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Forbes Top Creators Show

Forbes Top Creators Show

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The Forbes Top Creators Show, hosted by Steve Bertoni, brings you unrivaled access behind the brands and businesses of the internet's most watched (and highest earning) creators. Each episode uncovers the incredible stories behind their success, and offers unmatched insights to the next wave of inspiring creators.© Forbes Careers Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Personal Success
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  • Why 'Your Rich BFF' Spent $1M Building An AI Financial Advisor

    Why 'Your Rich BFF' Spent $1M Building An AI Financial Advisor
    Oct 6 2026
    How do you go from a broke 22-year-old Wall Street trader whom no financial advisor would touch to building a multi-million dollar media empire, selling a scripted television show to Amazon MGM Studios, and bootstrapping a seven-figure financial technology startup? In this episode of The Forbes Top Creator Show, host Steven Bertoni sits down with financial educator, 2x New York Times best-selling author (Rich AF, Well Endowed), and entrepreneur Vivian Tu (Your Rich BFF). Vivian breaks down her evolution from a one-woman financial content engine into a FinTech founder with the launch of her app, Ask Dolly. She shares why she turned down venture capital to self-fund over $1,000,000 of her own capital, how she's turning her book Rich AF into a scripted television show currently in development with MGM Studios and Amazon, and her prescription for Gen Z's growing "financial nihilism." #YourRichBFF #VivianTu #AskDolly #ForbesTopCreators Learn more about Ask Dolly:https://www.askdolly.com/?appstore=1 0:00 Meet "Your Rich BFF" Vivian Tu 1:03 Best Sellers, Hollywood Deals & Launching The Ask Dolly App 4:30 Tackling Student Loan Debt & Government Confusion 5:43 Partnering with Tech Leadership & Assembly Mechanics 7:57 Monetization Strategy: B2B Enterprise & Marketplace 10:08 Self-Funding $1M+ & Turning Down Venture Capital 14:07 Beta Testing Ask Dolly & Facing Live Feedback 16:46 Fixing Gen Z "Financial Nihilism" & The 50/30/20 Budget 20:35 How "Rich AF" Became a Scripted MGM Drama 26:40 Advice to Legacy Media: Attention vs. Focus 28:23 Starring in SoFi Commercials & Visual Storytelling 32:27 Vivian’s Portfolio & Why Prediction Markets Are Gambling 35:17 The Death of Audio Podcasts: Why Everything is a Vodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • How Gabby Golf Girl Gets 300+ Million Views A Month

    How Gabby Golf Girl Gets 300+ Million Views A Month
    Sep 29 2026
    How do you go from getting bribed with quarters to play golf at two years old to hitting 300 million views a month, beating Steph Curry in a 1v1 match, and outperforming the PGA Tour on social media? Welcome to the Forbes Top Creator Show! This week, host Steven Bertoni takes the show out of the studio and onto the fairway at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City to chat with creator, athlete, and entrepreneur Gabby DeGasperis (Gabby Golf Girl). Gabby breaks down her incredible origin story, starting when her mom created the @gabbygolfgirl account when Gabby was just six years old to showcase her trick shots. She opens up about being bullied in eighth grade, taking a six-month bet to post every single day, and dropping out of traditional school at age 14 the moment her newest video generated three million views overnight. Gabby delivers a masterclass on sports content creation, detailing how she overcame closed doors as a young female outlier in a male-dominated sport by adopting a "First Ever" content strategy. She reveals the logistics behind her 38-million-view trick shot, her straight-up match against NBA superstar Steph Curry, and why social media golfers often pull vastly more engagement than traditional tour pros. Finally, Gabby pulls back the curtain on the Gabby Golf Girl business model—explaining how she generates 70% of her revenue from brand deals, why Instagram pays zero dollars in ad revenue, and how hiring her former "blind date" allowed her team to post 60 times a day on Facebook to dominate short-form distribution. 00:00 Meet GabbyGolfGirl: Live from Liberty National Golf Club 01:19 Starting Golf at Age 2 & Playing for Quarters 04:32 Launching "Gabby Golf Girl" at Age 6 06:00 - Dropping Out of High School at 14 to Go Full-Time 09:58 Facing Gatekeeping & Sexism in Golf Media 14:28 Why Creator Golf Gets More Views Than the PGA Tour 26:01 Trick Shot Demo & The 56-Hour Shot Attempt 31:02 Monetization Blueprint: Brand Deals vs. Ad Revenue 35:29 Beating Steph Curry 1v1 in a Match Play Chip-Off 42:03 The 60-Posts-a-Day Distribution Engine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Why Typical Gamer Says Short Form Is The Ultimate Hack For New Streamers

    Why Typical Gamer Says Short Form Is The Ultimate Hack For New Streamers
    Sep 1 2026
    How do you go from streaming to an empty chat room with a cheap, second-hand eBay capture card to signing historical streaming deals and building a 25-person game development studio? Welcome to the Forbes Top Creator Show! This week, host Steven Bertoni decodes the business of gaming and streaming with pioneer, creator, and entrepreneur Andre Rebelo—AKA Typical Gamer. In this episode, Typical Gamer opens up about his 16-year journey in digital media, starting on Justin.tv in 2009 long before the word "streamer" was even a viable career path. He shares the emotional reality of dropping out of college twice—first for computer science and then for business marketing, after realizing his 80-year-old professor was teaching a textbook version of social media that Typical Gamer was actively living out in real time. TG reflects on his upbringing as the son of Portuguese immigrants, highlighting how his father went from growing up on a farm with pigs on the floor to seeing his son sign the first-ever exclusive YouTube gaming streaming contract in 2015. Andre breaks down the highly strategic business behind Typical Gamer. He reveals the logistics of live-streaming his wedding to his fellow creator wife, Samara Redway (complete with a Fortnite drone show, "Forever Duo" vows, and her grandfather's hilarious "Gandalf" officiant slips). He also deep-dives into his game development company, JOGO, explaining why he refuses to take a single dollar of profit from the business so they can supercharge Fortnite UGC map building. Finally, he shares his three rules of creator success, his hot takes on Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6), and why short-form content is the only way for modern creators to escape the fatal cycle of streaming to an empty chat. #Typical Gamer #ForbesTopCreators #CreatorEconomy #GamingIndustry Check out the Forbes Top Creator List:https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2026/06/23/forbes-top-creators-2026/ 00:00 Meet Typical Gamer / Andre Rebelo 01:16 The Biggest Misconceptions of Professional Gamers 01:42 Live to Work: TG's Daily Stream and Meeting Schedule 03:09 The Justin.tv Origin Story and Scrappy Capture Cards 04:07 From Red Dead Tutorials to Handling Condescending Friends 04:57 Pigs on the Floor: The Portuguese Immigrant Family Backstory 05:56 Dropping Out of College Twice 07:45 The Walmart Days and the Game-Changing GTA 5 Launch 09:50 Making History: Signing the First Ever YouTube Gaming Contract 12:01 Live Streaming a Fortnite wedding to Samara Redway 14:35 Launching JOGO Game Development 16:51 The Superpower of Delegation 17:59 Three Golden Rules for New Streamers 19:43 Why Streaming to Zero Viewers Does Nothing 20:29 Managing a Tailored 10-Person Operations Team 23:38 A Bold Prediction for GTA 6 24:27 Why AI Game Making is Over-Hyped 25:02 The Next 5 Years: The Future of Gaming and Content Creation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
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