The whole idea behind YouTube is accessibility and openness. — Jack Conte Accessibility 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
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
When I read articles or interviews about building culture, the suggestions are often obscure or hard to replicate. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
We're not trying to get 2 billion people on Patreon to compete with YouTube. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Ultimately, our competitive advantage is that we're the most creator-first company on the planet. — Jack Conte Advantage 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 Business Copy Share Image
If you're a really good community manager, that's highly predictive of your success on Patreon. — Jack Conte Community Copy Share Image
In YouTube's early days, my band Pomplamoose was making a living by releasing videos on it, which drove iTunes sales. And because… — 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 Art Copy Share Image
How can you have a site where there are millions of people enjoying content from millions of creators and there's no direct… — Jack Conte Creators 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 Art 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 Art Copy Share Image
I've started thinking of all my inbox trays almost like a social media feed. I'm not going to get to everything, but… — Jack Conte Media 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
I spent three months working on music videos, working eighteen-hour days, put it out, got half-a-million views... and got a check in… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I guess I kind of don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture. It just… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Within two months of Patreon's launch I starting making $6,000 a month for my work with the support of my 'patrons.' The… — Jack Conte Artist Copy Share Image
I wanted a button on my personal website, on jackconte.com, that said please give me money whenever I make a video if… — Jack Conte Friends Copy Share Image
We want Patreon to be safe, and we have no tolerance for hate speech. That's something I think other platforms have been… — Jack Conte Communication Copy Share Image
When I was 6 my dad taught me the blues scale, and I started writing songs and improvising. — Jack Conte Blues Copy Share Image
I can't see any possible future where there isn't a media site that isn't paired with crowdfunding. — Jack Conte Future Copy Share Image
Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
Artists deserve more than a check cut in half eight times by publishers. — Jack Conte Art Copy Share Image
Concentrate on making beautiful things. Everything else will follow. — Jack Conte Beautiful Copy Share Image
I couldn't possibly be any more open or public about my role as CEO at Patreon. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I learned all about big band arrangement and symphony arrangement and writing for strings. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
You can say something, make something, and be rewarded for it by the people you're speaking to. — Jack Conte By the people Copy Share Image
We built Patreon to be an open, flexible platform. It's a tool. Why shouldn't we open it up to people who find… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
The epic failures make up the journey along the way to getting the wins. — Jack Conte Epic Copy Share Image
Releasing two, fully produced music videos per month is way more than a full time job. — Jack Conte Job Copy Share Image
There's a difference between what people will consume and what they will pay for. — 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 Art Copy Share Image
