Should you raise venture capital as a content creator? As more and more money is poured into the creator economy, Grace and I dive into if we think it's worth it or not!We also talk about when agencies make sense for content creators (and what red flags to watch out for), how podcasters are monetizing their content, and so much more!Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠howcreatorsmakemoney.com

Justin and Grace compare their friends earnings as content creators on different platforms in this episode. We explore how creators are making money on YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok to see which is the best money making platform.

We also dive in the Poppi Superbowl campaign and talk about if it was a win or loss for the brand as well as our thoughts on how Olipop has handled the whole situation.Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠howcreatorsmakemoney.com⁠

A lot of people track things in their lives. The number of books you read in a year, your workout routine, etc. but what if you tracked every single minute you spent on your creator business?

Thats exactly what Jennifer Chou does with her creator business @vegantechnomad

From ex-boyfriend revenge arcs to spreadsheets, you'll want to watch the video version of this episode to see the walk through of how Jen tracks her money.

Check out her work here:https://www.vegantechnomad.com/

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The average gallon of paint is $20 - $30 a gallon.

@tonesterpaints sells his for $100+ a gallon... and he sells millions of dollars worth of it! The best part? This company started because his internship fired him for posting on TikTok.

Check out Tonester Paint: https://tonesterpaints.com/

We also talk about how the TikTok Ban, what Grace is doing on RedNote, and whats popping on LinkedIn right now.

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What's easier; getting a PhD or 100M views? That was Justin Nguyen's dilemma when he set out to change how universities think about college students.

Check Out Justin Nguyen's Stuff:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/declassifiedjustin/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/declassifiedcollege/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeclassifiedCollege

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In our first episode, Justin Nguyen interviews Grace Ling about how she started Design Buddies and grew a Discord server to over $1M ARR.

Check out all of Grace's work:

Design Buddies: https://www.designbuddies.community/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graceling/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irungracepace/

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