 — Polina Marinova on The Profile, being an independent writer, and changes in the media industry

ABOUT THIS EPISODEPolina Marinova offers the perfect upgrade to your reading diet. She writes The Profile: a newsletter of the world’s greatest people and companies in business, entertainment, tech, sports, and more. Previously, she was an editor at Fortune Magazine, writing Term Sheet, their daily newsletter covering deals and dealmakers. She reads literally millions of… Continue reading Means of Creation : #9 — Polina Marinova on The Profile, being an independent writer, and changes in the media industry

Means of Creation : #10 — Blake Robbins on the future of media, Twitch, OnlyFans, and creator monetization

ABOUT THIS EPISODELi Jin and Nathan Baschez chat with Blake Robbins, Partner at Ludlow Ventures. Blake is one of the most trusted voices in eSports, the creator economy, and anything that touches new media. He knows more about the rise of YouTube stars and how content creation is changing on these new platforms than almost… Continue reading Means of Creation : #10 — Blake Robbins on the future of media, Twitch, OnlyFans, and creator monetization

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

ABOUT THIS EPISODELi Jin and Nathan Baschez interview Joseph Cohen. Joseph is the founder and CEO of Universe — a new kind of website creation tool. It’s a mobile-only, no-code website builder that allows anyone to create a website through a grid-like drag-and-drop interface and it powers over 500,000 websites around the globe. Universe was… Continue reading Means of Creation : #11 — Joseph Cohen, founder & CEO of Universe on empowering everyone to build the internet

Sway : Elon Musk: ‘A.I. Doesn’t Need to Hate Us to Destroy Us’

ABOUT THIS EPISODEElon Musk has a vision of the future, and — as one of the world’s richest men with four corporations under his reign — the means to try to manifest it. In a conversation with Kara Swisher, he outlines his theory of, well, everything. “I do not think this is actually the end… Continue reading Sway : Elon Musk: ‘A.I. Doesn’t Need to Hate Us to Destroy Us’

Life, Work, and Startups : You’ve Built Your MVP, Now What?

ABOUT THIS EPISODEMichael Seibel and Jason Seibel on interacting with your early users. Learn more at nugget.fm/seibel https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/0f9aa35c-33b2-4170-8bfa-f1e22ad355a2/episodes/7f7bafe3-e6a5-4e10-b01d-1ffea7594f9e/audio/e0679180-2416-4fa8-a023-fd95faef98b2/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feedPodcast: Play in new window | Download

Village Global’s Venture Stories : Keith Rabois and Jacob Helberg on The US-China Cold War, The Election, and Silicon Valley

ABOUT THIS EPISODEKeith Rabois (@rabois), partner at Founders Fund, and Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), senior advisor at Stanford Cyber, adjunct fellow at CSIS, and formerly of Google, join Erik on this episode. They discuss: Why the US is indeed in a cold war with China. The roles of DC and Silicon Valley in this new cold… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Keith Rabois and Jacob Helberg on The US-China Cold War, The Election, and Silicon Valley