The creator presents a trend prediction, arguing that founder-led content is evolving beyond the saturated 'building in public' model. She forecasts a shift towards high-production, docu-series style content, providing examples of brands already doing this. She explains the drivers for this trend, including the aspirational nature of founders and their role as influencers, and concludes by framing it as a strategic move for brands to create defensible IP.
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Think we're about to see the next evolution of founder led content because of how saturated building in public has become. I think we're going to see more hi fi docuseries style content about founders that shows us more of their life. For example, like this mini documentary about Audrey, the founder of the Nitro Bad. Another example is Emma Chosick's new YouTube show, Surroundings, where she tours the homes of creative founders. And these examples show how much demand there is to know more about founders' lives, partly because being a founder is aspirational, but also because most founders are now also influencers in some way because they've had to build an audience for their business. From a strategic point of view, founder stories are often some of the most defensible IP that brands have, so it would make sense to see more brands investing in this kind of Netflix style founder content that takes us deeper into different aspects of their lives in a more fly on the wall way.