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Today's guest is impressive for a couple of reasons:

1. She cares about uplifting the Canadian creative ecosystem
2. She has very clear goals and wants to get better every single day
3. Her approach to working with brands is very unique — she creates a commercial and stars in it to showcase her acting ability

This creator grew up dreaming of playing Volleyball professionally. She was on the path to do exactly that. Her life took a turn and found herself searching for a new career pursuit. It's hard to believe she wasn't trying to become an actress from the beginning because of her skill, drive and passion. Loved learning from her and I'm excited for all of you too, as well! 

Today's guest is Paige Evans! 

Paige's Links:

www.tiktok.com/@paigemevans

https://www.instagram.com/paigemadisonevans/ 

Creator Culture Links:

https://www.youtube.com/@hashtagpaid.

https://open.spotify.com/show/3nNlfbLHiSlHh6jk3p44aJ?si=a9b3511d21b94ffc

Welcome to Creator Culture's first ever live recording in front of a crowd. This one was special. We spoke to six incredible Canadian creators: Spencer Barbosa, Sahar Dahi, Brianna Renee, Mallory Rowan and the Jumpers Jump guys (Carlos Juico and Gavin Ruta).

We covered what it means to achieve your dreams, why school is important, what it's like to go to an influencer event and many more topics. 

Today's guest is a mentor to many and a storyteller whose perspective is comforting to parents. Being a creator is his most recent creative endeavor amongst a long list — musician, podcaster, writer, and copywriter. Many creators document their day or share tips on a specific part of the parenthood journey. Today's guest does something many can't — captivate us with his stories. He's a companion to his audience. Every video is meant to make you conscious of your feelings and act as a grounding moment. Enjoy our conversation with the inspiring Blake Kasemeier (@blakeoftoday) 

Blake's links 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakeoftoday/ 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blakeoftoday?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc 

Substack: https://blakeoftoday.substack.com/p/coming-soon?r=26mg3 

#paid links 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hashtagpaid/ 

Website: https://hashtagpaid.com/ 

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3nNlfbLHiSlHh6jk3p44aJ?si=e428e7ae31fa4d79 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF1-KffxBWN6lbrfYGipfJA

Today's guest is one of a kind. She's 62, tells compelling life stories on social media and knows how to put together an outfit. It's fascinating to read her comment section — many young people share how they can't wait to get older and they hope to be like her. Today's guest has worked in the entertainment industry for most of her career and has always wanted to create with a purpose. It started with writing scripts about causes or people that weren't represented in Hollywood. Beyond scripts, today's guest has written a book that shares over 300 stories from her life. 

Enjoy our conversation with the inspiring Heidi Clements (@welcometoheidi)

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@welcometoheidi?lang=en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/welcometoheidi/ 

#paid socials

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hashtagpaid/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hashtagpaid.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3nNlfbLHiSlHh6jk3p44aJ?si=5f0153bd8ef24f58

Today’s guest has achieved so much in such a short amount of time. His skills as a stop-motion and claymation animator are mind blowing. Starting from a young age today’s guest knew he had a passion for making videos and telling stories. Today along with his own content, he helps the world’s biggest companies communicate their story in a very unique way. There’s so much this creator wants to conquer that the next ten years of his career are going to be fun to watch!

Enjoy this conversation with Ben Treat aka @franticframes

Ben's socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franticframes/?hl=en

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@franticframes?lang=en

#paid links 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hashtagpaid/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hashtagpaid. 

Website: https://hashtagpaid.com/creators-new

Today’s guest is the queen of recognizing patterns and identifying talent. She started her career at Famous Birthday’s where, fun fact, she found Charlie D’Amelio at 50k followers on TikTok. Today’s guest thrives on observing culture and predicting what will happen next. She’s a history nut that wholeheartedly believes that the past is a window into the future or as she says “As life changes nothing changes”. 

Enjoy the conversation with Coco Mocoe!

Coco Mocoe's links

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cocomocoe?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CocoMocoe 

Her podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3WMVk1vVWPwjTDuvCR45KJ?si=89ef25feb9e648f4

#paid links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hashtagpaid/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hashtagpaid.

Website: https://hashtagpaid.com/creators-new

Today’s guest belongs on SNL. He’s a comedian, creator and writer. What I love most about his work is how he bridges business news with comedy that helps the average person understand the state of the world. Today’s guest is most well know for his role in Morning Brew’s short form videos — I bet you’ve received a good belly laugh after watching one of his videos on your FYP. Recently, he started working on a long form video project called good work, which is doing numbers! This creator is very underrated. 

Enjoy today's conversation with Dan Toomey

Dan's socials

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhtoomey/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbpkJKmpyJw&ab_channel=GoodWork 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhtoomey 

Creator Culture's links

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hashtagpaid.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3nNlfbLHiSlHh6jk3p44aJ?si=b989d3d63afb499f 

Today’s guest is the king of storytelling on YouTube. Some might say he’s the best director on YouTube. Watching his videos makes me think that we’ll be seeing him receive many of the critically acclaimed film awards in the not too distant future. Over the past 5 months he’s made films on Donald Glover, Nardwuar, Steven Spielberg, Jerry Seinfeld and most recently Adam Sandler. Watch his videos and you’ll agree that he’s the best kept secret on YouTube.

Enjoy today's conversation with Daniel McMahon aka @dodford

Find Daniel on: 

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DodfordYT

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@dodford?lang=en

Twitter - https://twitter.com/dannymcmahon 

Find Creator Culture on: 

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3nNlfbLHiSlHh6jk3p44aJ?si=4921a7ba95ee44f2

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hashtagpaid. 

Today’s guest is the founder of a creator management company you might not know by name. Before starting his own thing, today’s guest went through the traditional entertainment route having worked as an agent at WME. Today our guest and his team focus on comedy, commentary and animation creators — an interesting mix that you don’t see often. What I really respect about this guest is his first principles thinking. You’ll hear him explain that even though creators are a new form of entertainment, the idea of grooming talent for the spotlight has been around for years. 

Enjoy today's enlightening conversation with odd projects founder, Nate Ruff

odd projects on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddprojects/?hl=en 

Today’s guests are the co-founders of a creator management company called Up North management that is home to some of the most interesting commentary, gaming and sports creators. They’re roots start in the music but soon after transition to the creator space — it was a bet that paid off handsomely. These two have complementary skillsets which make their trajectory fun to watch. 

Enjoy today's conversation with Cole and Cody Hock!

Find them online:

Their website — https://www.upnorthmgmt.co/ 

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/upnorthmg/ 

Today’s guest has been telling stories about the music industry on YouTube for over 5 years and is well known in the rap and hiphop community. What drew me to this person was their drive to master their craft. When I met this person, they had over 250k on YouTube yet it wasn’t their numbers which were impressive. It was the level of dedication to their craft as a storyteller. Since we met, it’s been inspiring to watch this person grow and become a master of their craft. 

This is only the beginning for helloyassine. Enjoy the conversation!

Yassine's socials

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/helloyassine

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloyassine/

Today’s guest is the founder of Undercurrent Entertainment. He started out managing in the music industry and a couple of years ago added creators to his roster. This is someone who sees the creator industry with a lot of clarity — you’ll love the way he thinks about building creator businesses. Fun fact: I cold emailed this person back in 2019 when I was managing in the music industry — my cold email game needed work.

Enjoy today's conversation with Eric Bogard

This is a #paid production. 

Today’s guest wears many hats — Creator, founder, advisor and comedian. This person is very impressive. She’s someone that has one foot in the creator world and one foot in the corporate world. It’s super unique to see at her level of success. Creators often shy away from the corporate world because of bureaucracy. This creator is changing that narrative and using it to her advantage. What’s more impressive is that her following on Instagram and on TikTok are basically the same. That’s not something you see very often. 

Enjoy this light-hearted and inspiring conversation with Corporate Natalie!

Find her on Instagram and TikTok.

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Today’s guest is the founder of Made By All, a management company to some of the most dynamic creators and celebrities out there. This person came from the music industry having done brand partnerships for Interscope records but one day decided to make the leap into the creator space. It was on that day that she started to build her legacy. Fun fact: She stumbled upon The Weeknd through fashion bloggers back in 2013!

Enjoy our conversation with Leanne Perice! 

Today’s guest is the cofounder of Amp studios where he develops talent and helps that talent produce amazing content. Think of it as Disney Channel meets a new aged media company incubating IP. He started out in the creator industry working with Brent Rivera, who now has an audience of over 96 million. Fun fact: he’s a force on the pickle ball courts

Enjoy our conversation with Amp Studios cofounder, Max Levine.

This week's guest has vlogged on TikTok for 518 days straight. He cares about consistency as much as character development and unique storylines. This is someone who has put in his 10,000hrs but is as hungry as ever to get better each day. He's a creator to learn from and get inspired by. This guest is grossly underrated. Meet Jack Cook 

Jack's TikToK: https://www.tiktok.com/@.jackcook 

Jack's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_hjcook/?hl=en 

What's Creator Culture? It's #paid's podcast filled with conversations with underrated creators 

Listen to more episodes here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3nNlfbLHiSlHh6jk3p44aJ?si=632738197fa14a82 

Learn more about #paid here: https://hashtagpaid.com/creators-new

Today’s guest is Spencer Barbosa. She’s a ball of energy. Watch her videos and you’ll notice that she puts every ounce of effort into her career. Many young girls look to Spencer as a source of inspiration around body positivity and confidence. In just over two years she’s grown a following on TikTok to 8.3M and has her own clothing line. It’s amazing to see someone making an immense impact with content so early on in their career. 

Before we get to the episode here are three things about Spencer you should know:

1. She used to be on a Disney Channel show and has been acting since she was 9 years old
2. She’s posted 3 times a day ever since joining TikTok — that’s the definition of commitment
3. She decided to pursue content creation instead of go to university 

Find Spencer on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Don't forget to check out her clothing brands, Something Bigger

Today’s guest is Donovan Beck. It’s hard to put him in a creative box — he does it all. On social media he’s best known for spoken word poetry. Donovan’s built an audience of over 430k followers on TikTok. Reading the comment section is the best part. His videos inspire and comfort his followers. Donovan is a creator that wants to leave a legacy of helping others live their best life and making sure they see the light at the end of the tunnel. There’’s a lot of meaning in the content he puts out and the world is better because of it. 

Before we get to the episode here are three things about Donovan you should know:

1. He’s a film director and has pursued creativity far beyond social media 
2. He’s a published author and has a second book on the way 
3. He started posting on TikTok after losing a bet to a friend 

Make sure to follow Donovan on TikTok, Instagram and grab a coffee of his latest book, A Fool's Guide To The Universe

Today’s guest is Annabelle Kline. She is a better version of your Discovery Weekly playlist on Spotify — Annabelle is a creator but more specifically she’s a music curator and the founder of That Good Sh*t. It’s all directed at a mission of giving smaller and upcoming artists a platform. Her content includes music recommendations, artist breakdowns and unique playlists. Not only do people rely on her for music recommendations but she is intentional about creating a community through her videos on TikTok.

Before we get to the episode, here are three things about Annabelle you should know:

1. The hip-hop duo Earthgang brought Annabelle on their most recent tour to capture content and amplify the tour experience on TikTok
2. She’s built a brand beyond social media and throws curated concerts with artists around the country 
3. Annabelle runs a podcast where she interviews upcoming artists on Spotify Live

Make sure to follow Annabelle on TikTok, Instagram and on Spotify!

Today’s guest is Gohar Khan. Gohar is making it easier for students to write essays, stay productive and study more effectively. He’s got a signature video style — you notice papers and drawings moving in and out of the frame on top of his table while he narrates the story. His style, content value and quality of each video has helped him reach 2.3M followers on TikTok. What’s more impressive is how he uses TikTok to find new customers for his college admissions business called Next Admit. 

Before we get to the episode, here are three things about Gohar you should know:

1. He was an entrepreneur out of the womb and his parents encouraged his inquisitiveness 
2. Gohar started creating content at an early age — he’s been building this muscle for a while 
3. He’s someone that is very talented as a creative and an operator. It’s amazing that he’s figured out how to be successful in both spaces

Follow Gohar on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram!