What Yancey Strickler has said about Creator economy

2 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 14, 2026

Yancey Strickler, Co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, writer and musician, has been quoted on Creator economy 2 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on August 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Strickler said there are more creators and more demand for content than ever but fewer support systems.

    “right now we find ourselves more people than ever creating, more demand for content than ever, yet less support systems than ever”

    TED Radio Hour: The price of creativity (Aug 14, 2026) · Listen from 7:02

  • Strickler said the bigger problem than commodification is that creators are not capturing the value of their work and are being exploited.

    “I believe that people aren't capturing the value of what they do. And actually our work is being exploited in a way that doesn't actually reflect the value we create”

    TED Radio Hour: The price of creativity (Aug 14, 2026) · Listen from 46:28

Episodes

  • The price of creativity

    TED Radio Hour · Aug 14, 2026 · 50 min

    Manoush Zomorodi talks with Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler about the history of creativity, the creator economy, and his proposed artist corporation (A Corp).

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