The Nathan Barry Show The Most Important Advice For Creators in 2025 (Nathan Barry Q&A) | 093
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Sep 4, 2025 
Haley Janicek, a member of the Kit team and creator advocate, joins to explore the creative business landscape. She shares insights on finding SaaS ideas for non-tech founders and effectively mapping out a creator business. Discover strategies for building a music career through storytelling and how to transition social media followers into loyal email subscribers. Haley also discusses identifying blue ocean opportunities and the significance of vulnerability in audience engagement, along with smart practices for hiring in an AI-driven world.
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Prototype With AI And Mentor Support
- Use modern AI-powered dev platforms like Replit to prototype and build software as a non-technical founder.
- Pair AI tooling with a developer mentor to avoid pitfalls and scale beyond the prototype stage.
Build Around Audience, Pain, And Money
- Start a creator business by finding an audience you understand, a specific pain you can solve, and a way to make money from them.
- Choose a very focused niche, then expand distribution and product from that narrow starting point.
Algorithm Discovery vs. Owned Attention
- Social platforms shifted from follower-based feeds to interest-based algorithms, making initial discovery easier but followers less valuable.
- Lock attention by capturing algorithmic reach into an email list you own for sustained value.