Ok, I didn’t crash it. And I wouldn’t call this the “inner circle.” But now that I have your attention — I attended a creator event last week called Press Publish NYC.
As a Hollywood producer trying to shed the legacy mindset and lean into the creator economy, I didn’t know what to expect from Colin and Samir’s first Publish Press event in New York.
Here’s what it was: 400 people accepted out of 700 applicants with an evening of cocktails and dinner on a Virgin cruise ship in Manhattan and a full day of speakers and workshops at The Refinery in Brooklyn the next day. The crowd ranged from emerging creators building their first audiences, to managers of YouTube’s biggest stars, to investors, platform reps, and future-facing sponsors like Microsoft’s Co-Pilot.
So instead of a recap, here are my field notes—
Field Note #1: Access Is the Point
I pre-gamed. Weeks before the event, I stalked Colin and Samir’s LinkedIn posts about the upcoming event, combed the comments to see who was going, and …
