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Thoughts on curation, the creator economy, and building hotspot.
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Overtourism is a curation problem
Everyone is going to the same ten places because everyone is reading the same free guides. The problem isn't too many travelers — it's too little curation.
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How to Price Your Travel Map
Too cheap and you leave money on the table. Too expensive and nobody buys. Here's the framework we recommend.
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The Creator Economy Needs Better Maps
Courses, ebooks, presets — creators can sell everything except the thing people ask them about most: where to go.
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Why We Built Hotspot
Every creator with taste is giving it away for free. We thought that was insane. So we built something about it.
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