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Tayla Cannon is a trained physiotherapist and creator with over 223,000 Instagram followers who raised $1.1 million from Slow Ventures for her company Rebuildr. She tells Francis how she did it without a pitch deck, what investors look for in creator-l... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Reid Pakula oversees the influencer division at IF Management, where his team represents more than 50 creators. In this episode he tells Francis what brands really pay creators, how deals are structured and negotiated, and why he thinks a creator video... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Dylan Huey is the 24-year-old founder and CEO of Reach, a creator network with chapters at 100 colleges and a for-profit talent, marketing and ventures business. We discuss how he built both sides, the five divisions of the business, and why he buildin... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Jess Ramos is a data and AI creator with over 640,000 followers across platforms who makes B2B content for tech companies like IBM, Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce and Tableau. In this episode she tells Francis why brand partnerships make up 95 percent o... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Rowan Cheung is the founder and CEO of The Rundown, a daily AI newsletter that has seen incredible growth, reaching over 2M subscribers all while remaining profitable since day one. In this episode, Rowan shares how he gained his first 250k subscribers... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Jacques Keyser is the Programming Director at VidCon, where he has spent eight years building events for creators, brands, and platforms around the world. In this episode, he shares how to host a small event that people actually show up to, from bookin... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Jack Settleman is the founder of Snapback Sports, the sports media company that started as a Snapchat account in 2017 and became one of Underdog's earliest creator partners. Jack breaks down the bets behind the business — taking equity in Underdog befo... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

On Tuesday, October 6, Creator Spotlight will be hosting our first official event in Manhattan, together with ElevenLabs. Space is very limited, so RSVP now ( https://luma.com/TheNewReach ) to hear firsthand how creators are using generative AI audio t... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Taylor Craig is the co-founder and head of content at Launch Live Now ( https://www.launchlivenow.com/ ), a live streaming production company pioneering the social media live show format. He and Francis get into why niche live streaming is becoming a r... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Amanda Shendruk is an award-winning visual journalist who's spent 15 years making charts for the Washington Post, Quartz and The Guardian, and now writes the data newsletter Not Ship. Francis asks her to teach him the craft, how she decides what to lab... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Imran Mumtaz is a former Amazon engineer who quit in 2022 and now creates content as Imran the Finance Engineer, with 1.7 million followers built almost entirely on short form. He and Francis get into how long it took to replace his $250,000 salary, hi... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Zach Williamson runs Culture Crave, Latest in Space and a network of pop culture accounts with millions of followers across X, Bluesky and Instagram, selling attention to movie studios and agencies through CPM deals and bespoke campaigns. In this episo... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Gigi Robinson is a brand deal expert and consultant who runs Host of Influence, a professional development platform for creators who want to build real businesses. Gigi is on track to double her annual revenue of $200,000 to $400,000 in 2026.She breaks... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

Dan Oshinsky is the founder of Inbox Collective ( https://inboxcollective.com ), an email consultancy he launched in 2019 after building newsletter programs at BuzzFeed and The New Yorker. In this episode, he explains how AI is about to reshape the inb... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

In this episode of Creator Spotlight Francis is joined by three of the founders of Center Consoles Only, a media business built around the boating industry. After ten years of building a strong, trustworthy reputation in the space, they have received a... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.