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“Well, Steve, I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.” - Bill Gates to Steve Jobs, when Steve Jobs accused him of stealing his idea. Conventional wisdom often tells us that being original is cool and all. But then, TS Eliot said it all. “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” Why do you think certain copycat products work way better than the original ones? Why is it that Facebook, which is a copying machine outperforms the originals? : Do read up some thoughts on this by Ashish Sinha (NextBigWhat Founder) [here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 'All Celebrities Are Gig Economy Workers': Cameo's CEO Steven Galanis To date, Cameo has sold over 1 million videos, with a peak of 69,000 in the week before this year’s Mother’s Day. The company currently has 130 employees – 80 in Chicago, 40 in L.A., 10 distributed elsewhere – and expects to generate $100 million in bookings in 2020. At their core, all celebrities are gig economy workers. They get paid per concert, per game, per show. So in a world where all productions have stopped for the indefinite future, we are excited to be able to provide talent with a meaningful revenue stream that helps them to get paid to become more popular. --------------------------------------------------------------- TikTok makes moves into education market With professionally produced videos now being introduced alongside user-generated content, Jamie MacEwan, a research analyst at Enders Analysis, suggests that Disney’s former head of streaming taking the helm at TikTok, could signal a new direction for the platform. “TikTok really wants to broaden its appeal and we are going to see more structured, more premium content going forward. This ties into the new CEO, Kevin Mayer, coming from Disney. We know him as a deal-maker for content and we’re sure to see more partnerships going forward.” --------------------------------------------------------------- NextBigWhat brings you curated news and insights from the noisy world. We believe in the power of curation and delivering curated wisdom which helps you in making better decisions. Contact us: [team@nextbigwhat.com](mailto:team@nextbigwhat.com?subject=Newsletter%20feedback) / [Leave](