Creator economy, passion economy, crypto-enabled creator business models.
Creator-first platforms, passion economy tools, onchain creator monetization
Platform-extractive models, creators as afterthought
Show creator-centric design. Li thinks about how crypto empowers individual creators.
Crypto enables creators to monetize with far fewer fans through direct ownership and community tokens.
Platform economics skew to top creators; crypto can distribute value more equitably.
Crypto enables creators to monetize with far fewer fans through direct ownership.
“The creator economy needs a middle class, and crypto can build one.”
— Harvard Business Review
“The future of work is not about gig economy. It is about the passion economy, where people monetize their unique skills and knowledge.”
— Blog
General Partner at Variant. Previously at a16z. Author and thought leader on creator economy.