On this episode, host Katya Allison talks with Mike Schmidt, Senior Product Management Lead at Shopify.

Join them as they discuss:

• The joy of companies that let you build — and fail.

• How Mike avoids social media and schedules Instagram time to check trends.

• The importance of showing new creators that you value them when onboarding.

• Why companies should not only promote the transactional nature of creator relationships.

• How companies often think influencers must have many followers, but what they need is influencers who love company products.

• The importance of not putting all your eggs in the influencer basket.

• Why you shouldn’t be afraid to think big.

Resources mentioned:

ChatGPT (to summarize notes and reading materials)

Instapaper (read web articles offline)

Substack (substantive articles)

Stoop Inbox (to organize newsletters)

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