Why The Future of the Creator Economy is Bright

Founder's Journal

Morning Brew

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Episode 54: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) sits down with Kajabi CEO Ahad Khan who runs an all-in-one commerce platform for knowledge content creators. In this conversation, they talk about the future of the creator economy, how Ahad built Kajabi, and why it’s most important in a post-pandemic economy. Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! [email protected] #FoundersJournal #Startups #Entrepreneur Listen to Founder’s Journal here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_W Watch Founder’s Journal here: https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersJournal/ Subscribe to Morning Brew! Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Follow Alex! Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of Founders Journal, the best podcast
0:05.3	for the entrepreneurial mind. I'm your host Alex Lieberman, co-founder and executive
0:09.6	chairman of Morning Brew. Now today I am changing things up. It is time for our very first
0:16.0	interview in Founders Journal fashion. I was super excited to chat with my friend Ahad
0:21.3	Khan, the CEO of Kajabi, the all-in-one platform for knowledge creators. Kajabi is somehow
0:28.8	under the radar juggernaut in the creator space. It's a $2 billion company that's doing
0:34.7	more than $120 million in ARR, and profitably I may add, and it just hits $6 billion
0:42.7	in creator GMV this year. During our conversation, we talk about how Kajabi is becoming the
0:49.2	Shopify for creators. We talk about Ahad's view on the state of the creator economy. How
0:55.7	exactly he spends his time as the CEO of this business, and how to think about when
1:01.6	raising money actually makes sense. Take a listen to our conversation.
1:21.0	Being an entrepreneur means juggling a lot of competing priorities, but reaching your
1:25.5	target audience and driving sales should always stay at the forefront. Fortunately, there's
1:30.0	one platform that can help you do both. TikTok Shop offers a powerful new way to sell and
1:34.9	shop on TikTok. By creating shopable content, brands and businesses of all sizes can reach
1:40.5	new customers and communities, collaborate with creators and drive more sales. Users can
1:46.4	discover products, add to their cart, and check out securely within the app. Experience
1:51.8	the platform for yourself and join small businesses and huge brands like Revolve,
1:57.1	L'Oreal, Paris and Otterbox. Head over to TikTokshop.com slash podcast to discover more that's TikTokshop.com
2:06.4	slash podcast.
2:14.4	Ahad, thanks for joining Founders Journal.
2:16.4	Awesome. Thanks for having me. I'm excited.
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