As we get closer to 2018, I've been thinking about what it will be like to be a creator 10 years from now. Here's what I've come up with:
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Jack Conte
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CEO & Cofounder at Patreon, Half of Pomplamoose, Half of Scary Pockets, YouTuber, Musician, Producer
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OK LET'S DO THIS. Patreon will match the next $500,000 in donations. , ROCK OUT. HECK YES. GO GO GO. #TeamSeas
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Geneva is launching today! producthunt.com/posts/geneva-1 It’s an awesome product for communities and groups. Very proud of this team and the hard work they put in over the last two years, and proud to be an investor!
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hey everyone, we're seeing a flag that our reddit AMA has been removed. we're working on restoring it:
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Hi everyone -- we released a blog post yesterday that is causing some concern and confusion. i'm so sorry. that was bad communication. i'm doing an AMA at 12:45 PT with our exec team and product team to clear up the confusion:
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I have stock in patreon and I can confirm this would be a good deal.
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Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, couldn’t find any DVDs when he conceived of the idea for an online movie rental service, so he mailed a CD as his first test. It arrived safely in two days and cost 32 cents.
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Gave this creator a $50k arts grant and filmed his reaction! Check out his work: ucheomaaa.com
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If you want some badass illustrators to turn your tweet into a custom image like the one below, tweet something you’re grateful for with #PatreonThankathon.
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Today is Patreon’s Thankathon. We hired a team of illustrators who will illustrate random tweets of gratitude with #PatreonThankathon. I’ll go first: today I’m grateful for the millions of creators who had the guts to choose their own path, as wild as it may be!
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Three days left to win a $50k arts grant!! This year’s grant is going to a Black creator. Apply at
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5 days left to win a $50k arts grant! This year’s grant is going to a Black creator. Apply at superpatron.org.
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New opportunity for Black creators! Win $50k, quit your job, and make art full time in 2021. Deets here:
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Three things:
1) Creators have earned over $2B on Patreon to date from over 6M patrons!
2) Creators are about to be earning $1B per year on Patreon (!!!!).
3) We just raised $90M! Coming up: international, patron experience, discovery
More info:
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Anne, we are SO EXCITED to have you on the board. THANK YOU for joining us!
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Thank you @jackconte and @samyamiam for inviting me to join the @Patreon board! I could not be more excited for the adventures to come. linkedin.com/pulse/supporti
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We stand with Black creators and the entire Black community:
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Doing an AMA on sales tax with creators RIGHT NOW for the next couple hours if you have any questions. I'm here patreoncommunity.com/t/sales-tax-am with the patreon tax, finance, and community teams hanging out in a zoom answering any incoming questions!
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I will be responding to questions in the comments section of that video, and so will our finance and tax teams, so please let me know if you have any questions. OK that's the update. More info, details, and AMAs coming soon.
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If you have any questions in the meantime, check out my video with all the details you need to know: youtube.com/watch?v=CvOtUL . The top comment is an index that will allow you to skip around to the topic that you have questions about.
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I will be doing some AMAs over the next few weeks with our finance and tax teams to help creators figure all this out and answer any questions. AMA link here:
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If you don't want to lean in and use the tool, don't worry, we are also building a fully automated solution, so you don't have to do anything. You could literally stop reading this thread right now, and we'll take care of the whole thing on your behalf.
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We are building you a tool that will allow you to reduce the sales tax burden on your patrons. It will basically help you ensure that your patrons aren't having to pay a penny more than they are legally obligated to pay. Details here:
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Other companies are charging sales tax as well, so Patreon is not the only one going through changes like this -- but we are doing this a bit differently. We are giving you more control over your sales tax settings. Here's what I mean by that:
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This link: support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/artic has all the details you will need to communicate with patrons and tell them about the changes. If you don't want to tell them, no worries, we will be emailing them, too.
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Communication with your patrons is super important. We will notify affected patrons June 1st, but I highly recommend that all creators give their patrons a heads up first (I think they would appreciate hearing from you directly).
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We are being mandated by law to start charging sales tax on patron pledges on Patreon, depending on the location of the patron. It will affect about 30% of patrons in aggregate across the site. We won't start doing this until July 1st, but we wanted to tell you ahead of time.
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Creators - super important update for you on sales tax. You can read this thread, or watch this video for more details:
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Made a video in collab with , and : How creators are coping during quarantine:
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THANK YOU to the amazing creators and fans who joined the Weird Streamathon: We raised $28k for creators whose shows got cancelled!!
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If you are a creator whose shows / events have been cancelled, and you are having a tough time, patreon has just launched a grant called "What the Fund," and you can apply here: events.patreon.com/weirdstreamath . We're also going live at that link in 30 mins to do a streamathon fundraiser
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If you'd like to contribute to the fund, please come to our stream today or go straight here to contribute: events.patreon.com/weirdstreamath The livestream is going to be awesome -- AMAZING creators and leaders joining us to talk about what all of this means for creativity.
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will be assembling and leading a creator advisory board that will help us distribute the funds to creators who need them most. If you've had tours or shows cancelled and you need help, you can apply to receive the funds here:
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We just launched "What the Fund," a fund to support creators whose live events have been cancelled. Patreon kicked in the first $10k and we're doing a livestream fundraiser starting at 4pm PST today to raise more. Join the stream, apply for the funds:
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Patreon's merch solution now ships to 231 territories around the world. full list here: support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/artic. The merch product still isn't available to all creators yet, but we're getting there.
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OK wrapping up the AMA about patreon capital here: reddit.com/r/AMA/comments? i'm going to take off in 5 minutes, but if you have more questions, keep em coming. we'll answer a few more over the course of the week. thanks to everyone who joined!
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OK folks, here's a link to the AMA about Patreon Capital! I'm here for the next 90 mins. AMA!
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Creators! I'm reading the comments and seeing some of the conversation about "Patreon Capital" -- rather than responding to it in 280 characters, i'm going to do an AMA at 1:30 today. please come!!! our head of finance, Carlos Cabrera, will be there, too. link coming at 1:30
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