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creative economist alex darke substack subscribe sign in home notes business craft archive about i hired a team then i built an ai so i never have to say it depends again momentous just went from one person to four the first thing i built for the new setup was a way to stop guessing what to charge read the latest most popular view all why background noise might be the secret weapon in your next video sep 26 2025 alex darke 12 2 1 from freelancer to founder 3 mindset shifts every creator needs sep 29 2025 alex darke 10 1 the creator agency of the future won t look like today s agencies oct 2 2025 alex darke 9 1 the most underrated skill in the creative industry producing oct 13 2025 alex darke 11 5 still just lurking go ahead make it official subscribe i built a task dashboard with claude for a team i don t officially have yet building the infrastructure before i have the team to plug into it aug 11 alex darke 9 i ve been cheating at motion graphics for 20 years the test was never which tool touched the pixels it s who was driving aug 4 alex darke 8 3 i built a fully automated ai agency then i killed it it worked that was the problem jul 28 alex darke 12 vertical video broke my brain here s how i made peace with it twice it happened with vertical it s happening again i should probably stop being surprised jun 19 alex darke 9 is ai taking over my video business i think i m building the thing that makes my business obsolete and i m not sure i should stop may 6 alex darke 11 4 creative economist creative economist is how a working emmy winning filmmaker actually runs a solo creative business the craft the client work and where ai honestly does and doesn t help no hype no gurus just the real math subscribe podcasts recommendations view all 9 the creative minds newsletter will cm growth mindset growth mindset produced newsletter tomas loucky link in bio rachel karten icymi by lia haberman lia haberman what wedding videographers know that you don t there s a weird hierarchy in the film video world that you might want to rethink feb 4 alex darke 13 8 when it rains it pours and sometimes you drown or why i ve been mia and what almost broke me this holiday season feb 2 alex darke 10 3 the ugly unfiltered truth of being a solo creative studio freedom feels good until you realize it follows you everywhere nov 19 2025 alex darke 10 am i writing too much the follow up turns out the answer isn t about cadence it s about intention nov 11 2025 alex darke 8 2 1 the illusion of scaling as a solo creative not every business needs to scale some just need to stabilize nov 10 2025 alex darke 6 4 a week in the life of a solo video agency it s less glamorous than it sounds and more rewarding than you d think nov 6 2025 alex darke 9 3 viral is a trap stop chasing viral formats build cinematic foundations instead nov 5 2025 alex darke 13 2 1 the day i realized creative freedom still needs structure too much freedom is just chaos disguised as a vacation nov 4 2025 alex darke 10 the fastest way to grow is to get out of the way how i learned that doing everything was the one thing holding me back nov 3 2025 alex darke 11 don t let anyone tell you it s not art the line between films and content isn t a boundary it s a bridge oct 31 2025 alex darke 10 1 1 hollywood 2 0 is here the next generation of studios isn t in hollywood it s in creators garages warehouses and spare bedrooms oct 30 2025 alex darke 10 2 see all top posts why background noise might be the secret weapon in your next video sep 26 2025 alex darke 12 2 1 from freelancer to founder 3 mindset shifts every creator needs sep 29 2025 alex darke 10 1 the creator agency of the future won t look like today s agencies oct 2 2025 alex darke 9 1 the most underrated skill in the creative industry producing oct 13 2025 alex darke 11 5 why your content feels boring and how to fix it now oct 1 2025 alex darke 6 2026 alex darke privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts