Corbett Barr & The State of the Creator Economy

On this week’s show Chase and Corbett Barr discuss media, independent digital business, and the state of the creator economy. (Table of contents below)

CONTENTS:

• 3:00 Why are people easy to trick, and how is it that creators rule the world?
• 5:54 “Successful digital media.” One example: The Social Dilemma. Jaron Lanier is the name we were looking for.
• 13:00 Expertise is the product (still).
• 17:19 Proving relevancy in a world without gatekeepers.
• 18:03 Owning your content vs renting platform space: 3 digital elements you can actually own.
• 20:00 Working the Work: developing consistent creative rhythms and the “Viability Ratio.”
• 28:00 Resonance resonates… but how does it work? Example Corbett describes.
• 33:00 Book publishing is the archetype (still).
• 37:00 Working the Work: developing rhythms of accomplishment.
• 44:07 “I have an opinion” as a prerequisite for platform.
• 49:00 Artist fires and the John Baldessari documentary you need to watch.
• 53:47 You are waiting too long to get started (or not waiting long enough).
• 58:00 Digital authenticity: making your outside look like your inside.
• 59:20 Organizing, conscientiousness and this Rectix SNL commercial.
• 1:01:00 Working the Work: STARTING it working vs KEEPING it working.
• 1:03:23 Francis Bacon on Arena is a thrilling piece of 70’s media.
• 1:06:00 Are you (still) imitating other platform successes?
• 1:08:00 Speaking with your own voice… is simple, not easy (still).
• 1:11:00 Completely deleting your public history on the internet… here’s how Corbett did it, how it’s going.
• 1:22:00 What Corbett and Chase got right when they built Fizzle.co.
• 1:29:00 Corbett’s productivity tools mentioned: Bear (notes), Trello (projects) and Front (email). RoamResearch also discussed
• 1:41:00 Jobs to be Done is (still) a worthwhile framework to grok. Here’s a primer
• 1:42:00 Corbett’s Jura espresso machine

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