The Creator Economy: Personal Brands, Platforms and Modern Distribution
📍 Fabrik NYC Tribeca | Monday, February 16th | ⏰ 6:00 – 10:00 PM
The creator economy has entered a new phase.
Content is everywhere. Distribution is cheap. Attention is fragmented.
The question is no longer how to post more, it’s how trust, authenticity and leverage are actually built today.
The mixer & panel brings together founders, operators and creators who are actively using content and their platforms as real distribution engines not just as vanity projects.
Speakers:
Morgan Young, Founder Hyphenate Media
Morgan operates inside the creator economy as a full-time creator & as the founder of Hyphenate Media where she’s built, monetized, and scaled her personal brand in a space where rules and algorithms are constantly changing. She's a former Product Manager at Shopify.
Michelle Parsons, Founder & CEO Lora
Michelle Parsons is the founder & CEO of Lora, a spirituality-as-a-service platform. Previously, she was Chief Product Officer at Hinge and co-founder of Lex which was recently acquired by 9count.
We’ll Talk Candidly About:
How personal brands are becoming a core GTM asset
Founder-led and employee-generated content that actually converts
Platforms that matter now and how people decide where to focus
What works after content becomes abundant (and what doesn’t)
How to find your authentic voice when creating content.
Monetizing your platform as a content creator
Programming
6:00 – 7:00 PM — Check-in & networking
7:00 – 7:45 PM — Panel Discussion: “Personal Brands & Modern Distribution”
7:45 – 9:30 PM — Guided networking, small bites
Who Should Attend:
Founders, marketers, operators, content creators and anyone interested in the creator economy or building a personal brand with long-term leverage.
About the Host & Sponsors:
Tabarak Rehman works in Turnaround and Restructuring at AlixPartners in New York City. He is a CFA Charter holder and holds a Masters degree from Northeastern University, Boston. In Dec 2024, he became the first person ever to run 1,600 km across Pakistan in 35 days. The run helped fundraise significant $$ to help educate thousands of out of school kids in Pakistan.
Musa Isani is a Turnaround and Restructuring professional with a keen interest in history. Through his salon series, The Third Mind, he creates third spaces for curious New Yorkers to take the conversation beyond the surface and the screen. His work has enabled audiences to dive into the minds behind their favorite works and use their journeys as inspiration.
Defuser.ai is a no-code platform that helps content creators and brands automate their DMs, comments, capture leads, and grow revenue through AI agents that live inside their DMs. Think N8N for content creators.