In a perfect world, art and commerce, I think, could be in vacuums and coexist in full purity. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Successful musicians are entrepreneurs - they work hard, way beyond 9 to 5. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
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 Image
We're hyper-focused on providing the business infrastructure to allow creators to be successful in growing and running their businesses. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
The reality is Patreon needs to build new businesses and new services and new revenue lines in order to build a sustainable… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
The only reason why a company like Patreon works is because of transparency, being open with people and telling them what's going… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
At the end of almost every video in my YouTube catalog since Patreon's launch, I talk about my work at the company. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Ultimately, our competitive advantage is that we're the most creator-first company on the planet. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Whether you have a barbershop or you're a local restaurant owner, there's lots of tech for you to understand your business. — 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
If your company is mostly men, make sure to have women on the interview team. While you don't want to 'tokenize' someone… — 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
