For nearly a decade, Toni Matthews-El has published business topics ranging from cloud communication software to best steps for establishing your own LLC. In addition to Forbes Advisor, she's ...

Membership services platform Patreon is growing up: The company announced Tuesday that it is moving away from its one-size-fits-all pricing model for creators, introducing two new tiers in the process ...

On Tuesday (Feb. 18), podcasting newsletter Hot Pod reported that Patreon — the popular creator membership platform — had launched a program to provide cash advances to users in need of financing for ...

Patreon provides business infrastructure to independent content creators: people making videos, music, podcasts, paintings, comics, games, magazines and other forms of media for fans online. It helps ...

The subscription platform Patreon enables people to directly support creators (game makers, streamers, authors, and more) with monthly donations. But due to processing issues, a large chunk of these ...

Patreon, the membership platform that helps online creators make a living, announced Wednesday that it has acquired Memberful, another membership service that caters to larger creators including ...

In 2013, musician Jack Conte made a music video called "Pedals." He spent seven weeks and $10,000 building the set: "I remember the blood, sweat and tears, the months of pain, and hours and hours, and ...

In December, Patreon CEO Jack Conte shared a list on Twitter predicting what being an independent content creator will be like in 10 years. One of his predictions was that there will be fierce ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. Chances are, if you follow any writers, artists, musicians, ...

Before you delete your Patreon account, make sure to cancel any active memberships. After submitting a request for account deletion, you have 14 days to stop the process. It can take up to 30 days to ...

In December 2018, Cardboard Computer, the trio behind Lynchian cult hit Kentucky Route Zero, joined Patreon. Ben Babbitt, Jake Elliott, and Tamas Kemenczy made the decision, in part, to alleviate ...