The Creator Spotlight Podcast

Kyle Lee, also known as Fisherman Kyle, is an Alaskan commercial fisherman who used short form content to build his direct-to-customer seafood business. He explains how he makes the content that gets millions of views, how he's spending his recent seve... Hosted on beehiiv. Read the full Privacy Policy at https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy.

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.