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Cultivating a creative community with Tina Roth-Eisenberg of CreativeMornings

How I Built This · 1 Jun 2023 · 41m

What this episode covers

Tina Roth-Eisenberg, founder of CreativeMornings, explains how her 2008 Brooklyn co-working space, Studio Mates, evolved into a global network of 200+ free creative meetups. She details the organic growth from a single New York chapter to a distributed model, highlighting the pivotal role of Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut in providing early sponsorship and the strategic shift toward community-led support. Roth-Eisenberg also discusses her parallel ventures, including the blog Swiss Miss and the temporary tattoo company Tatley, which she sold to Pilot in 2022 to focus entirely on CreativeMornings.

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Companies
Mailchimp, Pentagram, Freitach, Pilot, Google, Square Space, Adobe, WordPress, Basecamp
Products
CreativeMornings, Swiss Miss, Studio Mates, Tatley

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