I think my ear is pretty good, but I don't have formal training so my ear isn't that good. I know when… — Jack Conte Fitness 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 Being Copy Share Image
I want creators quitting their part-time jobs and being creative for a living. — Jack Conte Being Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, art and commerce, I think, could be in vacuums and coexist in full purity. — Jack Conte Art Copy Share Image
I fail most of the time. As a creator, and as CEO of Patreon, things can't go well all of the time. — Jack Conte Creator Copy Share Image
Patreon is a website that helps artists make money. It's crowdfunding on an ongoing basis for a creator. — Jack Conte Art Copy Share Image
I love the idea of creators owning their audience data instead of platforms. — Jack Conte Audience Copy Share Image
There's no reason to abuse the people who give you your monthly pay check. — Jack Conte Abuse 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… — Jack Conte Content marketing 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
If you want to attract executives who value diversity, then build a system that leads to diverse interviewing teams without 'tokenizing' people. — Jack Conte Diversity Copy Share Image
When I created my Patreon page, I knew the fans of my music would support me. I've met them on tour and… — 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 Art Copy Share Image
A lot of people hear the Pomplamoose story and think the moral of the story is to post your stuff on YouTube.… — 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 Art Copy Share Image
The music world is a big world, and chances that you're going to happen to know somebody are slim. Pomplamoose really just… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Kickstarter is not appropriate for a blogger who writes weekly articles - he doesn't need a big chunk of money, and he… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I will probably get creamed for saying this, but as a CEO, I've felt a little scared to talk about diversity and… — Jack Conte Diversity Copy Share Image
The problem that we're solving is: You're a creator, and you're reaching thousands of people, or hundreds of thousands or millions of… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I mean, when I went to go get a loan as a creator, when I went to get a loan from the… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
When I read articles or interviews about building culture, the suggestions are often obscure or hard to replicate. — 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 Barbershop Copy Share Image
I think it was iTunes that first proved that people would spend money to get things they really wanted. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Patreon, is, has been and will continue to be a creator-centric organization. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Successful musicians are entrepreneurs - they work hard, way beyond 9 to 5. — Jack Conte Business Copy Share Image
It's so embarrassing to just not feel valued as a creative person. — Jack Conte Creative Copy Share Image
I work on myself all the time, and I'm constantly trying to learn and falling on my face all the time. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
You can't just say anything you want in the world and we don't want to build that platform. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I love the idea of shifting power away from institutions and toward individual creative people. — Jack Conte Creative Copy Share Image
If I can get 2,200 people to give me $2 a video, and I come out with a video a month, it… — 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 Art Copy Share Image
Artists deserve more than a check cut in half eight times by publishers. — Jack Conte Art Copy Share Image
