CSPAN — Senators  Influencers Announce Creators Caucus
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[00:00:36] >> DEMOCRATIC NEW JERSEY SENATOR CORY BOOKER AND REPUBLICAN
[00:00:39] LOUISIANA SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE
[00:00:41] SENATE CREATOR CAUCUS AHEAD OF A PANEL WITH INFLUENCERS AND
[00:00:45] CREATORS ACROSS MANY AND -- INDUSTRIES. THE PANEL DISCUSSED THE
[00:00:49] DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOURNALISTS
[00:00:52] VERSUS CREATORS AND HOW CONTENT CREATORS HAVE SHAPED TO INDUSTRY.
[00:00:55] THEY REVIEWED TAXATION OF
[00:00:57] CREATORS AND MICRO INFLUENCERS,
[00:01:00] PRIVACY CONCERNS AND
[00:01:03] INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES. THIS IS JUST OVER ONE HOUR.
[00:01:07] >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I AM LESLIE MILLER AND I LEAD
[00:01:11] PUBLIC POLICY FOR YOUTUBE.
[00:01:15] ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM AND THE INCREDIBLE CREATORS THAT TRAVELED FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
[00:01:18] TO BE HERE TODAY, THANK YOU ALL
[00:01:22] FOR JOINING US FOR THIS HISTORIC MILESTONE.
[00:01:25] WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE
[00:01:26] OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE BIPARTISAN SENATE CREATOR
[00:01:32] CAUCUS, RECOGNIZING DIGITAL
[00:01:35] CONTENT CREATORS ARE NOT ONLY ONLINE STORYTELLERS, BUT ALSO,
[00:01:38] INDEPENDENT ENTREPRENEURS, JOB
[00:01:42] CREATORS, EMPLOYERS, AND ECONOMIC ENGINES DRIVING LOCAL
[00:01:46] COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR NATION.
[00:01:50] YOUTUBE'S CREATED INC. -- CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM CONTRIBUTED
[00:01:54] OVER $60 BILLION INTO THE U.S.
[00:01:57] GDP IN 2020 FIVE ALONE.
[00:02:01] AND IT SUPPORTED MORE THAN 540,000 JOBS.
[00:02:06] BUILDING MOMENTUM FOR CREATORS
[00:02:08] IN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN A TRUE BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL EFFORT.
[00:02:12] PAVING THE WAY WERE OUR
[00:02:18] CO-SOUNDING CAUCUS COCHAIRS. REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE CLARK.
[00:02:24] AND REPRESENTATIVE BETH VAN DYNE. I DON'T KNOW IF CONGRESSMAN VAN DYNE -- CONGRESSWOMAN VAN DYNE
[00:02:28] HAS MADE IT. THE BIPARTISAN COMMITMENT
[00:02:32] EXPANDS TO THE U.S. SENATE. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO SENATOR CORY
[00:02:37] BOOKER AND SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY AND THEIR DEDICATED STAFF.
[00:02:41] THEIR VISION AND LEADERSHIP IN
[00:02:42] CREATING THE CAUCUS ENSURES
[00:02:47] AMERICA'S INDEPENDENT, DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS HAVE A PERMANENT,
[00:02:50] DEDICATED VOICE IN SENATE POLICY DISCUSSIONS.
[00:02:55] FOLLOWING OPEN REMARKS FROM OUR
[00:02:57] SENATE COCHAIRS, WE WILL
[00:03:00] IMMEDIATELY TRANSITION INTO OUR FEATURED PANEL DISCUSSION
[00:03:02] MEDIATED BY -- MODERATED BY DYLAN WELLS OF THE WASHINGTON
[00:03:06] POST WHERE YOU WILL HEAR FIRSTHAND FROM A WIDE-RANGING
[00:03:10] GROUP OF CREATORS ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO SCALE A DIGITAL
[00:03:16] ENTERPRISE, MANAGEMENT TEAMS, NONDIRECT -- NAVIGATE THE UNIQUE
[00:03:18] HEADWINDS FACING MODERN INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES.
[00:03:24] PLEASE, JOIN ME NOW IN GIVING A WARM WELCOME TO OUR SENATE
[00:03:29] CREATOR CAUCUS COCHAIRS, SENATOR
[00:03:33] BOOKER AND SENATOR KENNEDY. THANK YOU.
[00:03:40] SEN. BOKER: THIS IS AN EXCITING
[00:03:47] MOMENT AND TURN OUT AND I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE TO
[00:03:51] THE GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT, WITH SOME PUN INTENDED.
[00:03:56] WE ARE DIFFERENT PARTIES AND THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE TRIBALISM OF OUR COUNTRY.
[00:03:59] BUT WE HAVE FOUND WAYS TO DO
[00:04:04] MEANINGFUL WORK TOGETHER. NOTHING OVERSHADOWS WHAT WE ARE
[00:04:05] A PART OF HERE, CREATING THIS CAUCUS. WITH ALL OF YOU.
[00:04:10] WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH. THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
[00:04:16] THERE IS A REVOLUTION GOING ON
[00:04:18] WHEN IT COMES TO USING ONLINE
[00:04:22] PLATFORMS. FOR SUCH A VARIETY OF POSSIBILITIES.
[00:04:25] MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS HEADED.
[00:04:28] BUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE
[00:04:33] HELPING LEAD THE WAY. RIGHT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES
[00:04:35] OF AMERICA, THE TIME MANY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
[00:04:39] WITHIN OUR ECONOMY, YOU ARE PART OF CREATING AN ENTIRELY NEW ECONOMIC SECTOR.
[00:04:45] IT IS USING PLATFORMS IN THE MOST INGENIOUS WAYS.
[00:04:48] I KNOW IN MY PERSONAL LIFE I HAVE DEVELOPED -- DONE
[00:04:50] EVERYTHING FROM PICK UP BOOKS I
[00:04:53] WOULD NOT HAVE PICKED UP.
[00:04:56] IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE I FOLLOW ONLINE.
[00:04:59] I HAVE BUILT -- BOUGHT PRODUCTS.
[00:05:03] I HAVE COME AS A U.S. SENATOR, AND I KNOW MY STAFF MEMBERS CAN
[00:05:06] TESTIFY TO THIS, TAKEN CONTENT I
[00:05:10] SAW ONLINE AND SENT IT TO MY POLICY TEAM TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS.
[00:05:15] WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
[00:05:18] THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF PEOPLE CRISSCROSSING THE
[00:05:20] COUNTRY EXPANDING POSSIBILITY,
[00:05:24] EXPANDING AWARENESS, EXPANDING JOBS, EXPANDING ECONOMIC
[00:05:27] ACTIVITY, EXPANDING ART AND EXPRESSION AND SO MUCH MORE.
[00:05:32] HERE IS THE URGENCY I SHARE WITH MY FRIEND, THE URGENCY I SEE.
[00:05:38] THERE ARE SWARMS OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO WASHINGTON FROM EVERY
[00:05:42] SECTOR OF MARGINABLE TO LOBBY US
[00:05:46] TO GET US TO SUPPORT
[00:05:48] LEGISLATION, WRITE LEGISLATION, FIGHT AGAINST LEGISLATION, WHO
[00:05:51] ADVOCATE TO US, WHO COME TO CREATE AWARENESS FOR US.
[00:05:56] SOME -- SO MANY PEOPLE COME DOWN, AND MANY OF THOSE
[00:05:59] INDUSTRIES OR INDIVIDUALS ARE
[00:06:02] PART OF ORGANIZED GROUPS THAT ARE ABLE TO LOBBY AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR SECTOR.
[00:06:08] IT'S INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT THIS SECTOR, THE CREATOR ECONOMY, BY
[00:06:11] THE END OF THE DECADE, COULD BE
[00:06:14] PART OF $1 TRILLION OF ECONOMIC
[00:06:16] ACTIVITY AND IT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE INNUMERABLE,
[00:06:20] IMMEASURABLE IMPACT YOU ARE HAVING ON CULTURE, BUSINESS, AND SO MANY SECTORS.
[00:06:25] YET, WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED
[00:06:29] CAUCUS IN THE U.S. SENATE FOCUSED ON LISTENING AND HEARING
[00:06:33] AND WORKING TO COBBLE TOGETHER A
[00:06:35] COMMON AGENDA THAT CAN EMPOWER
[00:06:38] ALL OF YOU IN YOUR DRIVE IN YOUR
[00:06:41] PURPOSE, IN HOW YOU ARE TRYING TO SERVE AND HELP OUR LARGER SOCIETY.
[00:06:45] SO WE ARE EXCITED AND HOPEFUL.
[00:06:49] AS A PERSON THAT SINCE THE DAWN OF SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN USING
[00:06:54] THESE PLATFORMS, BACK WHEN I WAS A MAYOR IN 2009, I WAS ABLE TO
[00:06:58] START USING THE DIGITAL PLATFORMS TO CREATE CONTENT FOR
[00:07:03] MY CITIZENS WHO I TOLD THEM,
[00:07:06] TWEET ME ABOUT ANY PROBLEM IN THE CITY. I HAVE TWEETS ABOUT POTHOLES.
[00:07:10] I HAVE TWEETS ABOUT CHALLENGES.
[00:07:13] WE SHOWED THEM A WAY TO CREATE MORE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.
[00:07:16] IT WAS A CREATIVE USE OF THE PLATFORM AT THAT TIME UNTIL
[00:07:19] PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES STARTED TEXTING ME TO FIX THEIR POTHOLES.
[00:07:24] SOME GUY FROM DUBLIN IT TWEETED ME AND SAID, I'VE GOT A BOTTLE.
[00:07:30] ICE -- GOT A POT HOLE.
[00:07:34] I SAID, I'VE GOT 99 PROBLEMS AND
[00:07:38] YOUR DITCH ANTOINE.
[00:07:43] I AM -- AINT ONE.
[00:07:47] WE NEED TO SET FORWARD A VISION, AND AGENDA OF HOW WE CAN WORK
[00:07:51] TOGETHER TO DO SOME GOOD IN THE WORLD. IF THERE IS ANYTHING I FEEL LIKE
[00:07:55] WE NEED TO DO MORE OF IT IS
[00:07:56] FINDING COMMON CAUSE BETWEEN SO MUCH OF THE REFLEXIVE TRIBALISM
[00:08:00] DIVIDING THE COUNTRY. I BELIEVE THAT THE LINES THAT
[00:08:04] DIVIDE US ARE NOT AS STRONG AS THE TIES THAT BIND US AND IN THAT SPIRIT I AM GRATEFUL TO BE
[00:08:10] HERE IN COMMON CAUSE WITH MY FRIEND, SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY.
[00:08:16] SEN. KENNEDY: I WANT TO THANK MY
[00:08:24] FRIEND, SENATOR BOOKER.
[00:08:28] HE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF COOL.
[00:08:34] SEN. BOOKER: SOMEBODY PLEASE HAVE RECORDED DATA.
[00:08:38] SEN. KENNEDY: IT'S TRUE.
[00:08:41] WE SIT ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TOGETHER IN JUDICIARY
[00:08:44] IS A VERY ACTIVE COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW THIS.
[00:08:48] HE IS A SERVICE MAN.
[00:08:52] -- SERIOUS MAN AND A SERIOUS LEGISLATOR.
[00:08:56] HE EXERCISES POWER MATERIALLY.
[00:09:00] NOT EVERY IN THAT -- EVERYBODY IN THIS PLACE DOES.
[00:09:04] HE ASKED ME TO WORK WITH HIM ON
[00:09:09] THIS CONCEPT, THE IDEA. I WAS SO HAPPY TO DO IT.
[00:09:14] I AM FROM LOUISIANA.
[00:09:18] I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ASK YOU TO COME VISIT US.
[00:09:22] YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME. LOUISIANA HAS THE BEST FOOD IN
[00:09:25] THE WORLD, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
[00:09:32] WHEN YOU PASS A DITCH, YOU LOOK
[00:09:35] AT IT AND GO, THERE IS A DITCH. WHEN WE PASSED A DITCH IN
[00:09:40] LOUISIANA, WE SEE DINNER, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU COOK IT.
[00:09:44] YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME IN LOUISIANA.
[00:09:48] I SO ADMIRE WHAT YOU DO.
[00:09:57] I'M NOT SURE YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT WHAT YOU DO IS.
[00:10:03] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IN SOME
[00:10:08] RESPECTS, THE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD NOW GET TO INFORMATION FROM YOU.
[00:10:15] THEY USED TO GET IT FROM NEWSPAPERS.
[00:10:19] THAT HAS CHANGED.
[00:10:23] I AM NOT HERE TO DENIGRATE NEWSPAPERS.
[00:10:27] WE STILL HAVE WONDERFUL NEWSPAPERS.
[00:10:30] I READ THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
[00:10:34] I READ THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE.
[00:10:38] I READ LOCAL PAPERS. BUT THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.
[00:10:41] FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM, THERE ARE A DOZEN OF YOU.
[00:10:47] YOU WOULD NOT SURVIVE IF PEOPLE DID NOT READ YOU.
[00:10:51] WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT DO FOR YOU?
[00:10:54] FRANKLY, THE BEST THING GOVERNMENT CAN DO FOR YOU IS LEAVE YOU ALONE AND I MEAN THAT.
[00:10:59] YOU DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT
[00:11:02] INVOLVED IN WHAT YOU SAY AND HOW YOU SAY IT. THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.
[00:11:06] DO YOU KNOW WHO WILL DETERMINE
[00:11:10] WHETHER YOU SUCCEED OR FAIL? YOUR AUDIENCE.
[00:11:13] THEY WILL VOTE WITH THEIR FEET FOR THEIR CLICK.
[00:11:20] GOVERNMENT SHOULD AND CAN PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS.
[00:11:24] THAT WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE
[00:11:29] AND MORE IMPORTANT.
[00:11:33] HOPEFULLY, IT IS ONE OF THE
[00:11:33] ISSUES THAT AS A GROUP WE CAN
[00:11:38] HELP YOU ADDRESS.
[00:11:40] THE FINAL POINT I MAKE IS WITH
[00:11:49] SUCCESS -- AND YOU HAVE HAD IT, GOES RESPONSIBILITY.
[00:11:54] OK?
[00:11:57] I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT, AS CORY
[00:12:01] POINTED OUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET
[00:12:05] THEIR FACTS, THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR INFORMATION, FROM YOU.
[00:12:10] I KNOW THAT IS THE MORE PEOPLE
[00:12:13] YOU, THE MOWER -- MORE APPARENT AS THAT IS FOR YOU.
[00:12:18] IT HELPS YOU SURVIVE AND PAY THE BILLS. I GET ALL THAT.
[00:12:23] BUT IT IS A SERIOUS, SERIOUS, RESPONSIBILITY.
[00:12:26] DO NOT EVER, EVER UNDERESTIMATE
[00:12:31] THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TRUTH. I BELIEVE IN THE DIALECTIC.
[00:12:37] A COMPETITION OF IDEAS. THAT IS WHAT YOU DO.
[00:12:40] SOME OF YOU SEE IT THIS WAY AND OTHERS OF YOU SEE IT THIS WAY. YOU COMPETE.
[00:12:46] THROUGH THE DIALECTIC, WE GET
[00:12:47] THE TRUE SPIRIT I CAN TELL YOU
[00:12:52] HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. I AM HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS. I MEAN IT.
[00:12:57] I WISH I WROTE AS WELL AS MANY
[00:13:00] OF YOU DO AND I WISH I SPOKE AS WELL AS MANY OF YOU DO.
[00:13:03] I ADMIRE WHAT YOU DO. I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU.
[00:13:06] THANK YOU FOR DOING IT, BUT DO
[00:13:10] NOT FORGET THE RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE, NOT JUST TO THE
[00:13:14] AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
[00:13:18] SO, I'M GOING TO SIT IN THE BACK AND LISTEN TO YOUR GREAT
[00:13:21] PANELISTS TODAY AND STAY AS LONG
[00:13:26] AS I CAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF THIS AND I WANT
[00:13:29] TO THANK SENATOR BOOKER.
[00:13:33] DID I MENTION HE IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF COOL?
[00:13:36] AND HE'S GOT A BIG BRAIN TOO, A
[00:13:39] BIG BRAIN.
[00:13:43] THANK YOU ALL.
[00:13:48] >> ARE THESE ON? AMAZING.
[00:13:51] THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE HAVE A GREAT, VERY LARGE PANEL.
[00:13:56] WE ARE HOPING TO GET INTO ALL YOUR EXPERTISE.
[00:13:59] I AM DYLAN WELLS AND I COVER CREATORS AT THE WASHINGTON POST.
[00:14:02] MY MANDATE IS TO BRIDGE THE GAP
[00:14:05] BETWEEN CREATOR JOURNALISM AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND COVER THE
[00:14:08] POWER CREATORS HAVE TODAY AND HOW YOU WERE ALL RESHAPING
[00:14:12] DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. IN TODAY'S INSTANCE, RESHAPING POLICY. YOU HAVE A LOT TO GET INTO.
[00:14:18] CREATORS EXIST IN EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT UNDER THE COUNTRY AND I WOULD LIKE TO
[00:14:21] START WITH YOU, AVERY.
[00:14:25] BECAUSE YOU COME FROM SENATOR KENNEDY'S HOME STATE OF
[00:14:27] LOUISIANA WHERE YOU ARE THE CEO OF THE LOUISIANA CRAWFISH COMPANY.
[00:14:32] HOW DO YOU TURN A SEAFOOD BUSINESS INTO COMPELLING CONTENT?
[00:14:36] HOW HAS IT BEING A CREATOR
[00:14:38] TRANSFORMED HER FAMILY BUSINESS INTO THE NATIONWIDE BRAND WE SEE TODAY?
[00:14:44] >> DAD IS A LOADED QUESTION.
[00:14:47] THAT IS UNLOCKED. I AM WITH THE LOUISIANA CRAWFISH COMPANY.
[00:14:54] WE WERE A BIT DIFFERENT. WE MAY BE A BIT DIFFERENT TO
[00:14:58] THAT OTHER CREATORS HERE BECAUSE
[00:15:00] , FOR US, THE BUSINESS CAME FIRST. MY DAD STARTED IN 1985.
[00:15:05] WE HAVE FOUR DECADES OF BUSINESS UNDER OUR BELT AND WE HAVE
[00:15:08] REALLY ONLY -- ONLY TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO CONTENT THE LAST THREE OR FIVE YEARS.
[00:15:14] THIS HAS BROADENED OUR REACH. NOT JUST FOR CUSTOMERS.
[00:15:17] FOR PEOPLE THAT DO NOT EVEN KNOW THEY ARE LOOKING FOR US.
[00:15:21] WE CAN PUT AN AD OUT AND IF SOMEBODY TYPES IN, BY LOUISIANA CRAWFISH.
[00:15:27] MAYBE THERE IS A GUY IN CALIFORNIA SCROLLING COOKING
[00:15:30] VIDEOS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO COOK THAT WEEKEND.
[00:15:34] THIS NATURALLY LETS PEOPLE FIND US THAT MIGHT NOT BE LOOKING.
[00:15:38] >> AND FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR CONTENT, THIS IS NOT COOKING CONTENT.
[00:15:44] IT IS HUNTING CRAWFISH. THERE ARE LOTS OF CREEPY CRAWLIES.
[00:15:49] AND YOU ARE SHIPPING THESE LIVE NATIONWIDE. >> YES.
[00:15:54] MY HUSBAND AND OUR TEENAGE SON ARE THE FACE OF THE CONTENT.
[00:15:57] IT'S ON THE FARM, IN THE BOAT, CATCHING THE CRAWFISH, IN THE
[00:16:01] WAREHOUSE, PACKING AND SHIPPING. OUR CUSTOMERS GET TO SEE, START
[00:16:05] TO FINISH, POND TO TABLE.
[00:16:09] >> SPEAKING OF CRITTERS OF VARIOUS SORTS, MARK, YOUR
[00:16:12] CONTENT IS LESS CLOSE TO HOME.
[00:16:16] YOU ARE TRAVELING NONSTOP AS THE
[00:16:18] CEO AND HOST OF BRAVE WILDERNESS
[00:16:22] , PRODUCING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CONTENT RANGING
[00:16:24] FROM THE VERY CUTE, WITH ONE OF
[00:16:27] MY FAVORITES, TO THE SNAKES AND
[00:16:30] THE BUGS THAT YOU THUMBNAILS AT SOME NAILS REALLY STOP ME IN MY
[00:16:34] TRACKS.
[00:16:37] YOU ARE SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT CREATURES.
[00:16:41] IT WAS A VERY HIGH PRODUCTION CONTENT.
[00:16:44] YOU WERE TRAVELING, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL
[00:16:48] GOVERNMENTS. A FULL CREW. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE
[00:16:52] LOGISTICS THAT GO INTO THE BUILDING THAT SORT OF MEDIA
[00:16:55] COMPANY AS A CREATOR FOR YOU HAVE UNLOCKED MORE THAN 22
[00:17:01] MILLION FOLLOWERS ON YOUTUBE ALONE? >> THANK YOU.
[00:17:04] IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY. ACTUALLY, TODAY WE ARE
[00:17:07] CELEBRATING 12 YEARS ON THE PLATFORM ON YOUTUBE.
[00:17:11] IT HAS BEEN OVER ONE DECADE OF EXPEDITIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
[00:17:15] LIKE MOST YOUTUBE CREATORS, WE
[00:17:18] HAD A VERY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.
[00:17:20] WE STARTED WITH ZERO SUBSCRIBERS
[00:17:24] IN 2014 AND BUILT OUR NETWORK, ONE PERSON AT A TIME, REALLY.
[00:17:30] WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR GRASS ROOTS ARE RURAL OHIO, CATCHING
[00:17:35] FARM POND TURTLES, NOW, SWIMMING
[00:17:37] IN THE GALAPAGOS WITH SHARKS, THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN WITH A
[00:17:40] SINGLE VIDEO UPLOAD. IT WAS THOUSANDS OF VIDEOS AND INTERACTIONS.
[00:17:44] REALLY, TRYING TO REACH OUR AUDIENCE IN WAYS THAT MADE OUR
[00:17:47] CONTENT OF THE MOST AUTHENTIC STORIES WE COULD POSSIBLY TELL.
[00:17:54] IN TERMS OF THE LOGISTICS OF GOING SOMEWHERE LIKE THE GALAPAGOS, THAT IS WHEN YOU
[00:17:57] ASCEND TO A LARGER TEAM.
[00:18:02] YOU HAVE BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST THAT ALLOW YOU TO GO TO A PLACE LIKE THAT.
[00:18:08] REALLY, IT IS ALL COMING FROM THE SAME THING ONCE THE EARLY
[00:18:12] DAYS, A PLACE OF CURIOSITY, WANTING TO MAKE CONTENT WHICH
[00:18:14] WILL MAKE OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND
[00:18:18] OUR AUDIENCE FEEL THE LOVE OF WILDLIFE AND NATURE, JUST LIKE US.
[00:18:21] >> HOW BIG IS YOUR COMPANY TODAY? HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE EMPLOYED?
[00:18:26] >> TODAY WE HAVE 16 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
[00:18:29] THAT IS JUST IN THE PEOPLE THAT WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY AT BRAVE WILDERNESS.
[00:18:34] WE HAVE AN ENTIRE EXTERIOR NETWORK OF CONTRACTORS AND
[00:18:38] PARTNERS AND AGENTS, AND MANAGERS, AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
[00:18:42] THE INDUSTRY THAT MAKE BRAVE WILDERNESS HAPPENED. WHILE IT IS AMAZING TO BE IN
[00:18:46] FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE TALKING ABOUT OUR CHANNEL, IT IS NOT
[00:18:49] JUST MYSELF OR MY COHOST, COYOTE, YOU MAKE THE CONTENT.
[00:18:54] IT IS A TEAM, A VILLAGE OF PEOPLE, WHO BRING BRAVE WILDERNESS TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE.
[00:19:00] >> YOU HAVE ALSO BUILT A MASSIVE, INDEPENDENT MEDIA OPERATION.
[00:19:05] REALLY, YOU PIONEERED THE
[00:19:09] PODCAST AND BROADCAST SPACE. ONE THING I FIND INTERESTING ABOUT YOUR STORY IS HOW MUCH YOU
[00:19:13] HAVE FOCUSED ON RETAINING YOUR CONTROL AND MAINTAINING INDEPENDENCE THINKING ABOUT
[00:19:16] DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, AND HOW YOU ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SCALE.
[00:19:20] TALK ABOUT WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HOW YOU HAVE ACTUALLY GONE ABOUT
[00:19:24] RETAINING THE CONTROL? >> DYLAN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
[00:19:28] I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT, FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO SENATOR
[00:19:32] BOOKER FOR REPRESENTING NEW
[00:19:35] JERSEY CREATORS AND CREATING THIS CAUCUS, WHICH IS A VERY
[00:19:39] IMPORTANT MOMENT AND A CELEBRATORY MOMENT FOR CREATORS,
[00:19:43] LIKE EVERYBODY HERE ON STAGE AND ANYONE WATCHING.
[00:19:48] CONTROL IS AN INTERESTING THING. IN THE CONTENT WORLD, WHEN YOU
[00:19:52] DO NOT HAVE CONTROL, YOU ARE
[00:19:55] MORE LIKELY TO CRUMBLE TO THE
[00:19:58] PRESSURES OF ADVERTISERS AND EXCLUSIVE LICENSORS.
[00:20:01] FOR US, MAINTAINING CONTROL IS A
[00:20:08] FOUNDATIONAL PIECE TO THE BUSINESS WE SAW MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.
[00:20:11] THIS DID NOT ALLOW US TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY, BUILD A
[00:20:14] RELATIONSHIP WITH FANS WE WANTED TO BUILD.
[00:20:17] MOST IMPORTANTLY IT ALLOWED US
[00:20:22] TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE
[00:20:22] CONTENT AND CHANNEL THAT ARE
[00:20:26] GOING TO KEEP US IN THE BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME TO COME AND CREATE LONGEVITY WITH WHAT WE
[00:20:30] ARE BUILDING.
[00:20:33] I THINK CONTROL IS A SYMBOL OF A
[00:20:36] CREATORS OF FREEDOM TO DO AND PUT OUT WHAT THEY PLEASE AND CHOOSE.
[00:20:40] IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
[00:20:43] >> FOR FOLKS HOPE -- WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR, YOU HAVE RAISED THE
[00:20:47] CURTAIN ON WHAT THE FINANCIAL REALITY LOOKS LIKE.
[00:20:50] I BELIEVE IT WAS MORE THAN $20 MILLION YOU GENERATED LAST YEAR.
[00:20:55] THAT IS THE SCALE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN CREATOR COMPANIES. WHAT DOES YOUR COMPANY LOOK LIKE
[00:20:59] NOW IN TERMS OF STAFF AND THE
[00:21:04] BEHIND-THE-SCENES STUFF GOING INTO PRODUCING THIS?
[00:21:05] >> WELL, LOOK, THE NETWORK IS --
[00:21:12] IT HAS GROWN SO MUCH AND EXPANDED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST DECADE.
[00:21:17] BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH WE HAVE SEEN, THE CONNECTIONS WE HAVE MADE, THE AUDIENCE WE BUILT.
[00:21:24] YES, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS FINANCIALLY.
[00:21:27] IT DID NOT COME WITHOUT TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. IT DID NOT COME WITHOUT FAILURES.
[00:21:31] IT DID NOT COME WITHOUT US
[00:21:33] FIGURING OUT HOW TO GO -- GROW
[00:21:36] FROM A 1, 2, THREE MAN OPERATION TO HAVING DOZENS OF CONTRACTORS
[00:21:40] ALL OVER THE GLOBE, MAKING AN
[00:21:44] IMPRINT FINANCIALLY, NOT ONLY IN NEW JERSEY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND GLOBALLY AS WELL.
[00:21:49] >> YOU STARTED IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA BEFORE GOING OUT ON YOUR OWN.
[00:21:54] CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TRANSITION LOOKED LIKE AND WHY YOU FELT IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME?
[00:22:00] WHAT IS IT LIKE, NOW APPROACHING THINGS AS AN INDEPENDENT MEDIA
[00:22:03] COMPANY YOURSELVES VERSUS COMING
[00:22:06] FROM THE TYPE OF NEWSROOM SOME OF US ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH?
[00:22:09] >> IT HAS BEEN CRAZY, SCARY, INTIMIDATING, AND AWESOME.
[00:22:14] I LEARNED A WHOLE DIFFERENT SIDE OF MYSELF.
[00:22:16] I WAS IN IT FOR 30 YEARS. DO THE MATH.
[00:22:21] LOCAL TV, REGIONAL TV, NATIONAL.
[00:22:25] I REALLY HAD NO DESIRE TO DO ANY OF THIS, HONESTLY, BECAUSE IT SCARED ME.
[00:22:29] I THOUGHT, NO, I'M A REALLY GOOD
[00:22:32] EMPLOYEE. RUNNING A BUSINESS.
[00:22:36] SO WHY WOULD I?
[00:22:40] LITERALLY, I HAD TO COMPLETELY RETHINK THE WAY I WANTED TO DO LIFE.
[00:22:45] AT 50 PLUS YEARS OLD.
[00:22:47] IT HAS BEEN AT JUST OVER TWO YEARS FOR ME.
[00:22:51] THE BUSINESS SIDE HAS BEEN THE MOST INTIMIDATING PART OF IT.
[00:22:55] MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR A YEAR.
[00:22:58] ONE YEAR IN, GUYS. A YEAR AND A WEEK.
[00:23:02] FORTUNATELY, HE DOES KNOW A LOT
[00:23:07] ABOUT BUSINESS. HE IS A FORMER CEO IN THE TECH INDUSTRY.
[00:23:11] I'M LIKE, BECAUSE THE LEFT BRAIN IS ALL I'VE GOD, LET'S FOCUS
[00:23:14] OVER THERE AND FROM A PRODUCING BACKGROUND, THAT IS HOW I STARTED.
[00:23:20] IT IS EXTREMELY INTIMIDATING AND I WATCH ALL OF YOU AND I GO, HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
[00:23:26] I DID NOT REALIZE HOW I HAD BEEN FOR 30 YEARS, TRYING TO BE A
[00:23:29] JOURNALIST WHERE MY OPINION DID NOT MATTER. IT SHOULD NOT MATTER.
[00:23:34] IT IS DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT IN SPORTS, BUT AS A SPORTS
[00:23:37] JOURNALIST FOR 30 YEARS, IT IS NOT ABOUT ME.
[00:23:40] MY JOB IS TO TELL YOU THE STORY
[00:23:42] IS BASED ON THE HIGHLIGHTS, SCORES, REACTION, AND INTERVIEWS
[00:23:46] AND I NEED TO STAY OUT OF IT. BUT THEN SWITCHED TO, MY OPINION
[00:23:50] DOES MATTER.
[00:23:53] THERE IS SUCH FREEDOM.
[00:23:55] IN THAT, TO SAY, I WILL SAY THIS AND STAND BY IT.
[00:24:00] BUT THE ENTIRE GOAL OF IT, FOR ME, WAS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
[00:24:05] THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS MISSING. WE ARE IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
[00:24:09] THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MISSING.
[00:24:13] HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WITH WHOM YOU DISAGREE.
[00:24:15] THAT IS WHAT THE GOAL OF MY SHOW WAS AND IS.
[00:24:18] NOW IT IS LIKE, WAIT. CAN I EXPAND? CAN I DO MORE?
[00:24:24] I AM LIVING IN A FEAR OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
[00:24:27] TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, ZERO FOLLOWERS.
[00:24:32] WHO WILL DO THIS? WHO WILL LISTEN?
[00:24:34] THEY WILL SAY, SHE IS A WASHED UP OLD SPORTS CHEEK.
[00:24:38] YOU DON'T REALIZE THE POWER OF TRYING, FALLING ON HER FACE, GETTING BACK UP AND REALIZING
[00:24:42] YOU CAN BRING OTHERS WITH YOU,
[00:24:45] AND IF YOU DO NOT, WHAT A WASTE OF I THINK IN GOD-GIVEN PLATFORMS WE HAVE.
[00:24:50] IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME AND MY HUSBAND.
[00:24:52] I HAVE THREE KIDS, 24, 23, AND
[00:24:55] 20 WHO WISH I WOULD SHUT UP AND
[00:24:57] START GIVING MIGHT JUST STOP GIVING MY OPINIONS ON THINGS.
[00:25:01] I AM REALIZING THE POWER OF THAT TOO.
[00:25:04] THAT JUST BY TRYING TO SPEAK UP IN A KIND WAY -- WE DON'T HAVE
[00:25:07] TO BE UGLY AND DIVISIVE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS -- WE ARE TEACHING
[00:25:10] THOSE AFTER US TO DO THE SAME AS
[00:25:14] SAYING AND CREATE MORE CONVERSATIONS. IT HAS BEEN A CRAZY QUICK JOURNEY HERE THE LAST COUPLE
[00:25:18] YEARS. >> THERE IS SO MUCH DEBATE NOW
[00:25:21] ABOUT WHETHER CREATORS ARE JOURNALISTS AND THE
[00:25:25] DISTINCTIONS. WHERE DO YOU FALL THINKING ABOUT JOURNALISTS VERSUS CREATORS?
[00:25:29] IS IT THAT AN ACTUAL AND/OR OR
[00:25:33] DO YOU HOLD THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES NOW YOU ARE INDEPENDENT?
[00:25:39] >> WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
[00:25:41] AND I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS A JOURNALIST ANYMORE. I DON'T.
[00:25:47] ONCE YOU GIVE YOUR OPINION, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY BIASED.
[00:25:51] THAT'S OK. JUST OWN IT.
[00:25:53] I WAS AT ESPN MY LAST ALMOST 17 YEARS AND BEFORE THAT, ALONG THE
[00:25:56] WAY, THAT WAS ONE OF MY ISSUES.
[00:26:01] ARE STEPHEN A. SMITH AND YOU ARE.
[00:26:04] TO GIVE YOUR OPINION.
[00:26:08] BUT AS A JOURNALIST IT IS ABOUT
[00:26:11] TAKING THE FACTS AND ASKING RESPONSIBLE QUESTIONS.
[00:26:14] THEN REACT TO THAT WITH GOOD FOLLOW UP IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING AND DOING YOUR JOB.
[00:26:18] THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING.
[00:26:20] I HAVE THAT BACKGROUND OF CURIOSITY AND ASKING QUESTIONS
[00:26:24] AND HOPEFULLY IT LEADS TO GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
[00:26:27] I THINK PEOPLE ACROSS THE LINES
[00:26:31] WAITED TOO MUCH. IF YOU ARE AT ONE OF THESE
[00:26:35] MAINSTREAM MEDIA NETWORKS, CERTAINLY, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF
[00:26:38] DISK SPACE WITH STREAMING AND CREATOR CONTENT, MAKING
[00:26:42] CONCERTED EFFORT TO DO YOUR JOB
[00:26:44] RESPONSIBLY WITH THE FACTS, AND GO FROM THERE.
[00:26:47] >> MATT, I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE ALWAYS AT THE CAPITOL.
[00:26:51] I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MAY BE MY THIRD TIME SEEING YOU HERE.
[00:26:55] >> WE RETIRED TWO YEARS AGO OFF THE PLATFORM AND DID WHAT ALL
[00:26:59] OLD RETIREES DO, GET INTO POLITICS. THAT'S NOT MEANT TO OFFEND
[00:27:03] ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, BY THE WAY. YOU GUYS ARE THE COOL GUYS.
[00:27:08] I HEARD SENATOR BOOKER IS THE KING OF COOL. >> YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH THE
[00:27:12] LAUNCH OF THE CREATOR CAUCUS ON THE HOUSE SIDE. YOU MENTIONED YOUR RETIREMENT.
[00:27:16] IF YOU FOUNDED A MEDIA COMPANY, BIG CHANNEL.
[00:27:20] AND THEN YOU SET THE PRECEDENT IN REAL-TIME BY SELLING IT.
[00:27:23] WHAT IS ONE THING YOU THINK POLICYMAKERS HERE NEED TO KNOW
[00:27:26] ABOUT THE TYPE OF CREATOR OPERATIONS YOU HAVE BUILT WHERE
[00:27:29] YOU AREN'T JUST BUILDING AN
[00:27:30] AUDIENCE, BUT A COMPANY THAT CAN
[00:27:33] SUSTAIN AFTER YOU ARE NO LONGER YOURSELF TIED TO IT.
[00:27:38] >> FIRST, I THINK THAT MOMENTS LIKE THIS ARE HUGE IN THE GOAL OF PROVING LEGITIMACY.
[00:27:43] WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CREATOR EXPERIMENT NOW FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
[00:27:49] YOUTUBE CROSSED THE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, BUT ONLY NOW ARE CREATORS BEING SEEN AS A VIABLE
[00:27:53] CREATIVE FORCE, A VIABLE SOURCE
[00:27:57] OF INFORMATION, THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENTERTAINMENT.
[00:27:59] BUT IT HAS BEEN TWO DECADES THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
[00:28:02] IT'S GREAT WE ARE HERE AND HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. BUT WE ARE STILL BEHIND THE BALL.
[00:28:07] THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
[00:28:09] MY PARTNER, STEPHANIE, AND I ARE IN WASHINGTON SO MUCH.
[00:28:13] BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TIME TO TRANSLATE OUR WORLD TO THIS
[00:28:16] WORLD, TO SHOW THAT, HEY, GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE BEEN
[00:28:19] FAMILIAR WITH PRODUCTION
[00:28:23] STUDIOS, MEDIA COMPANIES, HOLLYWOOD FOR YEARS.
[00:28:25] THIS IS JUST A NEW ITERATION OF THIS. WHAT YOU SAW AND NO LOVE AS SHOW
[00:28:31] RUNNERS ARE JUST ALGORITHMS NOW.
[00:28:33] WHAT WERE VIEWS ON YOUTUBE OR
[00:28:35] VIEWS ON TELEVISION NOWADAYS.
[00:28:40] THERE A LOT OF COMMONALITIES HERE.
[00:28:42] WHEN ALL YOU ARE DEALING WITH IN
[00:28:45] THE HEADLINES IS YOUTUBE PRANK? DOES IT THIS OR CREATOR X DOES
[00:28:48] BAD THING, IT CASTS THE ENTIRE
[00:28:52] SPACE IN A VERY NEGATIVE LIGHT WHEN IN ACTUALITY WE ARE THE
[00:28:55] NEXT ITERATION OF MEDIA STUDIOS,
[00:28:58] JOB CREATORS, SMALL BUSINESS STUDIOS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TAX CODE.
[00:29:03] IT IS HARD FOR US TO GET LOANS BECAUSE THE BANK DOES NOT THINK
[00:29:06] THIS IS A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS.
[00:29:10] HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOUSE AND SENATE OPENS DOORS AND
[00:29:12] GIVES DEFINITIONS TO THE SPACE
[00:29:14] TO SHOW WE ARE A FORCE WORTHY OF
[00:29:18] PAYING ATTENTION TO, AND ECONOMIC FORCE THAT IS VERY SIZABLE AND ONLY GROWING.
[00:29:24] AND TO BE HONEST, THE NET -- NEXT GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
[00:29:29] BEING A CREATOR IS THE MOST
[00:29:33] DESIRED JOB IN AMERICA NOW. THAT'S THE TRUTH.
[00:29:37] FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THIS IS THE FIRST PAYCHECK THEY ARE GETTING.
[00:29:42] THE PLATFORMS ARE HANDING OUT PAYCHECKS TO KIDS THAT HAVE
[00:29:44] NEVER DONE THEIR TAXES BEFORE,
[00:29:46] LET ALONE BE SO LOW ENTREPRENEURS FIGURING OUT WHAT
[00:29:49] IT MEANS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, TO RECEIVE THAT.
[00:29:53] SO IF WE CAN PAVE THE WAY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, ALL SHIPS RISE.
[00:29:57] WE ALL SUCCEED.
[00:29:59] >> WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST SURPRISING LEARNING FOR YOU
[00:30:02] SINCE LAST SUMMER WHEN YOU LAUNCHED THE HOUSE SIDE OF THE
[00:30:06] CAUCUS? WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING TO
[00:30:10] LEARN ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOW D.C. OPERATES WITH REGARDS TO
[00:30:14] CREATORS. >> ONE THING SENATOR BOOKER BROUGHT UP IS CREATORS FALL
[00:30:17] THROUGH THE CRACKS.
[00:30:21] PLATFORMS HAVE LOBBYISTS ALL AROUND WASHINGTON ADVOCATING FOR THE PLATFORMS.
[00:30:25] YOU HAVE HOLLYWOOD ADVOCATING FOR HOLLYWOOD.
[00:30:29] CREATORS ARE NOT A UNIFIED FORCE. WE DON'T HAVE A CREAT --
[00:30:34] COLLECTIVE UNIT THAT CAN HIRE A
[00:30:35] LOBBYIST TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF
[00:30:39] OF OUR INTEREST TO WASHINGTON. AS A RESULT, WE FALL THROUGH THE
[00:30:42] CRACKS WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY,
[00:30:43] BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE THE
[00:30:47] FIRST MOVERS IN A LOT OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT AMERICA NOW.
[00:30:50] WE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FIRST TO BE DEEPFAKE WITH ARI.
[00:30:56] OUR CONTENT IS THE FIRST TO BE SCANNED AND USED.
[00:30:58] WE ARE GETTING DARKEST -- DO
[00:31:07] XED. DIGITAL PRIVACY FOR CHILDREN ONLINE.
[00:31:11] ALL OF THESE ARE ISSUES CREATORS ARE EXPERIENCING FIRST ON BEHALF
[00:31:15] OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. THAT IS WHY THESE MOMENTS ARE
[00:31:18] IMPORTANT AND EXCITING FOR ME AND THE WIDER CREATOR COMMUNITY
[00:31:21] BECAUSE WALLS THAT EXISTED ARE STARTING TO BREAK DOWN AND WE
[00:31:26] ARE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE CREATOR AND COMMUNITY NEEDS IN
[00:31:29] THE PLACE WHERE IT MATTERS MOST.
[00:31:33] >> YOU HAVE BUILT A VERY DIFFERENT BUSINESS, JACKIE, FROM
[00:31:36] OTHER FOLKS ON THE PANEL. YOU WERE A PIONEER IN THE BEAUTY
[00:31:40] SPACE ON YOUTUBE AND BECAME AN ADVOCATE AND NOW YOU ARE A
[00:31:43] FOUNDER OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY --
[00:31:46] COMPANY, IN ADDITION. I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR
[00:31:50] TRANSITION STARTING YOUR OWN FRAGRANCE LINE AND WHAT YOU
[00:31:53] THINK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT CREATORS TO
[00:31:55] TAKE ON MORE OF A PORTFOLIO
[00:31:58] CAREER WHERE YOU ARE A CREATOR AND ADVOCATE AND RUNNING YOUR OWN COMPANY AS WELL.
[00:32:04] >> WELL, THE FIRST TRANSITION IS LEARNING HOW TO BE AN
[00:32:07] INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR CREATOR,
[00:32:08] A TRANSITION IN ITSELF, AND A
[00:32:12] LEARNING CURVE IN ITSELF BECAUSE I STARTED MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS
[00:32:16] NO PLAYBOOK FOR ANY OF THIS AND I HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE TAX THING.
[00:32:21] MUCH LIKE THE ISSUES YOU
[00:32:23] MENTIONED OF
[00:32:27] INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY THIEVERY, ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT
[00:32:30] COMING -- COME FROM HAVING A DIGITAL PRESENCE ONLINE.
[00:32:36] YOU LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
[00:32:39] IN ADDITION, YOU START A BUSINESS.
[00:32:40] I HAVE ONE PARENT THAT WAS AN
[00:32:44] ENTREPRENEUR, BUT I DID NOT LEARN MUCH.
[00:32:46] I HAD TO TAKE ON MOST OF THE LEARNING.
[00:32:51] WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO HIRE EMPLOYEES?
[00:32:54] I COULD NOT HAVE EVEN DONE THIS
[00:32:57] WITHOUT MY COFOUNDER HUSSMAN -- HUSBAND, DENNIS.
[00:33:01] IF NOT FOR HIS FINANCE BACKGROUND AND SKILL SET IN
[00:33:05] ACTUALLY PUTTING A TANGIBLE PLAN IN PLACE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
[00:33:07] IT, I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO.
[00:33:11] I AM FULL CAREER MODE.
[00:33:15] I WAS LIKE, I WANT TO SHOW UP AND MAKE THINGS PRETTY.
[00:33:19] HE SHOWED ME HOW TO HIRE AND FIRE.
[00:33:22] HOW TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BEING DONE EFFICIENCY.
[00:33:26] AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO
[00:33:27] MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IS, LIKE
[00:33:30] MANY OF US HAVE ECHOED, DON'T COUNT US OUT.
[00:33:33] A LOT OF TIMES, WE REALLY ARE
[00:33:36] THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE SOCIETAL CHANGES AND WAVES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
[00:33:42] AND I AM GLAD TO SEE THIS IS
[00:33:47] STARTING TO BECOME A LEGITIMIZED INDUSTRY.
[00:33:49] BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S BEEN LIKE TWO DECADES.
[00:33:53] I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING ANYWHERE. A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE
[00:33:56] GENERATING A LOT OF INCOME. HOW CAN WE MAKE IT SO IT IS NOT
[00:34:00] PAINSTAKINGLY DIFFICULT TO DO THINGS LIKE BUY A HOUSE OR GET A LOAN FOR A BUSINESS.
[00:34:05] THESE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK MYSELF AND MY COFOUNDER'S ARE THE MOST INVESTED IN.
[00:34:10] HOW TO CONTINUE TO RUN THE SHIP WITH MORE OUTSIDE SUPPORT WHILE
[00:34:13] WE STILL FIGURE OUT AND NAVIGATE FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT ON A
[00:34:17] PUBLIC PLATFORM AT THE SAME TIME.
[00:34:20] >> BETWEEN YOU AND SAGE, I FEEL
[00:34:21] LIKE THE TRICK WE ARE LEARNING
[00:34:25] IF YOU NEED A HUSBAND THAT WILL RUN THE BUSINESS SIDE FOR YOU.
[00:34:27] >> SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID WAS SO TRUE.
[00:34:32] EVEN THOUGH I STARTED AS A
[00:34:34] CREATOR, TECHNICALLY, MICAH -- BACKGROUND BEFORE THAT WAS LIKE
[00:34:38] PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP ARTISTRY.
[00:34:41] I WAS USED TO MY WORK BEING SEEN. NOT TO BE -- NOT ME BEING SEEN.
[00:34:47] AND ON TOP OF THAT, HAVING AN
[00:34:51] IMMIGRANT PARENT, CULTURALLY, A LOT OF WOMEN AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE OUTSPOKEN.
[00:34:56] AND ALSO, HAVING DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE AT THE TIME.
[00:35:01] I'M NOT SAYING I RECOMMEND IT.
[00:35:04] BUT MOST OF WHAT I WAS USED TO WAS BEING BEHIND-THE-SCENES.
[00:35:10] YOUTUBE I WAS LIKE, THIS IS CUTE AND FUN. MAYBE PEOPLE WILL LIKE HOW I DO MAKEUP.
[00:35:16] BUT IT COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED MY LIFE. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR IT.
[00:35:21] IT WAS SO MUCH. I HAD TO DO A LOT OF UNLEARNING.
[00:35:26] YOU WONDER WHAT IF, SOMETIMES, GUYS AND GALS.
[00:35:30] WHAT IF YOU HAD LISTENED TO THE INNER VOICE. THERE IS FEAR.
[00:35:34] WHAT IF YOU HAD NOT TRIED IT.
[00:35:37] AND YOU ALL HAVE TEAMS NOW SO YOU ARE HELPING SO MANY PEOPLE.
[00:35:40] AND I HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY
[00:35:44] HOW OPEN AND FRIENDLY TO CREATIVE WORLD IS PRODUCTION ON THE ROAD I CAME FROM.
[00:35:49] THERE ARE STILL SCARS BACK HERE. THAT'S OK. THE JOURNEY IS THE JOURNEY.
[00:35:54] BUT WHEN YOU ASK QUESTIONS OF OTHER CREATORS, PEOPLE ARE SO WILLING TO HELP.
[00:35:58] HAVE I GOT LUCKY, OR IS THIS
[00:36:03] NORMAL? >> I THINK IT IS NORMAL.
[00:36:05] >> IT IS UNDERESTIMATED, THE APPRECIATION. THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR ALL OF US.
[00:36:10] WE ARE DOING IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT THAT'S RARE.
[00:36:14] >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREATORS IMPACT ON DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES,
[00:36:16] I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT
[00:36:20] MENTION YOU BECAME AN OUTSPOKEN
[00:36:22] VOICE IN THE BEAUTY SPACE ON DIVERSITY.
[00:36:27] TALK ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL YOU HAVE
[00:36:29] USED YOUR PERSONAL PLATFORM TO
[00:36:32] SHAPE THE INDUSTRY YOU WERE JUST WORKING IN AS A MAKEUP ARTIST AT THE STOP OF -- START OF THIS.
[00:36:38] >> WHAT INITIALLY STARTED WITH
[00:36:41] THE MOST OBVIOUS RESPONSE WAS I GO TO A MAKEUP COUNTER AND I
[00:36:45] DON'T SEE PRODUCTS FOR PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME.
[00:36:48] AS I STARTED TO CREATE CONTENT
[00:36:49] AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS EVEN
[00:36:53] WITH PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE COMPANIES.
[00:36:55] I WOULD GET DM'S FROM PEOPLE THAT WORKED AT MAJOR
[00:36:58] CONGLOMERATES LIKE, I'M THE ONLY
[00:37:03] BLACK PERSON THAT WORKS AT THIS COMPANY AND I HAVE BEEN SAYING
[00:37:06] ALL THIS STUFF AND NOBODY WOULD LISTEN TO ME.
[00:37:09] I STARTED REALIZING THAT I WAS
[00:37:13] BECOMING INVESTED IN THE BIGGEST
[00:37:16] -- BIGGER SYSTEMIC ISSUES AROUND
[00:37:22] THE SEAMS. ARE YOU NOT ACTIVELY LOOKING TO
[00:37:25] HIRE DIVERSE PEOPLE BEHIND-THE-SCENES?
[00:37:28] WHY ISN'T THAT YOU CAN PUT
[00:37:32] MILLIONS OF AD DOLLARS BEHIND A SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL, BUT YOU
[00:37:35] DO NOT KNOW THAT BLACK WOMEN ALSO BY COSMETICS AND HAIR
[00:37:39] PRODUCTS?
[00:37:41] ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HAIR, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS ALL
[00:37:45] THIS DATA THAT SHOWS BLACK WOMEN OVER INDEX IN CERTAIN THINGS,
[00:37:50] LIKE BUYING COMPLEXION PRODUCTS, MEANING WE TYPICALLY BUY SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OF THEM.
[00:37:54] IT'S LIKE, WHY DO WE THINK?
[00:37:58] IF THE FIRST PRODUCT IS A FLOP, I HAVE TO REPLACE IT.
[00:38:04] IT IS EVEN MORE TRIAL AND ERROR.
[00:38:08] I BECAME INVESTED IN NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE OBVIOUS, LIKE MAKE MORE SHADES.
[00:38:15] MAYBE YOU SHOULD START DIVERSIFYING HOW YOU HIRE PEOPLE.
[00:38:19] THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME BIGGER THAN JUST THE MAKEUP PART.
[00:38:23] EVEN THOUGH THAT IS STILL IMPORTANT, IT SPOKE TO A BIGGER ISSUE.
[00:38:29] STIMULATE THE ECONOMY, HIRE MORE
[00:38:31] PEOPLE OR MORE QUALIFIED PEOPLE. BERKELEY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOO?
[00:38:36] I STARTED TO LEAN INTO THAT AS WELL.
[00:38:40] IT OPENED AS A DOOR TO A BIGGER ISSUE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
[00:38:45] MORE IMPACTED BY. THE CONVERSATION GOT TO MOVE
[00:38:49] MORE LEGS WITH THAT END OF IT.
[00:38:54] >> YOU HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT PATHS INTO THE CREATOR SPACE.
[00:39:00] NOW THAT WE ALL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF HOW YOU PUT YOUR PLATFORM AND WHAT YOUR CAREER
[00:39:03] LOOKS LIKE TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES.
[00:39:07] I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU.
[00:39:12] WHAT IS ONE HURDLE YOU FEEL HAS BEEN UNIQUE TO BUILDING AS A
[00:39:16] CREATOR THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
[00:39:20] HERE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF?
[00:39:23] AT THE END, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GO FIRST.
[00:39:28] >> I WOULD IMMEDIATELY THINK OF SOMETHING MATT MENTIONED. 20 YEARS OF YOUTUBE.
[00:39:35] JUST NOW, REALLY BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS WITH THE TRADITIONAL
[00:39:39] MAINSTREAM MEDIA INDUSTRY, HOLLYWOOD SPECIFICALLY.
[00:39:43] AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SPIRIT
[00:39:47] WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING THIS A LONG TIME.
[00:39:50] I THINK THAT THE TRUCK -- THE CHALLENGE OF, NOT ONLY PROVING
[00:39:54] OURSELVES ON YOUTUBE, BUT
[00:39:55] GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER, IN
[00:39:58] TERMS OF BUSINESS, CREATING THE CONTENT, CREATING THE AUDIENCE,
[00:40:02] BUILDING IT ALL, IT HAS LET US
[00:40:05] TO A POINT WHERE WE AREN'T REALLY FINDING IT TIME TO HAVE A LEGITIMATE MOMENT WITH HOLLYWOOD.
[00:40:12] AND THE OTHER MAINSTREAM MARKETPLACES.
[00:40:17] WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FRICTION WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED ALONG
[00:40:20] THE JOURNEY, IT UNITES US AS CREATORS.
[00:40:24] I AGREE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE
[00:40:28] GROUPS YOU WILL EVER COME ACROSS IN BUSINESS.
[00:40:31] A YOUTUBE CREATOR, ALMOST BY DEFINITION IS A BOOTSTRAP
[00:40:35] BUSINESS, STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
[00:40:38] YOU TAKE A LOT OF LICKS ALONG THE JOURNEY TO GET TO WHERE ALL OF US HAVE GONE TO.
[00:40:42] THAT IS WHY WE ARE ALL ADVOCATES, NOT JUST FOR EACH
[00:40:44] OTHER, BUT THE NEW CREATORS
[00:40:46] COMING UP AROUND US BECAUSE THE
[00:40:52] MORE WE CAN UNITE AND IMPROVE NOT ONLY WE ARE LEGITIMATE, BUT OUR AUDIENCES ARE RALLYING
[00:40:56] AROUND US, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THAT FRICTION.
[00:41:01] >> FRICTION WITH HOLLYWOOD, BOY. >> WHERE DO WE BEGIN?
[00:41:09] WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING CONTENT,
[00:41:15] DISTRIBUTION IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE BUSINESS MODELS.
[00:41:21] LIKE, HOW DO WE NOT ONLY REACH
[00:41:23] AUDIENCES, BUT MAXIMIZE THAT
[00:41:28] OPPORTUNITY. FOR A LONG TIME IT HAS BEEN A CLOSELY GUARDED INDUSTRY. WHAT ARE THE REASONS WHY WE
[00:41:33] STARTED A YOUTUBE CHANNEL FROM A RURAL OHIO IS BECAUSE WE CANNOT
[00:41:36] GET PAST THE GATES, THE BARRIER. IF IT WERE NOT FOR PROFIT --
[00:41:40] PLATFORMS LIKE YOUTUBE I WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY.
[00:41:45] FOR US, THE FRICTION HAS BEEN
[00:41:49] REALLY TWO SIDES COMING TOGETHER SLOWLY OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
[00:41:53] NOW, THERE IS A SYMBIOTIC SIDE TO IT.
[00:41:55] YOU ARE SEEING NOT ONLY
[00:41:59] ADVERTISERS MOVING TOWARDS US,
[00:42:02] IT RALLYING AROUND YOUTUBE CREATORS. YOU ARE SEEING THIS IN CINEMAS.
[00:42:07] YOU ARE SEEING THIS ON THE FILM SIDE OF THE BUSINESS.
[00:42:13] I THINK THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT.
[00:42:18] THEY WANT TO UTILIZE OUR SKILL SETS, NOT ONLY OUR AUDIENCES,
[00:42:22] BUT HOW WE DO THINGS. WE DO THINGS REALLY EFFICIENTLY.
[00:42:29] FOR FIVE DOLLARS AND A STICK OF BUBBLEGUM, A YOUTUBE CONTENT
[00:42:33] CREATOR CAN MAKE SOMETHING REALLY COOL.
[00:42:35] THAT IS NOT HOW THEY HAVE DONE THINGS IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT THEY
[00:42:38] ARE WAKING UP TO THAT NOW. >> MATT, WHAT IS ONE HURDLE YOU HAVE FACED?
[00:42:44] FIRST AND FOREMOST -- FOREMOST, TAXES. BUT I ALWAYS SAY TAXES.
[00:42:51] BASICALLY, CREATORS WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY FILE THEIR TAXES.
[00:42:55] BUT WE FALL BETWEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT A LOT
[00:42:58] OF TIME CPAS AND ACCOUNTANTS
[00:43:03] DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY ADVISE YOUNG CREATORS
[00:43:06] ON HOW TO PROPERLY FILE TAXES.
[00:43:10] WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE?
[00:43:10] WHAT IS YOUR PRODUCT -- PRODUCT?
[00:43:14] DO YOU SELL MURCH? YOU ARE GETTING PAID FROM GOOGLE, A DELAWARE COMPANY.
[00:43:19] BUT YOU ARE SELLING MURCH NATIONWIDE.
[00:43:22] DO YOU PAY STATE TAXES ON ALL -- AT ALL THOSE PLACES?
[00:43:26] ARE YOU QUALIFIED AS AN EDUCATOR OR VIDEOGRAPHER?
[00:43:30] THERE ARE SO MANY NUANCES ABOUT HOW CREATORS AND CREATOR LED
[00:43:34] BUSINESSES HAVE TO FILE THEIR TAXES. WE ARE IN A GRAY AREA.
[00:43:38] EVEN WHEN WE GO TO PROFESSIONALS ASKING, HOW DO I DO THIS?
[00:43:42] A LOT OF TIMES THE INDUSTRY IS SO NEBULOUS, WE ARE NOT GETTING
[00:43:45] DEFINITIVE ANSWERS BACK AND IT PUTS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN UNCERTAIN TERRITORY.
[00:43:49] THE THING I WOULD SAY THIS TIME TO MIX IT UP IS, ACTUALLY,
[00:43:53] PROTECTION OVER OUR IDENTITIES. AT THIS POINT, LIKE I MENTIONED
[00:43:57] BEFORE, BECAUSE WE PUT SO MUCH OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
[00:44:01] ONLINE, A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF BEING
[00:44:04] DEEPFAKE OR OUR CONTENT BEING AI
[00:44:07] SCAMMED IN A LOT OF PLACES. EARLIER THIS MONTH MY VOICE WAS
[00:44:10] REPLICATED TO PROMOTE A RANDOM
[00:44:15] GAME PRODUCT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
[00:44:19] RIGHT NOW THERE DOES NOT EXIST A
[00:44:22] CLEAN WAY FOR ME TO SAY, TAKE THAT DOWN. THAT'S NOT ME.
[00:44:28] MY AUDIENCE FOLLOWS UP AND SAYS, IS THIS YOU? I'M CONFUSED.
[00:44:34] RIGHT NOW THE WAY MOST LAWS ARE WRITTEN IS YOU HAVE TO PROVE
[00:44:37] SOME LEVEL OF FINANCIAL BURDEN
[00:44:40] OR FINANCIAL LOSSES TO YOU AS A PERSON. IT IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO
[00:44:44] PROVE WHAT DOES NOT EXIST THERE.
[00:44:48] THERE IS AUDIENCE DISTRESSED AND HESITATION. PEOPLE MAY HAVE FELT LIKE I MISLED THEM.
[00:44:53] IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY. THAT IS ONE OF THE WEIRD GAPS
[00:44:56] CREATORS FALL INTO WHERE IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
[00:44:59] PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEND THEIR IDENTITY ONLINE.
[00:45:03] RIGHT NOW, THE SYSTEMS ARE NOT BUILT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THAT
[00:45:07] TO HAPPEN. >> TO YOUR TAXATION POINT, IT'S
[00:45:10] NOT JUST CREATORS ON A HUGE SCALE FACING THAT.
[00:45:17] IT IS MICRO INFLUENCERS GETTING PR IN THE MAIL NOT REALIZING
[00:45:20] THAT BY GETTING THAT FREE BOX OF
[00:45:23] MAKEUP PRODUCTS, THEY NEED TO PAY TAXES ON THAT AS WELL.
[00:45:28] >> YES. AND THE OTHER SIDE IS WHEN YOU
[00:45:29] THINK OF A CREATOR, YOU THINK
[00:45:32] ABOUT THE TOP PEOPLE MAKING A LOT OF AD REVENUE, SEVEN
[00:45:34] CHOCOLATE BARS IN TARGET OR
[00:45:38] WALMART, RIGHT?
[00:45:38] BUT BEING A CREATOR IS EVERYONE,
[00:45:43] AT THIS POINT. IT IS THE MOM AND SHOP --
[00:45:46] MOM-AND-POP SHOP CREATING
[00:45:49] CONTENT ON FACEBOOK TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW BOOKSTORE.
[00:45:55] WE ARE ALL CREATORS INTO A GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE.
[00:45:59] YES, PEOPLE LIKE US, A LOT OF
[00:46:01] TIMES, THAT HAVE A PLATFORM AND A MEGAPHONE AREN'T LEADING TO CONVERSATIONS.
[00:46:06] AGAIN, WHAT WE ARE SPEAKING ON
[00:46:08] BEHALF OF IS AN ECONOMY THAT
[00:46:11] REPRESENTS ALL SIZES AND SKILLS ACROSS AMERICA.
[00:46:14] >> BEFORE I GET TO YOU, SHOW OF
[00:46:18] HANDS, WHO ELSE HAS HAD A HIGH IMITATE THEIR CONTENT OR SOMEBODY TAKE IT AND TRY TO PASS
[00:46:22] IT OFF? ALMOST EVERYONE.
[00:46:26] SAGE, I'M CURIOUS. >> WHEN I GET TO YOUR NUMBER OF
[00:46:30] SUBSCRIBERS, I WILL BE IN LINE. THAT'S THE GOAL.
[00:46:39] >> I ACTUALLY IGNORE A LOT OF THINGS.
[00:46:42] I NEED TO GO DEEPER INTO THE COMMENT SOMETIMES, BUT THEN YOU GET SUCKED IN.
[00:46:48] FOR ME, THERE IS PRESSURE, RIGHT?
[00:46:51] HOW WILL YOU GET OUT THERE? HOW WILL YOU GO VIRAL?
[00:46:55] I PROBABLY SHOULD LEAN INTO THAT MORE.
[00:46:57] SOMETIMES, YES, WITH THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS I ASKED, ETC..
[00:47:02] BUT THE PRIORITY FOR ME HAS BEEN MAINTAINING AUTHENTICITY.
[00:47:05] I THINK THAT WE UNDERESTIMATE
[00:47:09] HOW MUCH OUR AUDIENCE CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH US.
[00:47:12] AND CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ARE
[00:47:13] OUT THERE BEING REALLY GENUINE
[00:47:16] AND CURIOUS, OR WHATEVER IT IS
[00:47:19] IT THAT DRIVES OUR CONTENT, OR
[00:47:21] JUST TRYING TO GET SOME
[00:47:25] SOMETHING DONE QUICKLY, FOR THE DOLLARS. I MIGHT BE GROWING SLOWER
[00:47:29] BECAUSE OF THAT.
[00:47:32] FOR ME, IT'S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT.
[00:47:37] BUT I HOPE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AND GIVES SMALLER CREATORS A CHANCE.
[00:47:41] AT SOME POINT, PEOPLE DID THAT FOR US, RIGHT?
[00:47:45] THERE IS REAL, GENUINE DESIRE TO CONNECT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE IS
[00:47:49] THE RIGHT WAY.
[00:47:53] IN ORDER TO GROW YOUR CHANNEL AND OTHERS OUT THERE.
[00:47:58] SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE DOING THAT FOR CLICKS, TO BUILD
[00:48:02] THE AUDIENCE.
[00:48:02] YES, AND PEERED YOU ARE 8 --
[00:48:06] AND. YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THAT AND HOW THIS IS A FAMILY BUSINESS AND YOU ARE
[00:48:10] IT THE RIGHT WAY.
[00:48:13] DID THE THUMBNAILS HELP? I DID NOT KNOW WHAT A THUMBNAIL
[00:48:16] WAS AND THAT THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. REMEMBERING ALL THAT, THE
[00:48:20] BUSINESS SIDE, WHILE REMAINING TRUE. YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
[00:48:24] GIVE SMALLER CREATORS THE OPPORTUNITY.
[00:48:26] >> WHAT IS ONE UNSEEN HURDLE YOU WANT LAWMAKERS AWARE OF?
[00:48:31] >> MAYBE NOT UNSEEN, BUT NOT
[00:48:33] TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH, I
[00:48:36] CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT THE
[00:48:39] PRIVACY AND SAFETY.
[00:48:42] FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, I
[00:48:46] WORRY ABOUT THE WAY NEWS SPREADS
[00:48:48] ON PLATFORMS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IMPACTS INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE.
[00:48:54] I WORRY ABOUT HOW THINGS LIKE SKIP SLANDER CAN TAKE OFF AND PERSONALLY IMPACT SOMEONE.
[00:49:06] MORE CAN BE DONE TO STOP OR MITIGATE THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EVEN CREATORS.
[00:49:12] YOU COULD BE AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME AND SOMEBODY
[00:49:15] FILMS YOU AND POSTED IT ON A PLATFORM IN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SPIRALS AND IT
[00:49:19] CHANGES YOUR LIFE FOR THE WORSE AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
[00:49:24] JUST THE CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO FILM SOMEONE'S CHILDREN IN A PUBLIC SPACE AND POSTED.
[00:49:29] THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PARAMETERS AROUND STUFF LIKE THAT. I THINK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT
[00:49:33] CONSTANTLY. PRIVACY, ESPECIALLY AS SOMEBODY
[00:49:38] THAT LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, BUYING A HOME IN THE STATE OF
[00:49:41] CALIFORNIA IF YOU ARE A PUBLIC FIGURE, GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK MAINTAINING PRIVACY.
[00:49:48] IF YOU ARE RELATIVELY NOTE -- NEW TO DOING THIS AS A JOB WHO
[00:49:52] WILL TELL YOU, DON'T PUT YOUR
[00:49:54] HOUSE IN YOUR NAME, PUT IT IN A
[00:49:57] TRUST SO THEY CAN FIND YOUR ADDRESS.
[00:49:59] YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO NORMAL THINGS LIKE BUY A HOUSE, BUY A
[00:50:03] CAR AND NOT WORRY ABOUT HAVING
[00:50:06] YOUR HOUSE ON REDDIT OR A RANDOM
[00:50:09] WEBSITE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE SENDING THINGS TO YOUR
[00:50:14] HOME BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE WAY
[00:50:18] YOU DO YOUR BROWSE? I THINK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO
[00:50:22] TO THE DOCTOR WITHOUT SOMEONE GOING ONLINE AND SAYING THEY SAW YOU.
[00:50:26] THAT'S A COMPLETE BREACH OF
[00:50:30] SOMEBODY'S PRIVACY AND SAFETY.
[00:50:34] TO THE VIEWER, YOU ARE NOT A REGULAR PERSON, BUT ALSO NOT REALLY A CELEBRITY.
[00:50:40] THERE IS LIKE A MISSING SAFETY OR PRIVACY TRIP.
[00:50:46] SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T THINK THIS PERSON IS ENTITLED TO SAFETY OR PRIVACY.
[00:50:52] I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THINGS PUT IN TO PLACE TO MAKE THESE THINGS LAST COMMENT.
[00:50:56] THEY ARE SO COMMON. SO MANY TIMES I AM SCROLLING ON
[00:51:00] A PLATFORM AND I RANDOMLY SEE SOMEBODY'S ZILLOW LISTING OF THE
[00:51:03] HOUSE THEY BOUGHT TWO HOURS AGO AND I'M LIKE, WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU FIND US?
[00:51:09] AND WHY IS THE ENTIRE ADDRESS THERE, NO RAMIFICATIONS?
[00:51:15] I DON'T HAVE KIDS, BUT I THINK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT.
[00:51:18] HOW DO WE PUT MORE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE SO THEY ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF?
[00:51:24] THEY ARE TECHNICALLY NOT CHILD ACTORS. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN DECADES
[00:51:28] OF LOBBYING AND RULEMAKING FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT NOT FOR
[00:51:32] FAMILY BLOGGERS.
[00:51:34] HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE CHILDREN ARE NOT EXPLOITED ONLINE?
[00:51:38] SO MANY THINGS LIKE THAT ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR ME.
[00:51:41] DEFINITELY PRIVACY, SAFETY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOT BEING VIOLATED.
[00:51:45] I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE HAD SOMEBODY LITERALLY
[00:51:49] CREATE AN ENTIRE FAKE PROFILE OF ME.
[00:51:52] THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW ME AND SAY,
[00:51:56] HEY, YOU HAVE WON $500. CLICK THE LINK TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
[00:52:00] SOMEBODY WILL LITERALLY THINK IT IS LEGIT. I'M LIKE WOW, YOU ARE REALLY
[00:52:04] SCAMMING PEOPLE. NOW THEY ARE DOING IT TO MY HUSBAND BECAUSE HE IS SOMEWHAT
[00:52:07] IN THE PUBLIC EYE AS A COFOUNDER AND HAS STARTED CREATING CONTENT.
[00:52:11] NOW THEY ARE IMPERSONATING HIM.
[00:52:14] IT IS LIKE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VIOLATION, SAFETY, PRIVACY, ALL
[00:52:18] THESE REOCCURRING PROBLEMS.
[00:52:20] BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE THINK TO CREED -- CONNECT THEM TO
[00:52:24] CREATORS BECAUSE WE ARE PUBLIC FIGURES IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND
[00:52:27] PERSONALLY, I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELF
[00:52:30] OUT THERE ONLINE, THAT'S WHAT YOU DEAL WITH.
[00:52:33] BUT IF IT STARTS TO AFFECT REAL PEOPLE, AND IT IS PUTTING
[00:52:36] PEOPLE'S SAFETY IN JEOPARDY, PEOPLE'S SAFETY IN JEOPARDY, IT
[00:52:39] SHOULD BE TAKEN A LOT MORE SERIOUSLY.
[00:52:43] >> A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU LISTED ARE THINGS I HAVE HAD
[00:52:46] MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHARE WITH ME ABOUT CONCERNS THEY ARE
[00:52:50] HAVING, IF THEY ARE HAVING A
[00:52:52] DEEPFAKE MADE OF THEM, OR IF THERE ARE RISING ATTACKS AGAINST
[00:52:56] LAWMAKERS, HAVING SOMEONE SHOW UP AND FILM THEM OUTSIDE THEIR
[00:53:00] HOUSE. THESE ARE PUBLIC FIGURES OF A DIFFERENT TYPE THAT HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
[00:53:05] TO OUR POINT ABOUT SMALLER CREATORS, NOT EVERYBODY HAS A
[00:53:09] BUSINESS OR A PR PERSON ON THEIR TEAM THEY CAN TURN TO FOR HELP IN THOSE MOMENTS.
[00:53:14] WE HAVE SEEN, CONSTANTLY, SMALL CREATORS FACE THAT TYPE OF THING
[00:53:17] WHERE THERE PUBLIC INFORMATION IS EXPOSED.
[00:53:22] >> THAT IS WHAT IS WORRYING FOR ME.
[00:53:26] YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A
[00:53:27] MAINSTREAM CREATOR TO EXPERIENCE
[00:53:31] THESE THINGS. THIS HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WITH 20,000 FOLLOWERS.
[00:53:36] STILL A GREAT THING TO BUILD. BUT IT IS GETTING WE ARE NOW.
[00:53:41] >> IT IS REALLY EVERYONE.
[00:53:46] TALK TO ME ABOUT ONE CHALLENGE YOU THINK IS UNIQUE TO YOUR
[00:53:49] CREATOR JOURNEY THAT YOU WANT MEMBERS TO BE AWARE OF?
[00:53:55] >> OURS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
[00:53:58] BECAUSE THE BUSINESS WAS ESTABLISHED FIRST AND IT COULD BE A FUN OUTLET FOR US TO SHARE
[00:54:02] THE CULTURE OF LOUISIANA, WHICH WE LOVE TO DO, ACROSS THE WORLD.
[00:54:06] I AGREE, THE PROTECTION OF YOUR
[00:54:10] CONTENT IS VERY HARD.
[00:54:13] WE HAVE TONS OF ACCOUNTS ON ANY
[00:54:15] PLATFORM YOU PUT UP THAT USE OUR COPYRIGHTED LOGO, TRADEMARK
[00:54:20] LOGO, ALL THOSE THINGS TOO.
[00:54:22] IT'S A FRUSTRATING PROCESS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING
[00:54:26] A FARM AND A BUSINESS TO MAKE
[00:54:27] THE CONTENT, SO THEN TO HAVE
[00:54:31] SOMEBODY COPY IT AND LIKELY MONETIZE ALL OF IT, THE PROCESS
[00:54:34] TO HAVE THOSE THINGS REPORTED
[00:54:36] AND TAKEN DOWN IS LENGTHY, AND A LOT OF TIMES, UNSUCCESSFUL.
[00:54:41] IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE MORE THINGS IN PLACE THERE.
[00:54:53] EN: I HAVE TWO THINGS. I WILL DO TWO REALLY QUICK. I WON'T TAKE MUCH TIME.
[00:54:59] THE FIRST ISSUE WE HAVE RUN
[00:55:00] INTO, AND CONTINUE TO, IS
[00:55:04] GATEKEEPERS OF THE INDUSTRY IN
[00:55:08] DIFFERENT PLATFORMS YOU DISTRIBUTE CONTENT OFF OF DICTATING YOUR VALUE AS A CREATOR.
[00:55:13] I FEEL LIKE WE ARE AT A PLACE NOW WHERE YOU GO BACK TO THE
[00:55:17] CONTROL ISSUE.
[00:55:20] HAVING CONTROL OF WHERE YOU DISTRIBUTE AND RELEASE YOUR CONTENT DETERMINES THE KIND OF PAYOUT YOU RECEIVE.
[00:55:25] THE MONETIZATION OF YOUR CONTENT IS A BIG DEAL.
[00:55:31] NOT BEING PUSHED INTO A CORNER
[00:55:33] AND TOLD WHAT YOUR VALUE IS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF
[00:55:38] CREATORS, PROBABLY ON THIS PANEL, HAVE EXPERIENCED.
[00:55:42] ANOTHER CREATORS OF ALL SCALE,
[00:55:44] SMALL AND BIG, HAVE EXPERIENCED.
[00:55:49] MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WE ARE
[00:55:53] IN THE MIDDLE OF A REVOLUTION.
[00:55:55] THE CONTENT, CULTURE, AND
[00:56:00] INFLUENCE MANUFACTURING IS THE PRODUCT WE MAKE HERE IN THE
[00:56:04] U.S.. WE MAY CONTENT. WE MAKE CULTURE.
[00:56:08] THEN WE EXPORT THE INFLUENCE. THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR
[00:56:11] POLICYMAKERS IS, WHY IS IT THAT
[00:56:15] NO ONE ON THE CREATOR SIDE HAS A REAL SEAT AT THE TABLE?
[00:56:19] ONCE YOU PUT A CREATOR AT THE
[00:56:22] TABLE, THEN POLICIES FIT AROUND A CREATOR'S NEEDS.
[00:56:26] US BEING HERE IS CELEBRATORY.
[00:56:30] BUT, WHEN WE ARE OPERATING AT
[00:56:32] SCALE AND WE INFLUENCE THE WORLD, CONGRESS, PRODUCTS BEING
[00:56:36] SOLD, I THINK THAT CREATORS,
[00:56:40] LIKE US AND THE ONES BEING
[00:56:42] ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ARE NOT HERE NEEDED THE PROTECTION AND
[00:56:46] POLICIES IN PLACE, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS IF CREATORS
[00:56:49] HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
[00:56:52] THESE ARE THINGS THAT NEED ADDRESSING BY POLICYMAKERS.
[00:56:56] UNTIL WE ARE INCLUDED, I DON'T
[00:56:58] SEE HOW WE ACCOMPLISH POLICIES
[00:57:01] ACTUALLY THERE TO HELP US AND HELP THE GENERATIONS THAT COME
[00:57:04] BEHIND US PRACTICE GOOD BUSINESS.
[00:57:08] >> TO THAT POINT, CONGRESS IS NOT EXACTLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CREATIVE SPACE.
[00:57:13] WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CREATORS FOR TWO DECADES.
[00:57:17] JUST LAUNCHING THE SENATE CAUCUS HERE TODAY.
[00:57:20] NOW, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS, A DAY LIKE TODAY WHEN YOU
[00:57:23] HAVE THAT SEAT AT THE TABLE,
[00:57:27] KNOWING CONGRESS DOES NOT ACT
[00:57:29] QUICKLY, NECESSARILY, NO OFFENSE TO THE SENATORS STILL IN THE
[00:57:32] ROOM, WHAT IS ONE PRIORITY THAT
[00:57:37] IF YOU WERE TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE
[00:57:39] CAUCUS HERE TODAY YOU WOULD LIKE
[00:57:43] THE SENATE, HOUSE, OR BOTH TO
[00:57:44] TAKE ACTION ON THAT YOU THINK
[00:57:48] WOULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON YOUR WORK?
[00:57:51] >> OK, I AM THE PARTNER AND CEO OF THE NETWORK.
[00:57:56] I REPRESENT A PROMINENT BLACK CREATOR.
[00:57:59] I THINK WE NEED PROTECTIONS FOR
[00:58:03] ALL CREATORS AND FOR THE
[00:58:07] UNDERSERVED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED. WE FACE CHALLENGES AT OUR
[00:58:11] NETWORK THAT I DO NOT THINK
[00:58:12] OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT FACE
[00:58:15] THE SAME HEADWINDS BECAUSE OF
[00:58:18] RACE AND OTHER ELEMENTS, THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE.
[00:58:22] AND THEY DON'T NEED TO COMBAT.
[00:58:26] I THINK WE NEED TO START PUTTING THE RIGHT POLICIES IN PLACE TO
[00:58:29] PROTECT CREATORS SO OUR IP, WHAT
[00:58:33] IT IS RELEASED, HOUSE
[00:58:35] PROTECTIONS SO WE DON'T USE A ONE SHOE FITS ALL POLICY FOR
[00:58:39] JOHN NEXT DOOR WHO IS LIVE
[00:58:43] STREAMING FROM HIS BASEMENT AND HAS FIVE PEOPLE WATCHING HIS LIFESTREAM VERSUS A CREATOR THAT
[00:58:47] MIGHT HAVE 20 MILLION PLUS SUBSCRIBERS.
[00:58:51] EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE SITUATIONAL. WE NEED TO BE NIMBLE.
[00:58:58] LAWMAKERS UNDERSTAND -- NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT HOW WE MOVE
[00:59:01] NIMBLY AND CREATE INFLUENCE
[00:59:04] CANNOT BE A ONE-WAY DOOR.
[00:59:07] POLICYMAKERS CANNOT USE US AND OUR PLATFORMS WHEN THEY NEED US
[00:59:12] AND NOT DELIVER PROTECTIONS FOR US WHEN THEY DON'T NEED US.
[00:59:15] THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND CONTINUE TO
[00:59:19] GROW OUR BUSINESSES.
[00:59:21] >> AND WE HAVE SEEN CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES INCREASINGLY
[00:59:24] TRYING TO WORK WITH CURATORS AND
[00:59:28] BE CREATORS THEMSELVES AS WELL, REALIZING THAT IS NOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BREAK THROUGH.
[00:59:32] MATT, I'M CURIOUS. YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF SOME LOBBYING EFFORTS AT THE
[00:59:36] HELP -- ON THE HILL. THERE IS NOT EVEN A SURE DEFINITION OF WHAT A CREATOR IS NOW.
[00:59:41] ALL OF YOU HAVE INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND BUSINESSES.
[00:59:45] WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF THAT WHEN IT COMES TO NOW TRYING TO
[00:59:49] PUSH FOR POLICY AROUND THE CREATIVE SPACE?
[00:59:56] -- YEAR OR TWO YEARS LEARNING THIS WORLD, SO MUCH DEPENDS ON DEFINITIONS.
[01:00:01] BECAUSE IF YOU GET THE
[01:00:02] DEFINITIONS RIGHT, GREAT, THAT
[01:00:06] POLICY IS GOING TO HELP THE WHOLE INDUSTRY THRIVE AND YOU
[01:00:09] WILL NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AND RE-LEGISLATE IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
[01:00:13] BUT IF YOU GET THE DEFINITIONS
[01:00:16] WRONG, SUDDENLY CATASTROPHIC INFLUENCES CAN HAPPEN.
[01:00:20] I THINK RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO DEFINING A CREATOR, THAT IS HARD.
[01:00:25] I AGREE THAT IS ONE OF THE
[01:00:26] BIGGEST PROBLEMS AND WHAT I
[01:00:30] WOULD HOPE THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS WE CAN CARVE OFF.
[01:00:34] A CREATOR IS EVERYONE FROM A PERSON DOING AN INSTAGRAM POST FROM THE BASEMENT OF THEIR
[01:00:38] FAVORITE FOOD ITEM WITH A LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION OF CLINK --
[01:00:42] CLICK ON MY AFFILIATE LINK, TO
[01:00:45] SOME CREATORS OPERATING AT A SCALE LARGER THAN A LOT OF MOVIE STUDIOS.
[01:00:49] IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE AN UMBRELLA POLICY THAT WORKS FOR
[01:00:52] ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT TEARS.
[01:00:56] SO I THINK THAT IDEA OF WORKING
[01:00:57] TOGETHER HAND-IN-HAND WITH CREATORS OR THROUGH THE HOUSE
[01:01:01] CAUCUS, WE ARE ABLE TO START
[01:01:05] DEFINING THE SPACE BETTER SO THAT WAY WHEN LAWMAKERS ARE
[01:01:08] PRESENTED WITH QUESTIONS AROUND
[01:01:09] SHOULD WE BAN TIKTOK, WHAT ABOUT
[01:01:13] SOCIAL MEDIA FOR 16-YEAR-OLDS, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE
[01:01:16] CONVERSATIONS AND APPROACH THIS
[01:01:19] ECOSYSTEM WITH A SCALPEL RATHER THAN A SLEDGEHAMMER.
[01:01:22] TO HELP THESE SMALL BUSINESSES THRIVE RATHER THAN CUTTING OFF
[01:01:26] THOUSANDS AS THEY ARE GETTING THEIR START.
[01:01:27] >> I WANT TO DO A QUICK RAPID
[01:01:31] FIRE SINCE WE ARE AT TIME TO GIVE EVERYONE A LAST WORD.
[01:01:34] FILL IN THE BLANK AND WE WILL DO THESE QUICK SOUND BITE STYLE.
[01:01:38] CREATORS ARE? MARK
[01:01:40] >> WUH>>>> CREATORS ARE ENTREPRR
[01:01:44] WE'RE, WE'RE HERE WORKING
[01:01:45] EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DELIVEGHGHE
[01:01:48] S S ANNTUEUE
[01:01:53] O O
[01:01:54] ANOROR THE PEOATAT ARE COMING U
[01:01:58] S S TH
[01:02:00] THTHERA WHOLE GROUP OF
[01:02:02] TAKE THE WOR'S
[01:02:08] >> MATT? >> HE TOOK MY ANSWERS CREATORS OR BUSINESSES.
[01:02:15] YOU, WE ARE ALL CREATORS.
[01:02:18] >> PAGE? >> COURAGEOUS.
[01:02:21] I THINK IT DOES TAKE SOME COURAGE TO PUT YOURSELF OUT
[01:02:24] THERE, AND YOU PUSHED THROUGH THE COURAGE.
[01:02:27] AND ALSO THROUGH THE NEW FRONTIER. EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE THERE AT THE BEGINNING.
[01:02:32] TRULY THE NEW FRONTIER. AND WE JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO
[01:02:36] EVERY ELECTION CYCLE. ESPECIALLY THE LAST ONE IN 2024.
[01:02:40] WHAT IS COMING UP IN 2026.
[01:02:43] ELECTIONS HAVE COMPLETELY TURNED
[01:02:46] BASED ON THE INTERNET, BASED ON STREAMERS, ON CREATORS.
[01:02:49] I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REALIZE THIS ISN'T GOING
[01:02:53] ANYWHERE, WE KNOW THAT. BUT LEVERAGE IT.
[01:02:57] LITERALLY THE FATE TO THE
[01:02:59] SUCCESS OF OUR COUNTRY, IT IS IN OUR HANDS.
[01:03:02] >> CREATORS ARE CULTURAL
[01:03:08] NARRATIVE SHAPERS. I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE
[01:03:11] ISSUES THAT AS A BLACK CREATOR
[01:03:13] ON THE PLATFORM, THERE ARE SO
[01:03:15] MANY THINGS MY PEERS THAT EVEN STARTED WHEN I DID DO NOT SHARE
[01:03:19] THE SAME EXPERIENCE. AND VICE VERSA.
[01:03:22] THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEST TO OR RELATE TO.
[01:03:26] ONE THING I KNOW IS SOCIAL MEDIA
[01:03:29] HAS LITERALLY GIVEN ME A VOICE AND A CAMERA TO BE ABLE TO TALK
[01:03:31] ABOUT THINGS AND PUT A PART OF
[01:03:35] MY CULTURE ON THE MAP THAT THOSE
[01:03:38] OF US IN THE INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE STOLEN OR PRETENDED THEY DID IT
[01:03:42] FIRST, AND I'M GLAD THAT NOW THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ON
[01:03:45] THESE PLATFORMS THAT LOOK LIKE ME THAT CAN SAY THIS IS WHERE
[01:03:48] THIS TREND CAME FROM, THIS IS
[01:03:51] WHERE THIS COLLOQUIALISM COMES FROM, AND I LOVE THAT. I THINK IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
[01:03:55] WAYS, THAT IS WHAT BLACK CULTURE
[01:03:58] IS, BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE SEEING THOSE PEOPLE WHO SHAPED THOSE
[01:04:02] NARRATIVES THEMSELVES DOING IT IN REAL TIME.
[01:04:08] >> AVERY?
[01:04:08] >> ALSO FOR US, BUSINESS,
[01:04:13] MULTI-GENERAL FASHION -- MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY BUSINESS, OUR WAY OF LIFE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
[01:04:19] >> WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS TO ME? >> YOU CHOSE TO SIT OVER HERE.
[01:04:24] >> CREATORS ARE THE FUTURE OF
[01:04:28] OUR ECONOMY.
[01:04:32] CREATORS ARE GOING TO DETERMINE IF THE ECONOMY SUCCEEDS OR FAILS.
[01:04:37] SO THAT MEANS THE POLICIES
[01:04:38] AROUND CREATORS ARE GOING TO
[01:04:42] DETERMINE IF THE ECONOMY SUCCEEDS OR FAILS.
[01:04:47] >> ON THAT NOTE, EVERYONE JOIN ME IN LEADING THIS AMAZING PANEL.
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