Naval Thinks It's Inevitable Someone Forms a Community for Stratechery Fans

The Creator Economy Isn't a Zero-Sum Game; Everyone Can Be Successful

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Early Adopters to New Mediums Have an Advantage

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Creators Should Focus on Authenticity Instead of Self-Promotion

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Do What Feels Like Play to You But Looks Like Work to Others

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There Are Many Ways for Creators to Differentiate on the Internet

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Product-Market Fit Has a Way of Creating Passion

1:09 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

A Tinkering Mentality Keeps Ben Thompson Ahead of the Curve

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Worthwhile Endeavors Feel Like Play to You But Look Like Work to Others

2:03 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Double Down on Strengths Instead of Fixing Weaknesses

0:54 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson Are Tinkerers

1:34 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

If You Live in the Future, You're Bound to Miss Reality

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Looking Backward, Successful People Create False Naratives

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How Ben Thompson Became Known as 'The Newsletter Guy'

0:53 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

AngelList Was Originally a Social Network for Sharing Deal Flow

0:51 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Successful Creators Constantly Iterate & Try New Things

1:53 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Constant Iteration Made Ben Thompson a Better Writer

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Everyone Wants to Be a Painter; No One Wants to Paint

0:57 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Follow Your Self-Directed Curiosity; Everyone's Curious About Something

1:15 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Turning Your Consumption Into Creation Is an Onramp to Self-Employment

0:59 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Work-Life Balance Is Nonsense; Work Should Be Fun

1:45 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Video Games Are Shadow Careers

0:45 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Your Work Shouldn't Make You Dread Mondays

0:40 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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If You Love It, Your Side Hustle Won't Feel Like Work

1:03 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Naval Ravikant on the Creator Economy: History Remembers Creatives Best

1:45 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Ben Thompson Started Stratechery While Working a Day Job

1:27 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Naval Ravikant Gravitated Toward Creative Work

0:43 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Creativity Begins With an Empty Calendar

1:08 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Take the Part of Your Job You Love & Provide It as a Service

0:44 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Only Do What You Can Uniquely Do

0:38 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Publishing 4 Articles Per Week Tops Ben Thompson's Priority List

1:51 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

writing

No One Who Enjoys Their Work Has Time Management Problems

0:48 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

It's Difficult to Be Creative in Large Groups

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Naval Ravikant Thinks 99% of Work Is Useless

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Why Does Every Degree Take 4 Years & Every Job Require 8 Hours/Day?

0:32 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

In This Age of Leverage, Judgment > Hard Work

1:22 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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The 3 Forms of Leverage: Labor, Capital, & Code/Media

1:15 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Crypto Makes Everyone an Investor; the Internet Makes Everyone a Creator

1:24 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Naval Ravikant Reacts to Gumroad Raising $5M Via Crowdfunding

1:19 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Entrepreneurs Must See Through VC Status Games

1:41 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Venture Capital's Real Competition Is Crypto, Not Crowdfunding

2:01 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Crypto Replaces Networks With Markets; Was This Inevitable?

1:56 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Crypto & NFTs Prove Value Is Getting More Ephemeral

2:32 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Crypto Is a Business Model for Open Source

0:37 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Sahil Lavingia Wants to Fully Decentralize Gumroad

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Crypto Is Trustless; Private Keys Take Privacy to a New Level

1:54 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Factories Had to Be Rebuilt to Take Advantage of Electricity

1:56 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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The Top Creators Are Becoming Independent of Social Networks

3:04 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

@jack

Superfans Use Social Media to Promote Their Favorite Creators

3:04 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Ben Thompson Started Stratechery With <400 Twitter Followers

3:34 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Naval Ravikant Is His Own Economy

0:48 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

0:51 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Ben Thompson Only Charges $10/Month for Stratechery

2:18 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Like NFTs, Will Someone Create a Platform That Sells Artist Tokens?

4:39 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

crypto

How Naval Ravikant Fosters Conditions for Creativity

3:27 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Try Meditating or Brainstorming in Groups to Overcome Creative Roadblocks

4:01 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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To Overcome Procrastination, Take the First Step

0:52 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Sahil Remembers Meeting Naval in Philz Coffee While Raising Money for Gumroad

1:14 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

The Current Generation Has More Post-College Options Related to Startups

0:54 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

school

Naval Ravikant: NFTs Aren't the Panaceia That Artists Think

4:39 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Naval Ravikant Lives an Unscheduled Life

0:53 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Naval Ravikant Looks Forward to Life Returning to Normal Post-COVID

1:42 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

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Keeping COVID-19 Out Was Easier for Australia Than America

1:29 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

covid-19

Experience Brings Wisdom; Wisdom Brings Peace; Peace Brings Happiness

1:28 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

happiness

Worrying About the Future Is a Recipe for Unhappiness

1:43 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

happiness

Don't Take Yourself So Seriously; It's a Path to Unhappiness

0:44 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

The Closer Something Is to Poetry, the More Difficult Translating It Is

4:38 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Why NFTs Are Like Credit Cards

1:59 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

The Similarities Between Buddhism & Simulation Theory

2:10 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Switching Between Creative & Rational Thinking Is Difficult When Building a Product

3:20 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

product

Naval Ravikant's Tweets Are Building Blocks for Thought Patterns

0:47 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

Startups Are the Olympics of Technology

6:18 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

product

Build Skills That Allow You to Capitalize on Ideas

1:35 · Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, & Ben Thompson on The Creator Economy - 3/27/21view episode

That's

more of a personal choice. Like this is where when you talking

about four people have different different point, you know different perspectives.

I just personally don't want to put in the work to manage

the community and

like in part of it is like my focus is getting on those flight for things a week. I want my mental

power focused on those but that

doesn't mean it's necessarily the right way for everyone. I do

think someone could be

in my position and actually

make a massive Community out of like trajectory fans and I I just totally

dropping the ball doing it. And this is why

you should be careful about who you listen to advice for because some of them might be terrible and stuff. But it but it works for you you're being authentic and I think eventually at some point if a community has to form it will form naturally people will create Discord or the crits and Message Board somewhere else or a slack and they'll start doing it and then they'll invite you in you just kind of have to wait around long enough

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