In a perfect world, art and commerce, I think, could be in vacuums and coexist in full purity. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Patreon is a website that helps artists make money. It's crowdfunding on an ongoing basis for a creator. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I love well-produced stuff. The craft and the art of production is something I really, really love. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Artists deserve more than a check cut in half eight times by publishers. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
The philosophy behind Patreon is that all the great art we have known has been made because of patronage. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
In truth, a label is nothing more than a corporation, and it funds artists. Why couldn't another corporation fund an artist? And… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Art is one of those few legal monopolies. If you want to listen to Prince, Mick Jagger doesn't do. Nothing else in… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about membership is that it's, by its nature, a very emotional transaction. It's a tie to an artist. It… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
There's a history of artists being taken advantage of, and artists have to keep criticizing and keep skepticism at a high level.… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
When I graduated college, I didn't get a job. I started making YouTube videos. I used to spend my days making art,… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Patronage is a very old phenomenon that's occurred in people and in society for thousands of years. It stems from an emotional… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Basically all the art we know in history books, the business model for that art was not unit sales. It was patronage.… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Patreon is here to give control back to artists so it doesn't need to be a hard conversation when a kid tells… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Medium is like the Instagram of the corporate world. It's the layer that we want everybody to see, but not actually how it is.… — Jack Conte Copy Share
Patreon, is, has been and will continue to be a creator-centric organization. — Jack Conte Copy Share
There's a tendency for young musicians - I certainly was guilty of this - of wanting to know what they sound like, before making… — Jack Conte Copy Share
Unless you've given up your business to a record label, there's no such thing as just being a musician anymore. — Jack Conte Copy Share
I love the idea of shifting power away from institutions and toward individual creative people. — Jack Conte Copy Share
I couldn't possibly be any more open or public about my role as CEO at Patreon. — Jack Conte Copy Share
People like my videos, some of which can cost me thousands to make. So I just ask, 'How about giving me $1 to help… — Jack Conte Copy Share
One lesson I learned with Pomplamoose is that there will always be haters. Part of achieving some level of success is learning to tune… — Jack Conte Copy Share
We want Patreon to be safe, and we have no tolerance for hate speech. That's something I think other platforms have been behind on.… — Jack Conte Copy Share
When I was 6 my dad taught me the blues scale, and I started writing songs and improvising. — Jack Conte Copy Share
If your company is mostly men, make sure to have women on the interview team. While you don't want to 'tokenize' someone for their… — Jack Conte Copy Share
