Creator mentors Colin and Samir want to turn their followers’ ideas into productions
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Creator mentors Colin and Samir teamed up with Adobe to fund a creator's project; the first step towards the duo's new production era.
Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry, the creator duo who breaks down the creator economy’s trends, struggles, and best practices to their more than 1.6 million followers, are entering their producer era.
They’ve kicked off this initiative with a new sponsored creator program, called the Big Idea Fund, to bankroll projects from creators in their community. Last week, in partnership with Adobe, they awarded creator Jackson Hughens (a creator with just over 670 subscribers on YouTube) a $25,000 grant to work on a five-part documentary series to live on YouTube about a family adopting five children with Down syndrome.
“Starting with your own existing community and relationships is a great way to incubate original IP and talent no matter who you are,” said Adam Wescott, CEO and co-founder of Home Game Studios and Mind Chatter Media.
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