This week, PATREON President & CTO Sam Yam shares his journey from early struggles and rejections to building a platform that now supports over 300,000 creators and sends $2B+ annually. We dive into lessons on resilience, innovation, and the future of creator communities.Nuare was created to carry our creativity beyond video, giving people a tangible way to experience the same inspiration. Our first candle, Tangerine Vetiver, reflects that vision with a fresh and natural blend designed to bring calm and warmth into everyday life. Visit us at www.nuarehome.com to know more.We are so excited to personally invite you to our Patreon where we are thrilled to open the doors of our business and invite you all behind the camera: https://www.patreon.com/EnesYilmazerWe are working on exciting projects and we can't wait to share them with all of you, click the link below to get notified first: https://www.enesplus.com/signupFor any business inquiries please contact us at:
[email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenesyilmazerpodcast/Main Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enesyilmazer/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnesYilmazerOfficialTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enesyilmazerlaMake sure to follow me on my main channel where we tour the best homes around the world:https://www.youtube.com/enesyilmazerBu ev turlarımı Türkçe seyretmek için Türkçe kanalıma gidebilirsiniz: https://www.youtube.com/EnesYilmazerTurkiyeSam YamInstagram: @samyamhttps://www.instagram.com/samyamNuareInstagram: @nuarehomehttps://www.instagram.com/nuarehomeSpecial thanks to Lazzoni for their high quality furniture:Instagram: @lazzonihttps://www.instagram.com/lazzoniA huge thank you to the PopFineArt team for providing us with this incredible George Condo piece. Pop Fine Art does an incredible job providing blue chip art for its clients. They help stage some of the best homes in the world, connect clients directly with the pieces they are interested in adding to their collection, and have so graciously agreed to help make our podcast studio that much better. For more information: https://www.popfineart.com/About the Channel:What began as a journey to explore the world’smost exquisite luxury assets has evolved into something far more personal. Over the last 5 years, my team and I have traveled across the globe, touring some of the most sophisticated and highly engineered creations. But along the way, it was the people, the visionaries, creators, and dreamers, we met that truly shaped our perspective.This channel is now home to those meaningful connections. Through podcast episodes and behind-the-scenes conversations, we share the human stories that inspire the extraordinary. #samyap #sam #yap #patreon #tech #cto #founders #techleaders Time Codes:0:00 Early struggles of Patreon0:12 Sam Yam as President and CTO2:08 Meeting Jack Conte at Stanford3:01 Childhood and immigrant roots5:28 Stanford years and Silicon Valley9:03 Insights from Instagram and Pinterest founders15:02 Birth of Patreon idea17:15 Vision for artists and creators19:08 Launch story and organic growth23:12 Lessons from failures25:20 Turning failures into progress27:30 Staying graceful with challenges33:00 Scaling Patreon and adaptability35:17 Nuare36:03 Challenges in Patreon's journey40:26 Patreon today and $2B milestone53:26 Future direction and human connection55:00 Patreon fundraising journey56:07 Lazzoni Furniture1:01:00 Bootstrapping vs fundraising advice01:03:43 Moving to LA01:16:37 Pop Fine Art01:12:37 Pacific Palisades FireSupport the show