Joe Albanese is the cofounder and CEO of Stir, a startup that’s building tools to help creators run their businesses. In the new era in which power and influence are shifting from institutions to individuals, Stir is addressing the needs creators have in running their businesses and optimizing their finances.
Last week, Stir launched a public beta of its core product and also announced its $4 million seed round led by Homebrew, XYZ Capital, and Ludlow Ventures, with participation from some heavy-hitting angels in the creator economy, including Casey Neistat, Jack Conte from Patreon, and our own Li Jin.
Stir's core features include a dashboard of various revenue sources ("Mint for creators"), a calendar view of different income streams, and collaboration tools. Stir has also launched various Drops over the past few months, which include products like Presubscribe FYP.RIP, OnlyTweets, and more.
Before starting Stir, Joe was Head of Product and Design at Bitwise, a Product Designer at Facebook, and an early employee at Yik Yak.
In this episode, we talk to Joe about:
- the backstory on how he ended up building for creators in the first place and major learnings so far
- why collaborations between creators (“collectives”) are important in the passion economy
- why they’ve been creating Drops
Related links:
https://www.usestir.com/
https://twitter.com/BearUNLV/status/1275143945417142277
Brought to you by Means of Creation: http://meansofcreation.substack.com/
Inside Spotify's Vision for Audio Creators
#33 - Alex Kantrowitz on going solo as the creator economy goes mainstream
#32 - Kat Tenbarge on Why Influencers Need Watchdog Journalism
#31 - Alex Zaccaria, Co-founder & CEO of Linktree
#30 - Turner Novak on Substack Pro, Twitter Spaces, and what makes Clubhouse engaging
#29 - James Young, founder of Collab.Land, on buying Li's first NFT for 13.37 ETH and investing as a form of activism
#28 - Sam Lessin
#27 - Allen Lau
#26 - Katia Ameri & Elijah Daniel
#25 —Joshua Cohen on the Professionalization of the Creator Economy
#24 — Evan Britton on creating a Wikipedia for a new generation and bootstrapping an ad-based business
#23 — Community Hangout with Li, Nathan, and Adam Keesling
#22 — Chris Messina on why the passion economy needs a more stable foundation to keep expanding
#21 — Nadia Eghbal on the parallels between open-source software development and online creators
#20 — Eugene Wei on all things technology, film and media
#19 — Indie Hackers founder Courtland Allen on how to build a profitable online business
#18 — Li and Nathan on the future of online education and "Universal Creator Income"
#17 — Aella on being a top 0.08% OnlyFans creator and opportunities for tech in the adult content world
#15 — Taylor Lorenz on the creator economy, online entrepreneurship, the changing media landscape, & more
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Organic Marketing Simplified: Effective podcasting strategy for growth and monetization
THE GO BIZ GUY
The Sigma Femme Podcast
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
People Magic: How to Build a $1M Community