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YouTubers are taking over Hollywood. The critical and commercial success of Curry Barker’s Obsession, Kane Parsons’ A24-backed movie Backrooms, and Markiplier’s Iron Lung—especially in contrast to relative flops like Supergirl and Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu—has challenged the industry’s conventional wisdom. It’s not a huge surprise, given that so many creators on the platform have cultivated deeply engaged fandoms.

One of the first creators to really take advantage of that dynamic on YouTube was Felicia Day, when she created her seminal web series The Guild in 2007.

For the 20th anniversary next year, Day is tapping into that fandom to fund a reunion movie of The Guild. She sat down with MIC cohost Josh Christensen to discuss her decision to crowdfund The Guild movie, the importance of maintaining creative independence, and the recent mainstream success of YouTubers.

On today’s episode, cohost Yasmin Gagne talks with Fast Company and Inc. head of editorial strategy David Lidsky on what makes the fintech company Stripe an idea factory.

Then NASCAR chief operating officer Ben Kennedy has a conversation with Yaz about bringing new audiences to car racing.

To read David’s reporting, go to: fastcompany.com/91538341/stripe-most-underrated-influential-159-billion-company-power-map

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On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk to Fast Company contributor John Pavlus about how the godmother of AI, Fei-Fei Li, is building world models — AI that many hope will replace LLMs.

Then, Yaz talks to Fast Company staff writer Pavithra Mohan about her deep dive into how actual humans in the human resources department are disappearing and being replaced by apps and AI.

To read John’s reporting, go to: fastcompany.com/91549046/fei-fei-li-world-labs-ai-gets-physical-models-spatial-intelligence

To read Pavithra’s deep dive, go to: fastcompany.com/91565321/amazon-is-taking-human-out-of-hr-ai-chatbot-app-aza

For more of the latest business and innovation news, go to fastcompany.com/news

On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk to Fast Company’s Nate Berg about how a Walmart heir helped transform a small town in Arkansas.

Then, Fast Company staff writer David Salazar sits down with the CEO of American Association of Independent Music Ian Harrisson and COO of an independent record label Partisan Records Zena White to talk about the challenges, opportunities, and future of the independent music business.

To check out Nate’s reporting, go to: https://www.fastcompany.com/91550093/alice-walton-crystal-bridges-expansion-bentonville

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On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk to Fast Company staff editor David Salazar on the most innovative ideas that are changing the world we live in.

Next, Bustle Digital Group founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg speaks with Yaz about how he is building brands, including Nylon magazine, for the influencer era.

To read more about world changing ideas, go to: https://www.fastcompany.com/world-changing-ideas 

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