Nathan Barry – Startup Community – Power List

Nathan Barry is a man on a mission — a mission to help creators earn a living.

As the founder of ConvertKit, a creator marketing platform, Barry is making it easier for creators to earn from the things they make.

Barry’s own foray into creating began with freelance web design. He then began making iPhone apps, growing an audience and selling books about design.

Over the years, Barry said he’s learned that making money is a skill, and just like learning to play an instrument, it’s a skill that can be learned by anyone. On his office wall, he has displayed three posters that read: “The secret to growing your audience is to: work in public; teach everything you know; create every day.”

During Barry’s journey to learn skills, grow an audience and make money, he discovered that email marketing was the most reliable way to earn a living as a creator. So in 2014, he launched ConvertKit, turning what he’d learned into a repeatable system that other creators could use to make money, too.

Since its founding, Barry has seen ConvertKit’s revenue grow to $29 million annual recurring revenue, and the company now helps more than 480,000 creators, including Tim Ferriss, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tim McGraw and thousands more.

Though it’s rewarding and fun to see famous creators using ConvertKit, Barry said the best feeling comes from seeing any creator succeed by using the software to make a living as a creator.