Episodes
Every episode of Due Dilly.
Episodes
EP 01
Why Creators Are Worth Billions
Wall Street is financializing the creator economy the same way it financialized radio, TV, and Hollywood
EP 02
How the Smartest Artists Protect Their Ideas (and Get Paid)
Creators are losing money and control not because they lack talent, but because they lack legal structure.
EP 03
How Events Become Big Businesses
Events are the most underrated asset in the creator economy.
EP 04
How Beauty Brands Became the Most Innovative Industry
Beauty went first. The innovations that are "new" in other industries
EP 05
Stablecoins Will Get Creators Paid. Here's How.
The GENIUS Act turned stablecoins from a gray area into regulated payment infrastructure.
EP 06
Catalogs Are Currency for Creators. Here's How to Profit on Yours.
Music catalogs have become a legitimate financial asset class
EP 07
$14 Million in One Week… By Flashing Products Super Fast?! Why Shopping Now Feels More Addictive.
Shopping has always been about people buying from people. Live commerce didn't invent that
EP 08
Our Favorite Things 2025 — Signal, Not Noise
Year-end lists are participation trophies. The creators, deals, and platforms that matter are the ones setting infrastructure for the next 18 months
EP 09
How Jamelia Donaldson Built the Largest Beauty Box in Europe and the Middle East
Black women are an "invisible demographic"
EP 10
The Man Behind Kevin Hart's $50M Business
Attention is cheap — and getting cheaper.
EP 12
The Firm That Bets on Collisions
Most venture firms are built around a fund. Collide Capital is built around a firm
Archive
The Rocafella Business Saga + Universal Music Group
PS 01
$300M and Counting
Jay-Z sold Rocawear for $204 million in a three-step process
PS 02
Jay-Z Flipped Rocawear
Jay-Z walked out of the financial crisis with $100M cash from the Rocawear sale and used it to buy Aspiro (Tidal) for $56M in 2015
PS 03
Tidal Waves
The Jay-Z trilogy: a sale (Rocawear), a purchase (Aspiro/Tidal), and an acquisition (Square buys Tidal). This episode covers the messy middle
PS 04
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group isn't a label — it's a conglomerate in the business of accompanying you.