Hey guys, what's up? It's Sarah from the Creative Exchange. Welcome to another episode.

This is a very, very special episode because one, it is the first one. If you're listening to this

and you want to view the video version, I'm actually posting it to Patreon instead of YouTube.

Now, you can check that out. I'll leave the link in the description below. But I saved it for

this episode because we have someone really special. It's Jack Conti. Welcome to the show.

Hi, everybody. Because you're the CEO of Patreon. That's right. But not just the CEO of Patreon.

You're so many dashes. So can you explain to the audience what you do? What's your typical day like? Yeah. So I'm co-founder and CEO,

Patreon, started the company five years ago with my with my freshman year roommate, Sam Yam. And for the last 10

years, I've been a professional creator, a YouTuber and musician.

I've been making my living as a YouTuber, I guess, since like 20, since like 2009 is when...

You were on the platform when it was just starting up.

Yeah, I was like uploading videos like 2007.

And yeah, Pomplemose kind of like hit in 2009. So, yeah, I was like uploading videos like 2007 and, yeah, Pomplamuus kind of like hit in 2009.

So, yeah, I mean, I've been, I remember YouTube when like the interface looked more like

MySpace than it does like YouTube.

Insane.

And I was, you know, I was watching some of your videos last night, researching and my mind was

blown when I discovered that

you weren't just Patreon CEO, but you were half of pompomouse with your lovely, beautiful

wife, Natalie. And that was like popping off since you guys started. I mean, some of your

early covers, you were in the center of this crazy music culture of YouTube

of like covers and the cool. How would you describe the style of your covers to begin with?

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