Creator Launchpad Blasts Off!
Creator Launchpad is our ambitious project to pair the knowledge and experience of established DAO creatives with a small group of up-and-coming creators. The goal is to give back to and prop up our smaller creators, positioning them for success, while also creating tools and opportunities for them such as big collaborations and insane deals on services for their channels.
The beating heart of this program is the weekly get-together, where our mentors share insights and give lessons on how to improve content while answering questions and giving individualized support to each member. Everyone has a say during these meetings and they’ve turned into a sort of creator-think-tank, where we benefit from the diverse voices and experiences of our members.
Atop our usual lessons, where we talk about the fundamentals of success on platforms like YouTube, we also host guest speakers like prominent tech nerd and YouTube OG Austin Evans. Just this last week, Austin came in to explain his philosophy around YouTube content and marketing through the lens of his 13 years on YouTube. Afterwards, he went around the call answering questions and giving individualized advice to each DAO member.
This kind of community-oriented program is exactly the sort of thing we hope to develop further and build alongside our DAO members. Anyone in the DAO can make recommendations for changes and additional offerings, which are immediately noted by our founders and team members who participate in every call.
We’re constantly improving upon this model and are actively working on value-adds recommended by our cohort like sponsored deals, creator tools, supplemental learning materials and video reviews. Our members have been a huge component of our development process and structuring of the program so far. This kind of community feedback has helped us to shape the program into something people are excited to be a part of every week!
At Creator DAO we don’t shy away from the fact that this is a new and innovative concept. One of our core beliefs is that the creator space is awesome because of the creators and fans who make it. In accordance with that belief, we work closely with creators both in-session and out, to improve and iterate upon what’s working.
Perhaps the most exciting part of these three weeks has been seeing this idea grow into something that provides real value to our members and has organically turned into a real community. Members have already hosted in-person meetups, shared ideas about videos, and connected through our Portal to get to know each other.
Beyond success online, we really see the potential here to create a community of creators, who come together to build the kind of space they’d like to be a part of. Unlike other experiments of this type, we’ve kept our cohort small and focused on establishing real connections we hope last much longer than this season of Launchpad.
If our present situation is anything to go off of, it looks like we’re on the right track- and with the guidance of our members, we’re confident we’ll accomplish this!