A ton of learnings from the conversation between @jackbutcher and @bzaidi on Creator Lab
40+ takeaways 👇
You no longer need a huge audience to make a living.
1000 true fans to 100 true fans.
When you find that one person who loves what you do, double down on whatever you're doing for them.
Aim to do one thing really well for one specific kind of person.
That never happens when you work on something for a company. You might do the same work, but you never get to share.
When you see it that way, you're not working for free.
It doesn't matter how big your reach is if no one will buy.
Start showing how you solve that problem, the approach you take, and what you produced.
Solve the problem for another person, and repeat.
Then find a way to solve that problem at scale.
Well, if you find something successful, it might not be a bad place to be stuck.
Building an audience also gives you opportunities if you've been authentic along the way.
That doesn't go away when you move to different things.
There are lots of different ways to take part in the creator economy.
You can use the process to create more results (products).
Eventually, you can sell the process too.
It becomes the product.
Using your skills and building something is a hedge against the uncertainty of losing that provider.
You don't want to spend too much time on it, but a great name is a competitive advantage.
A great name positions your product in alignment with the value it provides. Fast.
@david_perell
• Personal monopoly
• Age of abundance
• Niche fame
@nntaleb
• Antifragility
• Fooled by randomness
• Skin in the game
Some examples of people doing it well:
• @david_perell
• @APompliano
• @polina_marinova
• @JoePompliano
• @fortelabs
The only thing you should be thinking about: why should people care?
Copy, design, any communication: why should they care?
People are loyal because they want to consume the specific type of stuff you're producing.
If you have a product with zero cost of replication, it's a great way to do something good.
Take advantage of sharing each other with your respective audiences.
This can also work with building products together.
Make sure you share values.
Pick your friends the same way.
It's more intimate.
Pick the platforms that make sense for the audience you want to reach.
What can you remove to make it better?
1. Someone didn't like it
2. Someone thought it was fine
3. Someone liked it
4. Someone absolutely loved it
Try only to create the fourth type.
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...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.
Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.
Viruses and other pathogens are often studied as stand-alone entities, despite that, in nature, they mostly live in multispecies associations called biofilms—both externally and within the host.
https://t.co/FBfXhUrH5d
Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.
...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.
Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.
