Building Value is coming back.
How creative work becomes a business.
The show where I sit down with operators, founders and creators who turned creative work into a business, and get specific about how they did it. A hundred-plus conversations in, it's coming back in Q4 2026 with a new look.
A hundred-plus conversations, still worth your time.
A few to start with while the new season comes together.
Inspiring others to play
On turning your own craft into something other people pick up and run with.
The TikTok Magic of a Former McDonald's Chef! [Chef Mike Haracz]
A former McDonald's corporate chef on building a TikTok following from scratch, and how a personal voice can outperform a marketing budget.
Hulu's First PM [Betina Chan-Martin]
Hulu's first product manager on building a streaming product from zero, and which early-team lessons don't survive scale.
100K Subs Can't Be Wrong [Ken Bolido]
Ken Bolido on reaching 100,000 YouTube subscribers in about a year, after seven years behind someone else's camera.
The Value of Hard Work [Jacklyn Dallas]
Jacklyn Dallas, publishing since she was thirteen, on what hard work looks like when you're building a career and a brand at once.
Building something worth talking about?
If you're an operator, founder or creator turning creative work into a business, I'd like to hear about it. The new season needs guests with a point of view and the numbers to back it up.