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#18 Megan Lightcap & Yoni Rechtman — Investing In Creators, Small Business, & The American Dream
Jordan Wolfe sits down with Megan Lightcap and Yoni Rechtman from Slow Ventures for a deep dive into how the creator economy is intersecting with small businesses and real-world entrepreneurship.
Megan shares Slow’s unique approach to investing in creators at the holding company level. She explains why the long tail of the creator economy matters and how Slow backs creator-entrepreneurs.
Yoni talks about his thesis on long-tail, real-world entrepreneurship, and how Slow is building a portfolio of vertically integrated companies that are enabling the next-generation of small businesses.
Follow Jordan on X: https://x.com/jrwolfe
🔗 Follow Megan & Yoni:
Megan on X: @mmlightcap
Yoni on X: @yrechtman
Slow Ventures: https://slow.co/
Yoni’s Substack: https://99d.substack.com/.
People and Resources that influence Megan:
Glow with Ava: @glowwithava
Podcast: The Art of Accomplishment by Joe Hudson and Brett Kistler - https://open.spotify.com/show/6MjoHFfLmNgo0Msais7IJ2?si=283f71bd3eb84ffc
People and Resources that influence Yoni:
Megan Lightcap: @mmlightcap
Podcast: House of R by The Ringer https://open.spotify.com/show/4GyqecnSWZxUGNEUqJNNT7?si=71d4db3c11e14ed6
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:02 What is a Creator?
03:23 The Power of the Long Tail in the Creator Economy
05:18 Coordinating the Creator Economy
10:22 Trends Coming Together to Create a Bi-Modal Economy
14:43 Slow Ventures SMB Investment Thesis
19:11 Slow Ventures Creator Fund
21:10 Is Private Equity Killing the American Dream?
27:28 Problem with Gig Work
30:04 Investing in Creator Holding Companies
33:39 Are there Limited Opportunities with the Creator Fund Model?
35:52 Building Creator Ecosystems
39:18 Some Slow Venture SMB Investments
41:11 Tech-Enabled Buyouts
45:49 Slow Ventures Investment Criteria
46:58 Megan's Underlying Motivations
51:13 Yoni's Underlying Motivations
54:46 People and Resources that Influence Megan and Yoni
59:22 Where to Find Megan and Yoni
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By Going DirectJordan Wolfe sits down with Megan Lightcap and Yoni Rechtman from Slow Ventures for a deep dive into how the creator economy is intersecting with small businesses and real-world entrepreneurship.
Megan shares Slow’s unique approach to investing in creators at the holding company level. She explains why the long tail of the creator economy matters and how Slow backs creator-entrepreneurs.
Yoni talks about his thesis on long-tail, real-world entrepreneurship, and how Slow is building a portfolio of vertically integrated companies that are enabling the next-generation of small businesses.
Follow Jordan on X: https://x.com/jrwolfe
🔗 Follow Megan & Yoni:
Megan on X: @mmlightcap
Yoni on X: @yrechtman
Slow Ventures: https://slow.co/
Yoni’s Substack: https://99d.substack.com/.
People and Resources that influence Megan:
Glow with Ava: @glowwithava
Podcast: The Art of Accomplishment by Joe Hudson and Brett Kistler - https://open.spotify.com/show/6MjoHFfLmNgo0Msais7IJ2?si=283f71bd3eb84ffc
People and Resources that influence Yoni:
Megan Lightcap: @mmlightcap
Podcast: House of R by The Ringer https://open.spotify.com/show/4GyqecnSWZxUGNEUqJNNT7?si=71d4db3c11e14ed6
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:02 What is a Creator?
03:23 The Power of the Long Tail in the Creator Economy
05:18 Coordinating the Creator Economy
10:22 Trends Coming Together to Create a Bi-Modal Economy
14:43 Slow Ventures SMB Investment Thesis
19:11 Slow Ventures Creator Fund
21:10 Is Private Equity Killing the American Dream?
27:28 Problem with Gig Work
30:04 Investing in Creator Holding Companies
33:39 Are there Limited Opportunities with the Creator Fund Model?
35:52 Building Creator Ecosystems
39:18 Some Slow Venture SMB Investments
41:11 Tech-Enabled Buyouts
45:49 Slow Ventures Investment Criteria
46:58 Megan's Underlying Motivations
51:13 Yoni's Underlying Motivations
54:46 People and Resources that Influence Megan and Yoni
59:22 Where to Find Megan and Yoni
💡 Subscribe to learn more how we can use technology to build a decentralized real economy and make commerce more human
📰 Subscribe to our newsletter: https://goingdirect.beehiiv.com
🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SjDliK
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-direct-conversations/id1800505663