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May 26, 2026
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6 min read
🔴 Two creators, $50, one clever food show
Rob Martinez and Julian Mu built one of the most beloved food shows on YouTube by spending big, staying independent, and refusing to chase the algorithm.
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May 19, 2026
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5 min read
🔴 5 TikToks in 2025, all 1-million-plus-view hits
Max Zavidow makes some of the most ambitious narrative fiction on TikTok, all while finding smart and seamless ways to integrate the brand deals funding his work.
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May 12, 2026
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4 min read
🔴 From a $300 brand deal to 8 revenue streams
Six years in as a full-time food creator, Todd Anderson, aka @turnipvegan, has built a thriving business by strategically adapting to platform shifts.
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May 5, 2026
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4 min read
🔴 She built a 7-figure business on a free job board
This career accelerator business grows through a 40k-member LinkedIn group, 50k-subscriber newsletter, job boards, the founder's personal LinkedIn — and not a single paid ad.
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Apr 28, 2026
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4 min read
🔴 Bootstrapping a physical media business in 2026
How Nathan Graber-Lipperman runs a creative studio, a print quarterly, and an event-driven business in Chicago, with a focus on brining the online offline.
