Give it a test. Add simulated funds, write random text
so you can participate in the editorial review process, just for fun.
But most importantly—enjoy the read bellow.
Ever feel like the stories that truly matter are getting harder to find? Investigative journalism that holds power accountable? Local news that binds a community (like ours here in Austin)? Bold, creative work that challenges and inspires?
A glimpse at the next evolution of creator funding: moving beyond fixed perks to models that let backers share in a work’s success—offering real upside, liquidity, and aligned incentives for high-impact projects.
How do we, collectively, decide how to value creative work? Are engagement metrics the best or only way? Is there a place for enabling communities to directly invest in the stories, art, and journalism they believe are essential?
Does the direct subscription model solve every challenge, especially for funding ambitious, time-consuming, or costly creative work? What about deep investigative journalism that takes months? Or intricate narrative art projects? Or consistent, professional reporting covering our own Austin neighborhoods?
Now, let's be realistic. Building a platform that seamlessly handles regulated investments in creative projects, tracks content-specific revenue, manages payouts, fosters community, and maintains high editorial standards is incredibly complex. Let's explore it together.
Now, let's be realistic. Building a platform that seamlessly handles regulated investments in creative projects, tracks content-specific revenue, manages payouts, fosters community, and maintains high editorial standards is incredibly complex. Let's explore it together.
We strive for a piece that expresses a deep community unease and stand with the families grappling with unthinkable loss in a fog of uncertainty.
Let's be honest, the idea of "securitizing creativity" also raises immediate and important questions. Does putting an investment price tag on a piece of journalism or art risk reducing its intrinsic cultural or civic value to mere financial potential?
You know how it is. Your brain is basically a 24/7 idea factory. Some days it’s churning out pure gold – that groundbreaking documentary concept, the novel that’ll change literature as we know it, idea day. Can that happen?
Ever feel like the stories that truly matter are getting harder to find? Investigative journalism that holds power accountable? Local news that binds a community (like ours here in Austin)? Bold, creative work that challenges and inspires?
Sign up today—unless you'd rather stand on the riverbank while everyone else's steamboat of opportunity pulls away.
There are three functional design elements. 1-(Landing page) The toggle switch on the navigation bar element. This page has a dual nature (newspaper/market), and that toggle switches between the two. The key aspect of the functionality is to switch between each section’s analogous page. In other words, when the toggle is acted on the landing page, it should direct the user to the market landing page. When in the story detail page, go to the corresponding market detail view. The …
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