People can join different rooms, where predetermined topics are set by hosts who help moderate the discussion.
With quarantine, it gave people the space to shoot the shit and listen to high-quality conversations.
CEOs interviewing other CEOs, Public Dating Shows, @sriramk + @aarthir becoming the next great show hosts.
I cannot read 2 tweets without seeing something on Clubhouse. A new room, a thread on Elon, a bull case on their $1B eval.
Let’s take a look at the rise of Clubhouse.
People can join different rooms, where predetermined topics are set by hosts who help moderate the discussion.
With quarantine, it gave people the space to shoot the shit and listen to high-quality conversations.
Davison’s past projects show a bias towards products based on spontaneity:
Highlight: People-meeting location app
Shorts: Reveal your whole camera roll (Acq. Pinterest 2016)
Talkshow: Instant radio call-in shows
However, Clubhouse has already attracted stars to the platform, with Drake, Oprah, and Virgil Abloh all making appearances.
What are some of the other factors that have played a role in their growth?
People miss the spontaneity & serendipity that physical encounters lead to.
Many discoveries in life are made from joining a conversation or bumping into someone at a cafe.
Conversations are where people can hype up one another’s ideas + opps, and riff on life.
However, the right environment has to be present. Giving people ease of moving between rooms maximizes conversational energy.
The power of this FOMO driven marketing was illustrated after CH invitations were listed on ebay for over $40 each after guests such as Elon Musk and Steve Ballmer joined the platform.
Everyone wants to be part of the in-club.
They don’t require you to be there the whole time and welcomes the spontaneity of different questions from guests.
The invite-only format has generally curated people that participate.
Every time they join or host a discussion, you get a notification on your phone.
In each new room, you find yourself following different people. Growth within the platform is viral.
https://t.co/ee7EtlrUPG
Let me know any topics you would want me to look at next!
CEOs interviewing other CEOs, Public Dating Shows, @sriramk + @aarthir becoming the next great show hosts.
— Brandon Zhang (@brandonthezhang) February 12, 2021
I cannot read 2 tweets without seeing something on Clubhouse. A new room, a thread on Elon, a bull case on their $1B eval.
Let\u2019s take a look at the rise of Clubhouse.
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A solo media founder like Rogan or Mr Beast can make as much money as a strong tech founder, with significantly less managerial stress.
Tech created this ecosystem but there’s a historical cultural bias in tech towards media as unprofitable. That changed a long time ago.
Many more angels that invest in people will invest in media founders. Many traditional media people will *become* media founders.
But not necessarily big companies. Just solo individuals or small groups doing content, like Notch doing Minecraft. Because media scales like code.
Increasingly feeling like “keeping the team size as small as possible, even to one person” is the unarticulated key to making media profitable.
Substack and all the creator tools are just the start of this ecosystem.
The process of converting social influencers into media founders (a trend that has been going on for 10+ years at this point) will be increasingly streamlined.
V1 is link-in-bio, Substack, and sponcon.
V2 likely involves more angels & tokenization a la @tryrollhq. What else?
Why lack of awareness? Influencer monetization numbers are not as public as tech numbers.
There isn’t a TechCrunch & CrunchBase for media founders, chronicling the valuations of influencers.
But that’d be quite valuable. If you are interested in doing this, please DM with demo.
Tech created this ecosystem but there’s a historical cultural bias in tech towards media as unprofitable. That changed a long time ago.
Many more angels that invest in people will invest in media founders. Many traditional media people will *become* media founders.
But not necessarily big companies. Just solo individuals or small groups doing content, like Notch doing Minecraft. Because media scales like code.
Increasingly feeling like “keeping the team size as small as possible, even to one person” is the unarticulated key to making media profitable.
Substack and all the creator tools are just the start of this ecosystem.
Useful concept: the media stack for content creators
— balajis.com (@balajis) January 20, 2020
- Spotify, iTunes for podcasts
- Descript for podcast editing
- Figma, Canva for graphics
- YouTube for video
- Twitter, FB for distribution
- Substack for newsletters
- Makerpad for nocode
- Ghost, Medium for blog
What else?
The process of converting social influencers into media founders (a trend that has been going on for 10+ years at this point) will be increasingly streamlined.
V1 is link-in-bio, Substack, and sponcon.
V2 likely involves more angels & tokenization a la @tryrollhq. What else?
Why lack of awareness? Influencer monetization numbers are not as public as tech numbers.
There isn’t a TechCrunch & CrunchBase for media founders, chronicling the valuations of influencers.
But that’d be quite valuable. If you are interested in doing this, please DM with demo.
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