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🎙 The 3rd Pillar of the Creator Economy
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🎙 The 3rd Pillar of the Creator Economy

Robin Schmidt, the founder of BasedAF, on simplifying complex subjects, finding creative freedom, and great content worth collecting.
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🎙 New Podcast Episode

Mint Season 7 Episode 9 welcomes Robin Schmidt, aka SuperMassive, the founder of BasedAF. Discover his unique approach to simplifying complex subjects into engaging videos, his passion for cryptocurrency, and the evolution of his creative voice. Robin shares insights on his content creation system and the differences in creative freedom from working at Harmony and The Defiant. He also dives into the third pillar of the creator economy and the concept of full-time fans. Get ready to learn what makes great content truly worth collecting.

I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Timestamps

  • 00:00 - Intro

  • 04:11 - The Ability to Simplify Complex Subjects into Fun Videos

  • 07:14 - Getting into Cryptocurrency

  • 18:56 - The Process of Finding a Creative Voice

  • 25:09 - Robin’s System for Creating Content

  • 30:24 - Differences in Creative Freedom Now vs. at Harmony and The Defiant

  • 36:01 - The Third Pillar of the Creator Economy

  • 45:28 - The Concept of Full-Time Fans

  • 49:06 - Defining "Great Content Worth Collecting"

  • 51:52 - Outro

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Levy’s Newsletter
Mint
Mint with host Adam Levy delivers an exclusive look into how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, DAOs, and NFTs, to name a few.