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Forget Hustle Culture. Behold the Artist Corporation | Yancey Strickler | TED

Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler unveils a radical new economic model that could transform how creative people build sustainable careers, amass collective wealth and escape the burnout of hustle culture. Hear his vision for how artists can pool resources, share profits and own their work in a new kind of economy, as he poses a tantalizing…

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Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler unveils a radical new economic model that could transform how creative people build sustainable careers, amass collective wealth and escape the burnout of hustle culture. Hear his vision for how artists can pool resources, share profits and own their work in a new kind of economy, as he poses a tantalizing view of the future: What if the next Disney wasn’t a corporate giant but an artist-owned collective? (Recorded at TED2025 on April 8, 2025)

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  1. @maje9448

    June 23, 2025 at 11:06 am

    Stamina

  2. @sooma-ai

    June 23, 2025 at 11:11 am

    Yancey Strickler proposes the Artist Corporation (A Corp) as a new economic model for creative people. This structure allows artists to pool resources, share profits, own their work, and build sustainable careers, potentially transforming the creative economy.

  3. @apurva797

    June 23, 2025 at 11:13 am

    AI is ruining everything!!

  4. @rakdaseng4923

    June 23, 2025 at 11:13 am

    🌏💫🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️💫🌏

  5. @banditowiln1050

    June 23, 2025 at 11:15 am

    This is truly monumental

  6. @TichGiaMy

    June 23, 2025 at 11:20 am

    *Anyone in 2753?* 💖

  7. @PickIe

    June 23, 2025 at 11:28 am

    “right now creatives are being excluded from the full benefits of capitalism..” what a powerful point! As an independent artist for the past 30+ years, mostly in the art & music industry, I can see exactly where you’re coming from and can’t wait to see how creatives harness their control for the better!

    • @_berchman

      June 23, 2025 at 6:53 pm

      word.

  8. @OmnipotentCEO

    June 23, 2025 at 11:34 am

    This is what I have been trying to tell them, you battle not against book smarts but rather imagination now.

  9. @CR-dz6ut

    June 23, 2025 at 11:52 am

    Every lesson, image, word and sound not directly from a person’s life was gained through art.

  10. @K4R3N

    June 23, 2025 at 12:29 pm

    I don’t recommend the Creative economy unless you have family wealth. I tried video game industry for a little while. It was fun but paid nothing, can’t raise a family in those wages. Now I’m back in corporate for 3x the pay and 1/2 the work. I’m not inspired but my stress is near zero and my health is better.

  11. @Gurukul_result

    June 23, 2025 at 12:45 pm

    thank you

  12. @LakiGond

    June 23, 2025 at 12:45 pm

    Intro squad, your energy in this reading gave me chills. reminded me how long i was searching for something real that actually explains energy. then i found The Cancelled Laws of Reality by Selene Veritas but omg it’s so hard to find on purpose. what it teaches about attraction and energy? insane. thought i was just unlucky until i applied it, and my life flipped fast. if you’re vibing with this, trust me, look it up.

  13. @IN-tm8mw

    June 23, 2025 at 12:50 pm

    So essentially a reformed or Official Artist Guild?

    • @HandleToBeDetermined

      June 23, 2025 at 7:56 pm

      Out with the old, in with the old

  14. @sonalisingh5040

    June 23, 2025 at 12:51 pm

    amen

  15. @sujathagayathri618

    June 23, 2025 at 12:51 pm

    thank you

  16. @geoatherton5214

    June 23, 2025 at 1:24 pm

    More please!

  17. @jasunfeddema7539

    June 23, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    How can we get involved or stay updated on this?

    • @serrgggeo

      June 23, 2025 at 3:36 pm

      Google A Corp and you’ll find the substack

  18. @vivianlyn

    June 23, 2025 at 2:33 pm

    Excellent news

  19. @natus_est_fons

    June 23, 2025 at 2:47 pm

    Please explain: How exactly does A Corporation help artists? Will it promote them? Publish ads? Organize concerts? Give advice?

  20. @natus_est_fons

    June 23, 2025 at 2:52 pm

    Market always wins. Creators personally promote AI by their desire to make content faster and cheaper. And developers of AI supply this demand. They make instruments wich eventually replace creators. 😢

  21. @mitram-p

    June 23, 2025 at 3:42 pm

    6:19 Am I missing something or is this structure very similar to a cooperative?

  22. @VanBroicz

    June 23, 2025 at 4:46 pm

    It is an interesting subject, but sofar I didn’t hear anything new or groundbreaking. It is also unfortunate that no transparency is given on how it technically or legally works and for people from different countries.

  23. @HernaneFerreira

    June 23, 2025 at 5:07 pm

    Cadê a Laisa? Apagaram? HAHahhahahaha

  24. @pinealgasm

    June 23, 2025 at 5:37 pm

    this dude can’t afford to reach out to me.

  25. @IHatSarks

    June 23, 2025 at 9:47 pm

    Isn’t this pitch just a co-op?

  26. @azharalibhutto1209

    June 23, 2025 at 10:18 pm

    Great ❤❤❤ video

  27. @KierraBenoit

    June 23, 2025 at 10:23 pm

    I hope this happens 🙏 Clocking off then working on my side hustle is not working for me at all. Forget paying for a music video It’s called DIY I NEED MONEY TO SING and I it would be great if someone could invest in my talent. Thank you so much for thinking about people like me! You a real one 💯

  28. @RyanK-100

    June 23, 2025 at 11:10 pm

    Creative 20-something 30 years ago: “I am so creative and independent I use my creativity for personal fulfillment. I don’t care about marketing.” TODAY: “Why won’t anyone buy my creative work? It’s so unfair. The STEM people and investors are making all the money. Tax them and give me money.” MY ADVICE: get a real job. Nobody cares about your creativity. If they did, they would buy your product.

    • @pasheatsi

      June 24, 2025 at 1:28 pm

      Yeah, I love creating for the sake of creating. I never wanted my passion to become my job. The saying “do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life,” is a lie. It just turns joy into work.

  29. @ets5697

    June 24, 2025 at 12:03 am

    It’s called an artist collective and it’s been tried a trillion times. Never works. Independent artists reject this kind of organization or “authoritative structure” by definition. Trying to organize them is like herding cats. “Professional creatives” and freelancers who aren’t yet successful enough or who struggle have been offered solutions for years (Fiverr, etc) with varying success. None of them really work. It’s genuinely strange that someone with his background is proposing this.

  30. @samueljoshua

    June 24, 2025 at 12:36 am

    Sorry, I don’t understand what’s so groundbreaking here.

  31. @sanchirico-j8r

    June 24, 2025 at 12:38 am

    Appreciate the detailed breakdown! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (air carpet target dish off jeans toilet sweet piano spoil fruit essay). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

  32. @NCLYS

    June 24, 2025 at 1:24 am

    Soo…. DAO?

  33. @supersecretprojectx5642

    June 24, 2025 at 7:49 am

    Pretty words. Make it happen or it’s just another empty TED Talk for the rich and powerful to clap at.

  34. @nandinidash3195

    June 24, 2025 at 8:18 am

    Love it ‘Art without Artist’. For the time being this is good for scrolling short videos not known what will happen tomorrow.

  35. @ChrisOgunlowo

    June 24, 2025 at 8:50 am

    Fascinating.

  36. @sabinemetscher6449

    June 24, 2025 at 10:08 am

    We artists need to be vigilant, AI is powerful.
    This talk shines sunshine possibility & hopefully gives us energy to cooperate 👩🏻‍🎨🌞

  37. @jamese-us

    June 24, 2025 at 10:57 am

    Brilliant! Thanks for your support.

  38. @KloKiller1

    June 24, 2025 at 1:49 pm

    I am so sick of you artists trying to make us care about whats in your best interests.

    Also if you wanna see how it ends, look at ea, activision and ubisoft

  39. @hoavuthi4182

    June 24, 2025 at 3:02 pm

    Hey, I want to start investing but don’t know where to begin. Any advice or contacts for help?

    • @NgaTran-xv8cu

      June 24, 2025 at 3:05 pm

      It’s wise to seek professional guidance when building a strong financial portfolio due to its complexity.

    • @DamianHurley-j5n

      June 24, 2025 at 3:07 pm

      Talking to an expert like Liam watt to reshape your portfolio is a smart move.

    • @HungPham-lg8vz

      June 24, 2025 at 3:08 pm

      Same, I met Mr Liam watt last
      year for the first time at a conference in
      Manchester, after then my family
      changed for good. God bless Mr Liam

    • @RamosJefferyJim

      June 24, 2025 at 3:11 pm

      Investing $15,000 and received $174,000

    • @Quynguyen-ko3zm

      June 24, 2025 at 3:13 pm

      YES!!! That’s exactly he’s name (Mr Liam watt) so many people have
      recommended highly about her and am
      just starting with him 😊 from United States

  40. @vanblairs4322

    June 24, 2025 at 3:03 pm

    Yes! Artists need to get paid! Great Talk. Thank you, Yancy and Co. 👏👏👏 I am excited to see what comes next!

  41. @DerrickIbalai

    June 24, 2025 at 3:24 pm

    Thank you for this video. Iv been trying to formalise my creative enterprise but faced alot of challenges because creative business is structured different. Glad for the insights here

  42. @berbudy

    June 24, 2025 at 4:08 pm

    low key this could make the transition to long term better system after capitalism less chaotic

  43. @blackvulture7999

    June 24, 2025 at 6:16 pm

    Art should have human scale and be made by humans!

  44. @Ouque1234

    June 24, 2025 at 8:31 pm

    This is like Netflix when it started?

  45. @IntiMaldonado

    June 24, 2025 at 8:48 pm

    I love this, but I’m wondering, why do we have to Implement this structure by going through the process of creating a new corp type? We can do this by using tech to automate this very structure ourselves and run our projects with it. I’ve been working on this for 10 years via Musicpher. What am I missing?

  46. @this_is_jmdub

    June 25, 2025 at 5:45 am

    In Germany this is called a “Genossenschaft” and it has been around for hundreds of years

  47. @coolbluerecharge

    June 25, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Lol 😆 Idealistic point followed by clapping 👏

  48. @OwlGazer

    June 25, 2025 at 10:50 am

    June 25, 2025
    Wow, 😊 @10:07 : Artists don’t need pity. Artists need power, 👊🏾. 💯. Thank you for this TED talk. I’m going to look into like this idea: the Artist Corporation. 🩷 🙏🏽.
    Creatives, stay motivated. ⛅️

  49. @giant_joe

    June 25, 2025 at 12:40 pm

    When people question why AI platforms are being used to create video, images and music first and not the more mundane tasks like your tax returns, or replacing your lawyer, its because the critique of society by artists has always been the first target of authoritarian systems.

  50. @Kevin-Barber

    June 25, 2025 at 12:56 pm

    This structure could facilitate financial and legal processes for collaborative artists, but it doesn’t seem to address the core issue behind why most artists don’t make money, which is that most artists only want to MAKE work, not focus on selling it. which requires all of the business processes and grinding that artists typically want to avoid. Hence why most artists give up $ and control to platforms, labels, and others—so they don’t need to do that kind of work. The issue for artists isn’t how to organize as much as it is how to find consistent distribution and captive audience that wants their thing enough to pay for it over the other glut of content they have access to, (bad demand supply ratio). I love the intention, and maybe this could be a part of the toolkit, but it’s missing the big bottleneck in sustaining a finically viable artistic lifestyle.

    • @simeonbanner6204

      June 25, 2025 at 8:34 pm

      Good point. There’s a big online art platform called Saatchi Art. He was a big gallery owner, big thing in Britain in the 90s when there was lots of money sloshing around. His workers cashed in on the name and said they were “democratising fine art”. Anyway if you go on it there’s no quality threshold so you get lost in pages and pages of “art” that just copies whatever somebody is is doing and that’s selling. So the metric of visibility comes down to likes, sales and so on which completely is the opposite of what it sets to to do: help you discover new and original art. It seems to be the big galleries are still the gate keepers because they cultivate contacts with the critics, newspapers and that’s about building the brand. That’s f hard to do on your own with little or no resources.

  51. @thembisilepraise

    June 25, 2025 at 2:46 pm

    W Tyler the Creator reference

  52. @lisgelfling1031

    June 25, 2025 at 2:50 pm

    I’ve been slowly working on my art with the future plan of building my own community of filmmakers- by us, for us.

  53. @citymindfunk

    June 25, 2025 at 4:18 pm

    (Cough) Smart Contracts!

  54. @MichaelKilmanAuthor

    June 25, 2025 at 5:23 pm

    We definitely need something like the Mondragon model! Thanks for sharing this!

  55. @FascinateFelix

    June 25, 2025 at 6:32 pm

    He basically just described any co-op 🤷

  56. @SamKressin

    June 25, 2025 at 8:36 pm

    I don’t get how this is different than any type legal partnership you can already create look at the structure of early image comics it’s essentially the same and didn’t require some new type of corporate entity… also I don’t see the connection between artist forming partnerships or their own collectives under a new corporate structure as some how changing the royalty structure of modern day streaming services

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