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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 |
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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
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Derek Yang | Product Lead @ YouTube | PM @ Twitch | Partnerships @ FB |
Dmitry Shapiro | Co-Founder & CEO at Koji | Myspace, CTO | Google, Group Project Manager
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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
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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
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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 |
Lennie Zhu | Founder & CEO at Lennie | WeWork, Product Lead | American Express, Sr. Product
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Melody Chu | Product, Creator Marketplace at TikTok | Roblox, Product Monetization | Facebook, Product Ads |
Paul Condolora | COO ProGuides | Head of Franchise Dev - Harry Potter |
Peter Leeb | President at Invisible Narratives | Studio 71, Head of Sales | 21st Century Fox, VP Global Brand Marketing
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Peter Yang | Snr PM, Creators at Reddit | Twitch, Snr PM | Twitter, PM |
Rachael King | Founder & CEO at PodPeople | RomComPods, Co-Creator | Ellephant PR, Co-Founder
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Stu Smith | Co-Founder & COO at Racket | GP at Coughdrop Capital | Fullscreen - SVP of Talent | Omaze, SVP of BD & Partnerships
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Tom Impallomeni | Co-founder & CEO at Tribe XR | Superawesome, Co-Founder and COO |
Operations
Creators and Creator Relations
Name | Currently | Additional Experience |
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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
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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 |
Kevin Herrera | Founder at TheMachine | Digital Agent at Gersh |
Lydia Keating | Funny stuff @lydialoo121 on TT | Standup | WME |
Michael Bosstick | Co-Founder & CEO at Dear Media | Co-host @tscpodcast | Founding Partner at WOO More Play | On Instagram @MichaelBosstick
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Nate Ruff | Founder and Manager at Odd Projects | WME, Digital Talent/Business Development
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Rohan Kumar | Content Strategist for top Creators | MSCHF, Influencer Marketing | TTYL, Growth |
Creators
Creator Economy Investors
Name | Currently | Previously: |
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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
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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 |
Ollie Forsyth | Antler | Host at The Makers Podcast |
Sam Frankel | Cobalt Capital | Board observer at Mobcrush |
Tali Vogelstein | Avid Ventures | Bessemer Venture Partners, Investor
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Yuanling Yuan | SignalFire | Blackstone Group |
Investors
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