Category: Creator Economy
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The Glass-Half-Full View of Innovation
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now The Glass-Half-Full View of Technology Tech has had a rough couple of years in the media. Amidst (often warranted) public scrutiny on regulation, anti-trust, and fake news, it’s hard to…
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CALA creator Andrew Wyatt wants you to develop a fashion empire from your phone
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Takeaways: First, bedroom producers. Now, bedroom fashion designers. The music industry experienced a massive shift with the democratization of production tools such as Ableton, Logic, and Fruity Loops. It gave musicians the ability to create and share quality work with the world without spending their life savings at a recording studio. Now, with…
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Talking Store: The Change of Commerce (Part II).
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Hey everyone, I decided to not send a newsletter last week—it didn’t feel appropriate given what’s happening in Ukraine. It’s difficult to think about consumer tech at a time when…
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Joe Albanese is hard at work making the imaginative organization collaborative
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Takeaways: There is a content surplus problem. “You need to invent new ways for people to work with one another that look a lot different than: ‘we’re all going to start a business together.’” There have never been as many creators and distribution platforms as there are today. And while overall that’s a…
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The Internet Killed Mainstream Culture
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Hey Everyone 👋 , The past few weeks of Digital Native have been more specific, touching on companies innovating in commerce 👚 (The Transformation of Commerce), in socially-impactful sectors 🌱…
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Arjun Mehta is setting the phase for the future of live digital events
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Takeaways: Solving a feeling can solve a problem. Most of today’s startups solve a problem. Need a ride? Uber. Don’t have time to cook? Hello Fresh. And while Arjun’s Moment House solves the problem of digital event ticketing, he was equally focused on the feeling he was trying to reverse engineer against. “…Not,…
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Innovation In Media: Transforming How Concepts and Culture Spread
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Innovation In Media: Reinventing How Ideas and Culture Spread Over the past decade, “media” has become something of a bad word in the startup and venture worlds. To many, media…
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Josh Constine can’t wait on creators to get their hands on the metaverse
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Takeaways: Do you know what creative class you’re in? In Josh’s eyes, there are three creative classes: creatives, creators, and celebrities. Creat-ives do it for the love of the game. They make things and share because they’re compelled to — not for money or fame. Creat-ors make creativity their identity. They’re looking to…
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Black Mirror, Bliss, and Technology’s Double-Edged Sword
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Hey everyone 👋 , Last week’s piece was more practical, diving into the specific companies powering new segments of commerce. Part II of that piece will be in the same…
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Li Jin has actually been at the forefront of the developer economy because its inception. Here’s what she wants to see next
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Takeaways: Creators are often locked out of ownership. “We just need to completely reconfigure how ownership works in order for other people to be able to participate in the first place.” While teaching a course on angel investing, Li was disappointed to hear that creators are rarely in a position to invest. And…
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