The Business of Creators

How Steven Bartlett's FlightStory are building billion-dollar creator brands with CEO Georgie Holt

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Dec 8, 2025
Georgie Holt, CEO of Flight Story and co-founder of Flight Story Studio, is on a mission to revolutionize creator-led media brands. She shares insights on scaling The Diary of a CEO into a cultural phenomenon and reveals how data and AI drive this transformation. Georgie emphasizes the shift from creator to founder mindset and discusses the importance of long-form content for sustainable growth. Learn about their unique evaluation of creators, community building, and creating media empires that thrive beyond individual creators.
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INSIGHT

Creators As The Next Media Empires

  • Creator-led media companies scale human stories into companies, not just channels.
  • Georgie Holt says the next billion-dollar media firms will be built on creator-led brands, not legacy publishers.
ADVICE

Adopt A Founder Mentality

  • Think and behave like a founder if you want your creator career to become a business.
  • Be obsessed, detail-oriented, commercially curious and present across every part of the venture, Georgie Holt advises.
INSIGHT

Design Brands To Outlast People

  • To reduce key-person risk, build strong brand codes and experiences that outlive the individual.
  • Flight Story focuses on pillars and persona so the brand can function across formats without the creator present.
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