The

Collective

The Collective is intended to be a connective tissue of sorts, facilitating collaborations between pioneers in the space and providing mentorship to the next wave of Creator economy entrepreneurs. As with the rest of Creator Rising, this is very much a work in progress with new members and functionality added regularly.

Creator Economy Operations

Name	Currently	Additional Experience
Alex Zaccaria	Founder & CEO of Linktree	Bolster Creative, Director
Austin Smith	Founder of Racket GP at Coughdrop Capital	Inside.com, President and GM
Ben Grubbs	Co-Founder at Creator+ \| Founder & CEO at Next 10 Ventures	Youtube, Head of Top Creator Partnerships
Derek Yang	Product Lead @ YouTube	PM @ Twitch \| Partnerships @ FB
Dmitry Shapiro	Co-Founder & CEO at Koji	Myspace, CTO \| Google, Group Project Manager
Hannah Donovan	Director of Product at VSCO	Vine, General Manager \| Trash, Co-Founder & CEO
Joseph Albanese	Co-Founder & CEO at Stir	Facebook, Product Designer \| YikYak, Product Design Lead
Josh Kaplan	CEO at Smooth Operations	Morning Brew, Strategy Lead
Karthik Puvvada	Program Director at OnDeck	Host of Build in Public Podcast
Kevin Ramsey	Co-Founder & CEO of Warren James	Roblox, Snr Manager of BD \| Jazwares, Product Manager
Laura Medina	Partner at Cooley Law	Specializes in emerging companies, VC, and acquistions
Lauren Schnipper	VP of Creator Business Development at Jellysmack	Facebook, Creator Partnerships Lead

Operations

Creators and Creator Relations

Name	Currently	Additional Experience
Adam Davidson	Literally wrote the book on the Passion Economy, Writer at New Yorker	NPR, Creator of Planet Money \| Gimlet Media
Adam Wescott	Head of Content Studio at Creator+	Select Management Group, Co-founder and Partner
Alex Valley	Founder & CEO, Unity Wellness \| Influencer	On Instagram @alexvalley
Andrew Graham	Digital Talent Agent at CAA	Heardwell, Co-Founder
Bari Weiss	Common Sense w. Bari Weiss on Substack	NYTimes, Op-Ed Writer \| WSJ, Op-Ed
Eyal Baumel	Founder & CEO at Yoola	Bites TV, Founder and CEO
Heavenly Rayna	Musician on Twitch @heavenlyreyna	Music/Acting
Hugo Amsellem	VP of Creator Accelerator at Jellysmack	Founder, Atitlan \| Director, The Family
Jack Usher	Funny stuff on TikTok @Jack_usher	Generally being funny
Jake Roper	Co-Creator of Vsauce \| COO of Curiosity Box	Google, Content Strategist
Josh Zimmerman	Founder & CEO at Creator Coach	JZ Management, Founder and Manager
Joshua Cohen	Co-Founder & COO at Tubefilter \| Creator & EP of Streamy Awards	Tiltzy.TV, Founder \| A&E Network, Producer

Creators

Creator Economy Investors

Name	Currently	Previously:
Adam Schoff	ACT Media Ventures	Zoo Sky Media
Alexandra Levitt	Snap Inc. - Yellow	WME, Digital Agent
Ben Futoriansky	Cobalt Capital	Accenture
Ben Matthews	GP at Night Ventures \| Night Media Venture Studio	Bessemer, VP \| Google, Product
Brian Harwitt	Partner at Coventure	Guggenheim Partners, Investment Banking
Caroline Jacobs	UTA Ventures	Next 10 Ventures \| BAM Ventures
Drake Rehfeld	Day One Ventures	NTWRK, Director of Product \| Team 10, Head of Product
Faye Maidment	Co-Founder at High Tea	Unshackled Ventures \| Facemoji, CMO
Jawhara Tariq	M13	Moonshots Capital
Li Jin	Atelier Ventures	Creator \| A16Z
Lindsey Li	Bessemer Venture Partners	Goldman Sachs, Investment Banking
Nisha Rangarajan	Insight Capital	F-Prime Capital

Investors