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How Celebrities & Creators Build Billion-Dollar Brands

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The Celebrity Liquor Gold Rush

The Celebrity Liquor Gold Rush

The brutal math behind 650 celebrity liquor brands fighting for 50 shelf spots

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Scott Van den Berg
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Why Celebrities Should Think Twice Before Crowdfunding For Their Brands

Why Celebrities Should Think Twice Before Crowdfunding For Their Brands

Why Taking Fan Money Is Career Suicide for Celebrities

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Scott Van den Berg
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Celebrity Friends With Benefits: The Ultimate Growth Hack

Celebrity Friends With Benefits: The Ultimate Growth Hack

How MrBeast and others built $5M distribution networks for $30K

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Scott Van den Berg
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50+ Tech Companies Founded by Celebrities & Creators

50+ Tech Companies Founded by Celebrities & Creators

Trading tequila for technology and cosmetics for code

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Scott Van den Berg
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The Five Hidden Superpowers Of A Celebrity Co-Founder

The Five Hidden Superpowers Of A Celebrity Co-Founder

The 5 strategic moves that matter more than Instagram posts

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Scott Van den Berg
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How the Kardashians Are Printing Billion-Dollar Brands

How the Kardashians Are Printing Billion-Dollar Brands

The Reality TV Family That Built a $6B Empire While Everyone Laughed

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Scott Van den Berg
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Why Celebrity-Founded Brands Can Raise at $50M Valuations Pre-Revenue (And Why It's Not Crazy)

Why Celebrity-Founded Brands Can Raise at $50M Valuations Pre-Revenue (And Why It's Not Crazy)

The hidden math behind celebrity-founded brand valuations that traditional VCs miss

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Scott Van den Berg
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Why 98% of Celebrities Should Never Launch Their Own Brand

Why 98% of Celebrities Should Never Launch Their Own Brand

The Uncomfortable Truth About Celebrity-Founded Brands - From the VC Who Should Want You to Launch One

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Scott Van den Berg
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Why Creator Equity Pools Are the New Stock Options

Why Creator Equity Pools Are the New Stock Options

How smart brands are turning creators into co-owners to build billion-dollar empires

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Scott Van den Berg
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Celebrity-Product-Market-Fit: The Framework That Predicts Which Celebrity Brands Hit $100M

Celebrity-Product-Market-Fit: The Framework That Predicts Which Celebrity Brands Hit $100M

Why 2.5M Aligned Followers Beat J.Lo's 251M Every Time

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Scott Van den Berg
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How Startups Can Build Their Own Audience Without a Celebrity Co-Founder

How Startups Can Build Their Own Audience Without a Celebrity Co-Founder

The Hidden Playbook for Building Audiences You Own Instead of Renting Celebrity Fame

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Scott Van den Berg
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Celebrity vs. Creator Co-Founder: Understanding the Two Types of Fame That Build Brands

Celebrity vs. Creator Co-Founder: Understanding the Two Types of Fame That Build Brands

From Hollywood to TikTok: Breaking Down the Fundamental Differences

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Scott Van den Berg
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