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Top Trends for Creators in 2023

How right or wrong was I in my last predictions.Open in app or onlineWelcome back to Starting Things, a newsletter about whats happening in entrepreneurship, self-employment and the creator economy.Top Trends for Creators in 2023How right or wrong was I in my last predictions.Corbett BarrDec 21SaveL

3 months ago

Radical Transparency

Lessons from Jonah Hill's Therapist Phil Stutz Open in app or onlineWelcome back to Starting Things, a newsletter about whats happening in entrepreneurship, self-employment and the creator economy.Radical TransparencyLessons from Jonah Hill's Therapist Phil StutzCorbett BarrNov 23SaveListenA scene f

4 months ago

The Coming Recession: Glass Half Full?

A recession is coming, so they tell us.Open in app or onlineWelcome back to Starting Things, a newsletter about whats happening in entrepreneurship, self-employment and the creator economy.Become a Paying MemberThe Coming Recession: Glass Half Full.A recession is coming, so they tell us.Corbett Barr

4 months ago

🤯 Artificial Intelligence wrote this.

Is AI ready to replace human writers.Open in app or online Artificial Intelligence wrote this.Is AI ready to replace human writers.Corbett BarrNov 1SaveListenNote from Corbett: Last week I started researching the quickly-evolving space of AI-generative writing tools like Copy.ai and Jasper (which ju

4 months ago

Digital Nomads are Ruining all the Good Places

Reports on the destruction of Mexico City, Lisbon and Bali Open in app or onlineDigital Nomads are Ruining all the Good PlacesReports on the destruction of Mexico City, Lisbon and BaliCorbett BarrOct 26ListenSaveOver the summer I started noticing a growing chorus of news stories reporting on the inv

4 months ago

Are the Platforms your Best Friend or Worst Enemy?

It depends on the economics.Open in appAre the Platforms your Best Friend or Worst Enemy.It depends on the economics.Corbett BarrOct 19SaveI had a terrible experience as an Airbnb guest in Oaxaca this week.While my wife and I were out, our host entered the apartment with two other people and a dog w

5 months ago

What should we build together?

Also: how to run a business without social media Open in appWhat should we build together.Also: how to run a business without social mediaCorbett BarrOct 11ListenSAVEMy friend Scott Dinsmore used to constantly repeat that Jim Rohn quote about we are the average of the five people we spend the most t

5 months ago

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