Shira Lazar thinks big. She is the founder and CEO of What’s Trending, a multiplatform digital media brand, and a content creator. It is because of what she does that she started Creators 4 Mental Health (C4MH), which offers well-being tools to the creator economy through education, events and research. Many of her events are held in Venice, such as The Kinn.
This month, Lazar traveled to Dubai, where she emcee’d the creator economy stage the 1 Billion Followers Summit, and flew back to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 15 to meet with California Representative Ro Khanna, who was introducing the Creator Bill of Rights, a resolution supporting fairer treatment, economic security and transparency for creators and digital workers in the modern platform-based economy.
According to the Creator Bill’s press release, the creator economy is worth $250 billion globally and is expected to reach $480 billion by 2027. It provides income for 12% of U.S. adults and has emerged as a full-time job for more than 10 million Americans. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 