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Idea Of The Day - Make This: A Baller Investment Fund Where Creators (and You) Finally Get Rich Too
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Daily Idea - Creators Backing Startups
Creators Fund Parody Press Conference

Creators Investing in What’s Next

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The One Liner
Creators funding creators. Skin in the game, upside for all.
The 140 character tweet (or X) version
Top creators are sitting on massive influence, but no equity. What if they pooled capital, launched startups, and owned the next big brands together?
The Longer Story Version
The Problem
Creators make culture. But they don’t own it.
They sell $50 shoutouts while helping brands make $5M.
They drive trends but get paid last.
They have the reach of VCs, but none of the returns.
Right now, most creators are just monetized distribution.
They rent their audience to others, sponsored posts, affiliate links, etc.
When the brand wins, the creator just… moves on.
The smartest creators want more:
Skin in the game. Long-term equity. Leverage.
But building something from scratch is hard, risky, and lonely.
The Solution
A collective investment fund by creators for creators.
Here’s how it works:
A hand-picked group of top creators pool money + audience access.
That capital is used to fund startups and launch new ventures.
Each creator gets exposure to the whole portfolio, shared risk, shared upside.
Profits are split, with a portion (say, 10%) going back to the holding company to fund operations and launch more projects.
Bonus: Creators can spin out their own brands from the collective, using shared resources, ops, and cross-promo.
Imagine MrBeast, Emma Chamberlain, and Marques Brownlee backing the same skincare startup.
Or 100 small creators co-owning the next athletic brand, each driving sales, each getting paid on the upside.
It’s not just capital. It’s distribution, credibility, and a flywheel of ownership.
How We’d Build It
👶 Beginner: The Prototype (0–1)
Product:
GTM:
Curate 5–10 highly aligned creators (founder types, not just influencers)
Launch a single project as proof (e.g. creator-funded beverage or merch collab)
Share behind-the-scenes on X, YouTube, and Substack and turn the process into the content
Run the first fund like a cohort program
🧠 Intermediate: The Engine (1–10)
Product:
Move to a white-labeled version of Carta Carry or Flowcarbon’s Raise Platform
Build a DAO-lite structure using Tribeca or PartyDAO for tokenized governance or reward system
Launch a lightweight internal creator CRM via Baserow or Airtable Interfaces
GTM:
Focus on thematic launches: e.g., creator-backed wellness, fashion, gaming
Use exclusive drops—“own the brand before it goes viral”
Let micro-creators buy into the fund (Reg CF-style) and get equity for distribution
Run a leaderboard: top contributors (by impressions or conversions) earn more carry or token reward.
🧠💣 Advanced: The Empire (10–100)
Product:
Build a full-stack creator fund OS: Creator wallet, dashboard, token staking for influence, community voting
Add AI tooling: match creators to brands they’d perform best with using LLM scoring
Launch spin-outs with shared ops teams: fulfillment, legal, growth, etc.
GTM:
Position it as “Y Combinator meets IAC for the creator economy”
Acquire small consumer brands and turn them into creator-led properties
Turn the fund into a media property—live pitch shows, case studies, behind-the-brand stories
Use tokenomics for audience participation (e.g. staking to vote on deals)
Why It Needs to Exist
Influence is the most undervalued form of capital.
This flips the model: creators aren’t just promoting, they’re owning.
It unlocks a new class of investor, a new class of brand, and a new blueprint for digital wealth.
It’s time creators moved from talent to equity.
This fund makes that leap frictionless.
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📣 BREAKING: The Creators’ Union Holds First-Ever Press Conference
It’s the Parody Press Conference for the Creations Fund
“We’re no longer just the face. We want the cap table too.”
This morning, a group of top creators, YouTubers, TikTokers, podcasters, even a meme page admin, gathered behind a podium in LA for an emergency press conference.
Their demand?
Equity.
Not affiliate codes. Not 10% off links. Not UGC deals with net-30 payouts and 7 rounds of brand approvals.
They want ownership.
“We built the audience. We drive the sales.
But we don’t own anything. That ends now.”
— @the.finance.bro (27, 400K followers, 0 equity)
The tone was part revolution, part roast.
One creator held up a HydroFlask.
“This water bottle company made $87 million last year.
I got a free one and a promo code.
That ain’t partnership. That’s charity.”
Another read from a list of companies she helped blow up:
A collagen brand she took from 0 to $1M in 9 months
A skincare line that got into Sephora after her video went viral
A candle brand that sent her a $25 DoorDash gift card as thanks
“They all sold. I got nothing.
My dog made more in affiliate than I did.”
Then came the proposal:
The Creator Fund.
A fund by creators for creators.
Creators put in capital, connections, or distribution—and share in the upside.
They co-own the brands they blow up.
No more one-and-done deals.
No more building someone else’s empire.
You help grow it? You get paid like a co-founder, not a freelancer.
“We’re not influencers.
We’re distribution with equity. Culture with carry.”
— @wellnessgirlie420
The press conference ended with a mic drop, literally.
No questions. No apologies. Just a simple message:
“Brands got rich off our backs.
Now we build our own.”
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