Creator burnout

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Creator burnout has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Yancey StricklerCo-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, writer and musician

  • Strickler argued that creators burn out because they must act as artist, marketer, community manager, and order fulfiller while running small businesses around hobbies.

    “You're the artist. You're the marketer. You're the community manager. You're the order fulfiller. You're all of these things because we're ultimately running these small businesses around our hobbies”

    TED Radio Hour: The price of creativity (Aug 14, 2026) · Listen from 20:09

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Podcasts

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).