Hi and welcome to the A60Z podcast, I'm Lauren Murrow.

It's clear from the growth of Patreon, substack, Tik-Tock, Clubhouse, and many more

that the power of the Creator economy continues to build.

These platforms share one thing in common. They all enable

independent creators to monetize their skills and products like never before. It's a trend that's

become increasingly

relevant as the demand for virtual work grows. So this week we thought we'd share a

rerun of an episode that first ran a year ago featuring Patreon

co-founder and CTO Sam Yam and Lee Jin,

formerly of A16Z now the managing partner of Attiliay Ventures.

The conversation is based on a popular post on A16Z.com that first ran in October 2019

called The Passion Economy and the Future of work, which has turned out to be

particularly prescient. Check out that post and more at a 16c.com slash

creator economy. As a reminder none of the following following should take in as investment advice.

See a six and C.com slash disclosures for more information.

So first off, how would you define the passion economy?

When I talk about the passion economy, I really mean any potential path of monetization where people are leveraging

their individuality.

So it's beyond just podcasters and

youtubers and visual content creators and it encompasses things like

video course creators or virtual teachers or tutors or virtual coaches for professional coaching.

So some of the really interesting platforms allow creators to create their own online courses and these online courses encompass

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