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Matty Mo: Most artists produce decorative goods, not generation-defining cultural artifacts
“Some people think of art as like The most important cultural artifacts of a generation, and to be real, many artists are not making the most, most important cultural artifacts of a generation. They're making pretty things, and what are pretty things? Decoratio…”
Matty Mo: Viral TikTok art styles can be monetized as subscription boxes
“Any content that's going viral related to a creator inventing a new style of making work and sharing it on TikTok is a product that could be sold on a monthly basis as a box company or in a marketplace.”
Matty Mo: Tier-two cities offer billboard cost arbitrage for mural agencies
“The opportunity lies in individual, individuals realizing that they're in a tier two city, a tier three city. There's no other mural agency in town, and you can effectively arbitrage the cost of buying a billboard or arbitrage the cost of generating social med…”
Matty Mo: Local mural advertising agencies operate at 60% profit margins
“You're at 70% margin, and then maybe pay the building under 10%, thousand bucks a month. All of a sudden you've got a 60% margin business, and it's just churning out murals.”
Matty Mo: DIY craft kits have built-in viral TikTok marketing loops
“People are also, a second macro trend is people are more and more becoming content creators, and this is a product you buy that allows you to create content around your purchase. And in doing so, you're inadvertently, or kind of kind of, Proactively marketing …”