Clubhouse Creators First: Newly Launched Accelerator Program on Clubhouse
Life coach scammers exposed, rise of NFTs, privacy policy differences, Hopin CEO, Twitter Spaces growth, Super Follows, CH hires Head of Global Marketing
Welcome to this week's news, commentary, discussion and upcoming events on Clubhouse and elsewhere.
News & Commentary
Clubhouse is launching their first accelerator program for creators called Clubhouse Creator First and their goal is to support and equip 20 creators with resources they need to bring their ideas and creativity to life.
The Clubhouse Chronicles: Jason Calacanis, Barbara Corcoran, and others expose 22 year old "success coach" charging $6,000 per session to a person with suicidal thoughts.
Clubhouse Tea talks about The Clubhouse to NFT Pipeline and the people involved in the rise of NTFs.
Mashable explains the major difference between Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces: Their privacy policies.
The Clubhouse Chronicles talks the Good Time Show with CEO of Hopin and how he got his company to a $5.65 billion valuation in under 3 years.
Steve Gillmor of the Gillmor Gang insists that what is happening with Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces has a similar parallel with what is happening with Democrats and Republicans.
The Verge summarizes how Twitter is reinventing itself using Spaces, Super Follows as said on the Decoder Podcast with Nilay Patel and Kayvon Beykpour, head of consumer product at Twitter.
Kat Rosenfield discusses the topic of what it mean to be “held accountable” for your opinions using Clubhouse as an example.
TechCrunch announces that Twitter Spaces will launch publicly next month and informs readers that it may include Spaces-only tweets
Jeremiah Owyang examines the 20 Different Ways Businesses Will Engage using Social Audio: Listen & Learn, Influence, Advocacy, Customer Care, Product Innovation, Entertain & Engage, Employee Connections, and Marketing & Sales.
Entrepreneur Asia Pacific gives a step by step process on how to network on Clubhouse
Tech Xplore reviews the surveillance fears after Clubhouse app becomes popular among Saudi nationals.
Lucia Maffei mentioned that startups and investors are increasingly connecting via Clubhouse app
Clubhouse Release Notes & Town Hall Updates
During Sunday’s Townhall, co-founders Rohan and Paul announced that Clubhouse is launching their first creator accelerator program, Clubhouse Creator First, that is designed to help aspiring creators on Clubhouse. You can apply here. Maya Watson has joined the Clubhouse team as their Head of Global Marketing. Some product updates they shared are link sharing, language filtering, invites via phone number, nominations from clubs and additional trust and safety improvements. More detailed news on the townhall can be found on this Twitter thread.
The latest Clubhouse app update was released on Friday and includes profile & club links. You can find the release notes here.
Video of the week
How to guides, tools, tips & tricks
Smart Introductions To Awesome Humans. Curated 1:1 Connections with Humans on Clubhouse. Inspired by Humans of New York City.
Add and Upvote your favorite upcoming Clubhouse rooms to enhance visibility using RoomHunt.
Find and track top rooms, users & clubs on Clubhouse with ClubHub.
Clubroom and Clubhouse Events Search are both new event search directories for Clubhouse
Flipp will highlight your Clubhouse event on social media, giving neat social preview images
Twiso creates personalized Clubhouse invite pages
Dropit makes sharing links in Clubhouse fast, easy, and convenient
Spaces Hosting Helper allows you to write notes and play audio effects for both your Clubhouse and Twitter Space events
Twitter Spaces Hallway is an unofficial discovery section for Twitter Spaces
Clubrooms is a complete Clubhouse clone for Android and iOS
Notable people who joined Clubhouse this week
Calvin Harris (@calvinharris): Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. Known for his singles "We Found Love", "This Is What You Came For", "Summer", "Feel So Close", "Outside", "Feels", and "One Kiss".
Wesley Snipes (@wesleysnipes): American actor, film producer, martial artist and author. Known for New Jack City, White Men Can't Jump, Passenger 57, Demolition Man, U.S. Marshals and the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy, The Expendables 3 and for his role on The Player.
Hua Fung Teh (@huafung): Group President of the largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship.
Anna Khachiyan (@annakhachiyan): Russian-American cultural critic, writer, and co-host of the podcast Red Scare based in New York City.
Matthew Morrison (@motormanwrithes): Founder and CEO of ASPACE Philippines, a co-working central for the innovation community. Former digital nomad, he traded a successful career in London’s media industry, to pursue intellectual independence as a non-corporate business backer and advocate for ethical, value creating start-ups.
Flavor Flav (@flavorflavog): American rapper, rap "hype man", and television personality. He co-founded the rap group Public Enemy in 1985 with Chuck D.
Recommended events coming up on Clubhouse
We realize that it's impossible to curate events on Clubhouse as every user has their own preferences. Additionally some of the best events are not scheduled and are created ad-hoc. With all that said, the list below includes what stood out for us and should appeal to a wide range of people. If there's anything you think we missed out, feel free to contact us.
MON Mar 15, 10 AM (PST)
From MARKETING CLUB
w/ Rob Bertholf, Jeff Gilbert, Michael Reynolds
Exploring the traits of marketing leadership and the humans behind the Agencies and Brands. Join us for authentic and real conversations on topics that impact leaders in Marketing.
MON Mar 15, 6 PM (PST)
🔮: Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone on Captivology Show
From CAPTIVOLOGY CLUB
w/ Ben Parr, Jim Lanzone, Swan Sit, Caroline McCarthy, Josh Constine, Jon Levy, Alex Kantrowitz
Ben and friends sit down with Jim Lanzone, CEO of Tinder, former CEO of CBS Interactive and Ben’s old boss to discuss Tinder, dating during a pandemic, media, and more!
TUE Mar 16, 9 AM (PST)
From Navy Seal to VC: Startups and hand grenades
From ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE TECH
w/ Solon Angel, Mike Janke
6X Company Founder, Knucklehead, Investor, Former SEAL Team 6, CEO, Wino and performance hacking geek. Mike invest, build and grow technology companies including being third investor in MindBridge Ai
TUE Mar 16, 5 PM (PST)
Sports Business Professionals: Betting, eSports & Fantasy
w/ Courtney Campbell, Terrence Brown, Jamie Hernandez, Ted Glick, Dan Kaufmann, Mike Minnella, Chris Thorkilsen
Join Industry experts as we discuss future ideas and opportunities regarding sports betting, e-sports and fantasy sports. You won’t want to miss the new ways to “Get in the Game!”
TUE Mar 16, 6 PM (PST)
From THE SKATEBOARDERS MINDSET
w/ Danny Gonzalez, B. Creative, Tim Martinez, Mikey Taylor
Here every Tuesday at 6pm PST, we’ll invite influential people to discuss a variety of topics and hear about their methodology in life. 🧩 Club Started by @dgonz. This weeks special guest: Mikey Taylor
WED Mar 17, 12 PM (PST)
WFC with Aishetu Dozie, CEO of Bossy Cosmetics
From WOMEN FOUNDERS CLUB
w/ Liana Fricker, Katherine Lynn, Aishetu Fatima Dozie
Aishetu Dozie, a former Banker, DCI Fellow, and now Founder and CEO at Bossy Cosmetics, is stopping by WFC to talk about the importance of embracing your ambition, trusting your instincts and learning how to take calculated risks.
WED Mar 17, 5 PM (PST)
Hey New Mexico, “Let's Meet in the Middle”
w/ Jeff Apodaca, Rhiannon Samuel, Blair Dunn
It’s time to work together to help New Mexico and the United States by discussing our differences, not demonize one another. Time we talk about investing in ourselves, our businesses, our education, and our social needs. Time to change things by coming together and working together with Business, Social and Political groups to advance economic, educational and social opportunities for New Mexico and our country. Join the conversation with your ideas and how we can help each other better ourselves from the community up. We will have these conversation every Wednesday at 6pm MST. Each week we will discuss 3 major topics that effect our daily lives.
THU Mar 18, 12 PM (PST)
Demographics, Diversity and the Future of Education
From FUTURE X TRIBE
w/ Terri Givens, Lisa M. Wilson, Matt Alex, Kim Barker
Join education and diversity influencers to discuss changing demographics in our country. Faculty and administrators need to be prepared for the next generation of students and new expectations.
THU Mar 18, 5 PM (PST)
🎙🤖IoThursdays: Connecting people, places, pets, and things!
From SORACOM COMMUNITY
w/ Moheeb Zara, Jake Martin, Clare Butler, actually reptilian, Brenna Belletti, Ben Strahan, Duncan La Barre, Yuki Okamura, Kenta Yasukawa, Andres Garcia
Curious about the internet of things and how it affects you? Do you have an idea, startup, or passion project that involves connectivity, data, devices, or machine learning? All are welcome!
FRI Mar 19, 9 AM (PST)
👩🏼🍼🎤MOM TALK🍼💬 Surviving Domestic Abuse
w/ GINA Skelton, Elizabeth Molina, Diemend Richardson, Crystal Almeida, Nicole Puckerin, Aviva David, Marina Simone
FRI Mar 19, 10 AM (PST)
Evolving the UXR practice - a Q&A with Steve Portigal
From UX QUESTS
w/ Noam Segal, Steve Portigal
Join Steve and me for a conversation about evolving our practice, leadership, the changes we’ve witnessed in UXR, and the changes to come! 🤔🧠🔥💡👊🏻
FRI Mar 19, 10:30 AM (PST)
3 top Website mistakes + how to fix them
From DESIGNER DISCUSSIONS
w/ Maria Martin, Jason Lockhart, FZK Franziska, Mirjam Lippuner, Matthew Mitchell
Getting in depth about what makes a good website work for you w/ Creative Agency Director Franziska. Bring Questions! (1 hour)
SAT Mar 20, 9 AM (PST)
🌎🇺🇳 SDG Saturday Sessions: 4️⃣ Quality Education
From SUSTAINABILITY
w/ Sara Essa, Minhaz Abedin
Each week we’ll explore one of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in more detail. Come to share your experience, thoughts and suggestions in the discussion. 🇺🇳🌎
SAT Mar 20, 3 PM (PST)
Real-time Event-Driven development
From DATA AND AI
w/ Muazma Zahid, Tamimi, Ravi Suhag
Discussion on event-driven architectures (EDA) and near real-time data processing.
SUN Mar 21, 12 PM (PST)
Oil&Gas Confronting the Climate Crisis
From CLIMATE CRISIS CLUB
w/ Sweta Chakraborty, Katie Mehnert, Jillian Semaan, WordNinja, Tom Slocum, Kevin Kwok, Chuck Yates, The Unicorn, Elie Kharrat
We are hosting that uncomfortable conversation because ultimately everyone (including oil&gas) has a role to play in solving the climate crisis. Come for frank, honest conversation.
SUN Mar 21, 4 PM (PDT)
Women + Tech Entrepreneurship: Why / How?
From CH CHANGEMAKERS
w/ Samira Khan, Navroop Sahdev, Nalini Saxena, Arjita Sethi, Negin Shiraghaei, Harjas Grewal, Zahin Hussain, Jessie Huang
How can we increase the number of women in tech entrepreneurship? Why is it critical that we invest in this? Join us as we talk to Navroop Sahdev of the Digital Economist and investor Arjita Sethi.
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