The Created Economy

Tom Buck is a popular YouTube content creator and podcaster. He joins Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung to talk how he found his passion, tips for starting out and more.

Lava empowers you to connect with friends, share your ideas, and discover social audio from around the world. Company CEO John Allen speaks about what live audio really is, explains the problems with podcasting in today's age, why it's making audio content more social, and more.

Peter Shankman is an entrepreneur and author. He's best known for founding Help A Reporter Out (HARO). In this episode of "The Created Economy," he explains to Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung what goes into telling a great story and what startup builders need to do to give creators a magical experience. He also talks about his $SHANK Rally creator coin and the process for evaluating the newest technological thing.

Take a deep dive into the decentralized Web, or Web3, with entrepreneur, researcher, author and Unlock Protocol advisor Amber Case. She shares her anthropological outlook on tech, where Web3 fits into the industry landscape, how creators should judge the Blockchain, and what everyone is missing about the potential of NFTs.

For our 20th episode, Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung learn how Issuu, an interactive publishing platform, is evolving to remain relevant for creators and the changing media landscape. They are joined by Joe Hyrkin, the company's chief executive, who provides a closer look at the company, the perspective of business-side creators, the appeal of the written word in the Creator Economy, and why Issuu is working on the Story Cloud.

Creative and brand strategist Goldie Chan visits the podcast to talk about going all-in on being a LinkedIn influencer before it became cool. She also talks about the role Marie Kondo played in landing Chan a job at Lightricks. Plus, she joined Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung in chatting about creators, community and the evolution of both.  Editors note: Technical issues caused much of this week's episode to be cut off and/or muted. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Ash Rush sits down with Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung to share insights as a builder, creator and venture capitalist. He was an early product manager at Klout where he oversaw influencer ranking, successfully founded SendHub, and is now the managing partner at Sterling Road VC. In this hour-long conversation, he talks about what he finds so fascinating about the creator economy, advice for startups, and whether Web3 technology is a must-have ingredient in the creator economy.

Former TechCrunch reporter-turned Signalfire venture capitalist Josh Constine joins Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung for this episode to discuss his observations of the Creator Economy. He outlines four significant shifts he's seen in the landscape, along with how startups can stand out against Big Tech interference, and much more!

Lilly Han Scott joins Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung to talk about her new venture, the Hypernova Network (nee Lillypad Network). Its aim is to help underrepresented creators produce and distribute their films across multiple platforms.

The founders and executives from some of our favorite startups join Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung for a special roundtable conversation. Say hello to Matt Zuvella, vice president of marketing at FamePick; Arnold Connell, founder and CEO of Hanglyde; Abhinav Gaur, co-founder and COO of URFeed; and Jesse Clemmens, founder and CEO of HiBeam.

Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung are joined by Steven Sunmonu, the co-founder of Black Creator Crew, an organization that offers guidance and assistance to creators of color. In this episode, he explains the obstacles Black creators face in the Creator Economy, his vision for the group, how to build a community of support and more.

Maarten Walraven, Head of Operations and Production for GÂRDEN, sits down virtually with Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung to talk about how he's building a dedicated space for emerging artists to broadcast interactive livestreams to their fans, and the model GÂRDEN can be to help musicians reach a broader audience during a pandemic.

James Hicks, the founder of HicksNewMedia, shares his experience juggling how to be a YouTube creator and keeping a full-time job, why it's important to put yourself out there, the changing landscape of storytelling, and why creators should follow their North Star instead of being pigeon-holed into one topic.

Heather Ramirez is a YouTube coach ("From 1 to 100") who specializes in helping creators thrive in the passion economy. She joins Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung to talk about helping creators set up a business on the video social network, what the PASSION ECONOMY is versus the CREATOR ECONOMY, finding and nurturing a community, and much more.

Antonio Gary Jr. is the head of business development at Spore, a creator tools startup. He joins Gregarious Narain and Ken Yeung to talk about podcasting and learn how creators can better monetize their content. We dig deep into what Spore's secret sauce is, too!

Fernando Parnes, the cofounder and CEO of SuperFans, tells us about his experience as an entrepreneur, helps us understand how to identify who are super fans — a creator's biggest evangelist — and provides us an exclusive look at his platform. Plus, we have some exciting programming news: We're launching a standalone news show called "Created Briefs!"

Matt Zuvella, the vice president of marketing for FamePick, joins us to talk about the changing world of influencer marketing.

In this episode, Mike Donoghue, co-founder and CEO of Subtext, joins us to talk about SMS messaging and why it's giving creators a more authentic connection with their community instead of traditional social media platforms.